Blogging from A to Z - day 1 - A

Let's start our journey! A stands for Aah.  

Aah is the ancient Egyptian god of the moon and he remains to be a fixture in Egyptian amulets and hieroglyphs.

His existence was proven when he was mentioned in the Book of the Dead saying, “I am the moon-god Aah, the dweller among the gods”.

Aah is credited for having created the original Egyptian calendar. Calendar is divided into 12 months with 30 days every month. In one of the myths, Nut (the sky) and Geb (the earth) were siblings, who were locked in what seemed like an eternal embrace. Their almost unbreakable bond irked their father, the sun god Ra, who abhorred their incestuous relationship. He cursed them that they will never bear children on any day of the year. Despite fathers disapproval Nut and Geb continued their relationship and sought refuge in Thoth, the god of wisdom and knowledge. Thoth devised a plan to gamble with the creator of the calendar, Aah. The wager was that Aah would give Thoth five days of his moonlight if he won. Thoth won and the five days became the extra five days of the year. Nut was able to bear children on each day because it was not covered by the curse of Ra. She gave birth to Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys and Horus the elder on each day. These days were believed to be inserted in the month of July making all of them July babies.

So long my friends,
Evalina