Writing was a very strange thing in the ancient world. Apart from being one of the gods of medicine, Toth is also known as the god of writing, as he invented writing. Although Toth has the body of a man, but he has the head of an ibis. Toth is generally shown as an ibis-a bird with a long beak. Toth is another God connected with physicians, and his association with physicians seems more logical. This is a transcript from the video series History of Ancient Egypt. Still, she is considered to be one of the Goddesses or Gods of medicine. Thus, it is definitely unusual that she is associated with healing and other nice things. To this, a happy Sekhmet said, “I’m going to drink the blood of mankind.” And she consumes the mixture, gets drunk, and forgets about destroying the rest of mankind, in turn, saving mankind. They then cover the earth with this mixture and tell Sekhmet that that’s the blood of mankind. So Re has his assistants make up a mixture of ochre and beer to make it look like blood. In the meanwhile, the Sun God gives up his plan, but now, he is unable to turn Sekhmet off. So he asked Sekhmet to be his eye and sends her to the earth to destroy mankind. So she’s fierce and there is a myth that talks about her being fierce: The Sun God Re was getting old, but the mankind wasn’t listening to him, which ticked him off. (Image: McLeod/National Museum, Copenhagen/Public domain) Goddess Sekhmet is usually shown in statues as a woman with the head of a lioness. She is usually shown in statues as a woman with the head of a lioness. It is interesting to see that Goddess Sekhmet is associated with priests. Thus, most of these physicians were called wabu which is a plural form of wab. It means “to purify”, and the man who purifies is the priest. The physician priests of ancient Egypt were callled wabu. (Image: Painter of fresco anonymous/Public domain) Wabu: The Physician Priests of Ancient Egypt
There are many myths and legends that show how the gods of medicine were associated with healing and restoration of life. And, if we know and understand even a little about mythology, it will make sense to us why they were patrons to the physicians.
By Bob Brier, Ph.D., Long Island University In ancient Egypt, the priests were also the physicians, and there were three gods of medicine who could be considered the patron gods to these physicians.
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