Egyptian Mythology

Egyptian Mythology (エジプト神話) is the mythology of the ancient Egyptians, dating from 3000 BCE.

In Toaru Majutsu no Index, Egyptian Mythology is used as a base for certain forms of Magic, and certain aspects of Thelema draw from it.

Principles
Much of the Egyptian mythology is set in the earliest times, setting the pattern for a cycle which the Egyptians believed would be repeated in the events of the present times, much like the cycles of nature. They believed that as the cycles were repeated, the fundamental order of the universe, called Maat, would be renewed.

The Egyptian pantheon consists of numerous deities, most of whom represent natural or social phenomena. With the exception of a few deities, most of Egyptian pantheon act to maintain maat. Within the pantheon, there are a fair number of deities associated with animals and often represented in art as a human with an animal's head.

Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index SS
The first Egyptian magician to appear in the series is Leep, who targets Index Librorum Prohibitorum, hoping to use her knowledge to complete a version of the Book of the Dead which was missing pieces due to tomb robbers.

Uses of Egyptian Mythology in the story

 * Bastet: A cat-headed goddess of protection, sometimes associated with Sekhmet.
 * The Egyptian magician Leep makes use of certain aspects of Bastet, acting as a Priestess of Bastet.
 * Horus: A falcon-headed god of the sky and war, son of Osiris and Isis.
 * The Aeon of Horus takes it's name from this deity.
 * Osiris: The Egyptian god of the underworld and the dead, murdered by his brother Set.
 * The Aeon of Osiris takes it's name from this deity.
 * Sekhmet: A violent lioness-headed goddess of war, sometimes associated with Bastet.
 * Leep and the Priestess of Sekhmet make use of a trance to use aspects of Sekhmet as a Priestess of Sekhmet.
 * The Book of the Dead: A sacred funeral text which contains spells to assist a person's journey through Duat, the Egyptian underworld, and into the afterlife.
 * The Book of the Dead is one of the grimoires inside Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Different versions of the book are written, specific copies for specific persons.