Egyptian Mythology

Egyptian Mythology 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.

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 makes 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.