Thoth
c. 2600 BCE – 400 CEattested
Hermopolis, Egypt
- Egyptian
Ibis-headed god of writing, measurement and the moon, who invented hieroglyphs and kept the cosmic ledger. The Greeks identified him with Hermes and made him the father of alchemy.
Known for
- inventor of writing
- judge's scribe in the afterlife
- the moon and measurement
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.