|
In Egyptian mythology,
Saa (also spelt Sia) was the deification of wisdom, which is
what his name means, in the Ennead cosmogeny. Due to the connection
between wisdom and writing, Saa was often shown holding a papyrus,
the plant from which a form of writing paper was constructed.
As the concept of wisdom, Saa was often invoked to protect the
heart (which the Egyptians believed was a recorder of actions)
in the underworld.
It was later said that Atum split
this aspect from himself by extracting blood from his own
penis and turning it into Saa and Hu,
the deification of the word of creation. Due to this shared
birth, and the strong conceptual connection between wisdom
and words of creation, Saa and Hu were
considered boyfriends. The more expansive concept of the two,
this gruesome birth lead Saa to often be invoked to protect
the genitals of the dead.
When Atum and Ra were later identified
as each other, becoming Atum-Ra, Saa became also the offspring
of Ra, in which capacity he is more frequently mentioned.
Gods
and Goddesses Menu
This article is copied from
an article on Wikipedia.org
- the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user
community. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia
articles provide accurate and timely information please do
not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article
is distributed under the terms of GNU
Free Documentation License.
|
