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Tuesday 12 November 2013

The Ten Plagues and their corresponding Egyptian Gods

The First Plague: 

Nile turned to Blood

God: 

Hapi - God of the Nile

Warnings:

  • Fish will die
  • River will stink
  • People will hate to drink

The Second Plague:

Frogs come from the Nile

God:

Heket - Goddess of Fertility, Water, Renewal

Warnings:

  • Frogs in all the food
  • Frogs in peoples clothes
  • No one can make them go away

The Third Plague: 

Lice from the Earth

God: 

Geb - God of Earth

Warnings:

  • The Lice will be everywhere

The Fourth Plague:

Swarms of Flies

God:

Khepri - God of creation, movement of the sun, birth

Warnings:

  • Flies destroy the Egyptians things
  • Flies cause the Egyptians discomfort

The Fifth Plague: 

Death of Livestock

God: 

Hathor - Goddess of love and protection

Warnings:

  • No reproduction of the Egyptians meat source

The Sixth Plague:

Boils

God:

Isis - Goddess of medicine and peace

Warnings:

  • The Egyptians will suffer
  • The Egyptians will be 'Unclean'

The Seventh Plague: 

Fire from the sky

God: 

Nut - Goddess of the sky

Warnings:

  • Will destroy the flax and barley which are the main food source and are used to make clothes

The Eighth Plague:

Locusts from the sky

God:

Seth - God of storms and disorder

Warnings:

  • All the crops left will be destroyed

The Ninth Plague: 

Three days of Darkness

God: 

Ra - The God of the sun

Warnings:

  • No one can see except the Israelites
  • The Darkness in Egypt was so complete that you could feel it

The Tenth Plague:

Death of the first born

God:

Pharaoh - The Ultimate Power of Egypt

Warnings:

  • All of the First Borns of Egypt will die unless they put lambs blood above their doors

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