Ta Netjer (The Land of the Gods)
Ta Netjer was the symbolic name the Ancient Egyptians gave to the Golden Age, they also called it the Land of Punt. Punt was never a real geographical place, it was purely symbolic. The Egyptians understood the cycles of the Ages, they understood when the land was devoid of God's Light and when His Light returned.
The Ta Netjer was the symbolic birthplace of the gods because they understood the gods were only present in certain parts of the cycle.
The Ancient Egyptian creation myths held that the gods themselves originated from this "eastern" paradise, eastern because it is where the new Sun rises, before it sets into the west and the Iron Age.
Ta Netjer was closely associated with the dawn. It is why the Sun god Ra is symbolically said to be reborn every morning. The symbol of him washing himself in the sacred waters of Punt before…
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