Reversing Greek Mythology

The news that Ankhesenamun was given Luo Yin's sleeping clothes spread outside the palace. The southern Egyptian nobles in Memphis responded quickly and united with the northern Egyptian nobles who controlled the army.

Because someone like Luo Yin who breaks tradition becomes a pharaoh, which will damage the common interests of the southern Egyptian aristocrats and the northern Egyptian aristocrats.

the next day.

Luo Yin met all his subjects alone in the Pharaoh's hall.

Sitting on the pharaoh's throne, Luo Yin said with a joking smile when he saw the nobles of the southern and northern Egyptians looking at him with hostility.

"If you want to challenge me, feel free to do so, but Ankhesenamon will not stop me today."

As the successor of Ayin II, Horenheib took the initiative to stand up and say.

"Your Majesty Luo Yin! We don't mind a Xitai person becoming the pharaoh, but you must respect our traditions and ensure the interests of the nobility and the temple. And continue the custom of intermarriage within the pharaoh royal family to ensure that after two generations, your descendants will become True Egyptian."

"I reject!"

Luo Yin refused without hesitation.

"I came to Egypt to rule over all humans and gods, not to be assimilated by you Egyptians."

"Since you refuse to be assimilated by us Egyptians, there is no reason for us to let a Xitian become our pharaoh. Now we, the southern Egyptians and the northern Egyptians, must unite and defeat you, the invader."

After Horemheb finished speaking, the northern Egyptian nobles immediately issued an order for hundreds of fully armed soldiers to rush into the hall.

At the same time that the Egyptians declared war on Luo Yin, Amon also descended on the palace in the form of a hundred-meter-tall god.

"Stranger! If you don't want to be wiped out by me, leave my territory immediately."

"How dare you say such things to me?"

Luo Yin left the Pharaoh's hall and confronted Amon in the form of a hundred-meter-tall god.

"Amon! Now is no longer the heyday of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Let me see how much power you still have as the King of Gods."

"I'm not the only opponent you have."

Following Amon's words, a 100-meter-tall god walked out from behind Amon and stood side by side with Amon. It was Ra, the sun god worshiped by the Northern Egyptians.

Seeing Amon and Ladu becoming his enemies, Luo Yin couldn't help but show a solemn expression on his face.

In the long history of Egypt, gods such as Horus, Set, Hathor, Bastet, and Ptah once reigned over the gods and became the kings of the gods.

But Amon and Ra are undoubtedly the strongest among these kings of gods.

Because the 18th Dynasty, which regarded Amun as the King of the Gods, was the most powerful dynasty in Egyptian history.

The 19th Dynasty, which worshiped Ra as the King of the Gods, was the greatest dynasty in Egyptian history.

Amon and La have become his enemies together. Even if Luo Yin believes in his own strength, he must be prepared at this time.

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"Amon! La! You two actually dealt with me, the intruder, together. I'm really curious, if you win, how will you distribute the fruits of victory? Can La accept Amon to continue to sit on the throne of the King of Gods? Can Amon endure that Ra has more power than him?"

"What a clumsy attempt to sow discord."

La said with a bright smile on her young face.

"No matter what you say, it will not change the idea that Amon and I will join forces to deal with you. After we drive you away, how to distribute the benefits is our own business."

Amon remained silent, neither objecting nor agreeing with Ra's words.

In mythology, the supreme god who reigns over the gods as the father of the gods is often the youngest god.

For example, in Greek mythology, although Zeus calls himself the father of the gods, as a foreign god, he is actually a younger god than Persephone, Ares, and Artemis.

In Egyptian mythology, Ra reigns over the gods as the creator god, but he is also a young god.

Just like history books are written by the victors, so history books contain a lot of tampering with reality.

Myths are also compiled by the victors, so myths have a lot of settings that deviate from reality.

For example, in Egyptian mythology, Horus was set as the son of Osiris, the king of Hades, and the great goddess Iris, and the grandson of Ra.

But in real history, when Horus reigned over the gods as the king of the gods, Ra may not have been born yet.

In the original mythology, Horus was the second son of the God of Sky and the God of Earth.

If in primitive worship, the God of Sky and the God of Earth were the creator gods who symbolized the world itself, Horus and his brother were undoubtedly the most powerful and noble gods.

So more than four thousand years ago, sometimes Horus became the king of the gods, and sometimes Set became the king of the gods.

As a young new god, Ra would claim to be the father of the gods, also because he absorbed and fused the sun gods Atum and Khebri, who were older than him.

The center of Ra's worship was the Sun City he obtained after absorbing the sun god Atum.

The city of Memphis was the center of worship of Ptah, the god of fire and craftsmanship.

In the history written by the victors, there are such records that deviate from reality. Although the city of Memphis was the center of worship of Ptah, the Pharaoh who ruled the city of Memphis more than 4,000 years ago worshiped Ra as the supreme god.

The conflict between myth and reality is really funny.

If the worship of Ra was so ancient, would there be any need to absorb Atum and take Atum's mythology and worship center as its own?

The Pharaoh of Memphis had his head caught in a door. Instead of respecting the local supreme god Ptah, he worshiped a weak god from outside as the supreme god?

The funniest thing is that the people who compiled the myth of Ra forcibly connected Ra with the kings of gods in the past, and came up with names such as Horus Ra, Atum Ra, Amon Ra, etc., and wanted to create An illusion that makes people mistakenly believe that Ra was the ancient king of gods from the beginning, and other gods became kings of gods because they shared the throne with Ra.

Although this self-deceptive spiritual victory method cannot deceive people today, people who do not understand myths and history thousands of years from now will take it seriously.

As the protector of the eighteenth dynasty, the most powerful in Egyptian history, Amun is the true king of the Egyptian gods.

Rather than the king of the gods of a certain city-state or a certain region.

Before Amon became the king of the gods, La himself was just the supreme god worshiped by one city and one place.

Amun became the first true king of the gods in Egypt because the blade of the 18th Dynasty conquered the entire territory of Egypt.

Anyone with a normal mind understands that in mythology, Amon and Ra merged to form Amon Ra, and even Amon and Ra shared the throne of the king of the gods. This was just a deliberate fabrication of myths that deviated from the reality of history, and forcibly separated Ra and Amon. Linked together, the status of Ra is elevated.

When Ra truly rose to prominence and the Nineteenth Dynasty, which worshiped Ra, ruled Egypt, a dramatic scene occurred.

Those who make up myths and history will never mention Amon Ra, Horus Ra, Atum Ra - these messy names that forcibly associate Ra with the ancient king of gods. .

From the 19th Dynasty onwards, La was La, and La was the only sun god.

This made Luo Yin couldn't help but think of a joke.

Student: Why was Ra’s name always associated with those kings of the gods before the 19th Dynasty?

Teacher: Because Lazhen is not the King of Gods.

Student: Why is the name of Ra no longer associated with other gods starting from the 19th Dynasty?

Teacher: Because Ra has really become the king of the gods now.