Also called Djehuty, Tehuti, Hermes Trismegistus.
Their story
Thoth records the result when a dead person's heart is weighed against the feather of Maat. He healed the injured eye of Horus and advised the gods in their disputes. Plutarch tells how Thoth won five extra days from the moon in a game so that the sky goddess Nut could give birth to her children.
Their day
Wednesday. In modern practice, Wednesday is chosen for him through Mercury, because the Greeks identified him with Hermes.
Best times to give to them
- Wepet Renpet and the month of Thoth
- the new moon
- before study or writing
What they like being given
- ink and a pen
- fresh water
- incense
- a page you have written
- bread
How to honour them
- Say a short prayer to him before study or writing.
- Keep a journal and offer your honest words to him.
- Place an ibis image, a pen or a palette on your altar.
- Learn something new and share it carefully with others.
How they can help you
- study and exams
- writing
- clear thinking
- fair judgement
- record-keeping and planning
Symbols
- the ibis
- the baboon
- the scribal palette
- the crescent moon
Festivals
- Wepet Renpet The Egyptian New Year, ideally at the dawn rising of Sirius (Sopdet); modern Kemetic groups usually keep it between mid July and early August
More Egyptian gods
- Osiris Lord of the afterlife and new growth
- Horus The falcon, protector of the rightful king
- Ra The sun who sails the sky
- Anubis Guardian and guide of the dead
- Khonsu The Traveller, the moon who heals
- Amun The hidden king of the gods at Thebes
- Ptah Creator by word and patron of craftsmen
- Atum The self-created first god of Heliopolis