The god of the human intellect, divine thought, the power of the mind of the soul.The god of writing, scribes, and the moon; depicted as an ibis-headed human or as a baboon.
An ibis headed god. Thoth was said to be mighty in knowledge and divine speech. The inventer of spoken and written language. As the lord of books he was the scribe of the gods and patron of all scribes. He is credited with inventing astronomy, geometry, and medicine. Thoth was the measurer of the earth and the counter of the stars, the keeper and recorder of all knowledge. It was Thoth who was believed to have written important religious texts such as The Book of the Dead.
Egyptian moon deity with the head of an ibis; god of wisdom and learning and the arts; scribe of the gods.
Thoth, pronounced "tot", is the Greek name given to Djehuty, the Egyptian god of the Moon (lunar deity), and consequently wisdom, writing, magic, and measurement of time, among other things, all of which were thought of as connected to the moon in ancient culture (thus the owl as a wise bird to the greeks). As Thoth was the god of writing, and of magic, he was identified by the Greeks with their god Hermes, with whom Thoth was eventually combined, as Hermes Trismegistus.
