Tradition Institution Ancient Egypt
religion of ancient Egypt
System of polytheistic beliefs and rituals of ancient Egyptian
- Also called Egyptian religion, ancient Egyptian religion
A path that branches,
meets and parts.
Schools and lineages
Branches · 2
Many paths. Shared histories.
2 branches recorded under religion of ancient Egypt, one step down, as the records give them.
What this means
Association and branching, in both directions. Traditions overlap, split and re-merge; this is not a single-origin family tree, and being listed under another tradition is not the same as being recognised by it.
Does not imply a clean single-origin family tree · that the parent recognises the branch
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Recorded as a branch of
Traditions whose own records say they belong to it
1 tradition names religion of ancient Egypt as its own — an affiliation, so kept apart from the tree.
Deities · 4
Gods and divine figures
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 4 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A god named in a tradition is a figure of its accounts; a picture of one is a work of art, not a likeness.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Figures · 7
Begin with a figure
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 7 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
An affiliation recorded on a person is a third party’s record, often of one period of a life — not that person’s belief at every point in it.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Nefertitic. 1370 BCE – c. 1330 BCE · Egyptian queen and Great Royal Wife (chief consort) of Akhenaten, an Egyptian Pharaoh -
Manethofrom 3rd century BCE · 3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest -
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Nefertari1290 BCE – 1255 BCE · ancient Egyptian queen consort -
Tiye1398 BCE – 1338 BCE · Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III -
Necho IItraditionally 7th century BCE – 595 BCE · 2nd Egyptian pharaoh of the 26th dynasty -
Ptolemy XIV of Egypt59 BCE – 44 BCE · Egyptian puppet pharao as the husband of Cleopatra VII -
Isetnofretfrom 13th century BCE · ancient Egyptian queen consort
Not its own picture Manetho — lead image of the English Wikipedia article
Institutions · 1
Houses
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 1 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A ruling house that names a tradition is a family’s recorded affiliation, not its subjects’ practice; an office is a line of holders, not a family.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Connections
How religion of ancient Egypt connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Documented influence 1
What this means
A transmission argued from evidence. Not shared symbols, and not a short path through a database.
Does not imply shared symbols as evidence · a short path through a database
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
3 statements on this record
- 3 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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