Thoth
Thoth, represented in human form with an ibis's head, detail from the Greenfield Papyrus, c. 950 bce
Thoth
Egyptian god
Also known as: Djhuty
Thoth, in Egyptian religion, a god of the moon, of reckoning, of learning, and of writing. He was held to be the inventor of writing, the creator of languages, the scribe, interpreter, and adviser of the gods, and the representative of the sun god, Re. His responsibility for writing was shared with the goddess Seshat. The cult of Thoth was centred in the town of Khmunu (Hermopolis; modern Al-Ashmūnayn) in Upper Egypt. In the myth...