Water and shore birds feature prominently in Ancient Egyptian mythology and religion, likely due to their prominence along the Nile River. This scarf depicts the deity Bennu (𓅣 or 𓅤), depicted as a gray heron.
Bennu was considered to be the ba, or soul, of the sun god Ra 𓁛, whom you’ve seen depicted in other scarves, and to have enabled the creative act of Atum, the Ancient Egyptian’s primordial god. In one story, he flies over Nun, the primordial waters before creation, landed on a rock, and called out. That call determined the nature of creation.
Bennu also experienced a cycle of rebirth, associating him with Osiris, god of the underworld, and possibly inspiring the tales of the phoenix in later Greek and Roman myths.
I encourage you to read more about Ancient Egyptian philosophy, as a social media post can’t do justice to the nuances of an ancient religion.
Bennu Bird scarves are available made-to-order in my shop.
A portion of the proceeds from each sale benefits the Theban Mapping Project Library, which provides books and literacy programs to the locals of Luxor, Egypt.
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Beautiful scarf! Thank you for the informative post.