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List of Gods : "God20Ibis" - 3 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
God name "Ibis or Nile-bird"	Egypt	The Egyptians call the sacred Ibis Father John. It is the avatar' of the god Thoth, who in the guise of an Ibis escaped the pursuit of Typhon. The Egyptians say its white plumage symbolises the light of the Sun, and its black neck the shadow of the moon, its body a heart, and its legs a triangle. It was said to drink only the purest of water, and its feathers to scare or even kill the crocodile. Egypt
God name "Rubanga"	Alur / Uganda / Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa	Creator god. His sacred bird is the ibis....
God name "Yah"	Egypt	moon god. Yah may have been an import to Egypt brought by Semitic immigrants who based his profile on the Mesopotamian god SIN. He is mentioned largely from the twentieth century BC onward and is depicted in human form, but can also be represented by the falcon and the ibis....

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