The roles of the moon god Thoth include the development of science, the arts of magic, the system of writing, arbitration and the judgment of the dead.
Status:
He was a mediating power between good and evil, the secretary of Ra and the scribe of the Underworld.
Symbols:
The ibis, moon disk, reed pen, papyrus scroll, palm branch, baboon, was scepter and ankh
Cult Center:
Hermopolis (Khmunu) in the Nile Delta lands of Lower Egypt
Titles:
The "Lord of the reed pen", "Twice Great", the "Scribe of Ma'at in the Company of the Gods", "Lord of the Sacred Words"
Name in Hieroglyphics:
Translation of Hieroglyphics for Thoth: The ibis, bread (giver of food), the two strokes of duality symbolizing his association with earth and the Underworld, Thoth as the seated god
