Why was the Nile River worshiped as a god?

Answer 1

It depends upon the hymn; also it is important to keep in mind that the Nile was often a part of a title of many Egyptian gods and goddesses and there are often misunderstandings in translation which becomes miscommunication.

Answer 2

It depends on which hymn but certainly they thought of the Nile as a representation of Hapy, especially in the flooding of the Nile: this concept of river god is not found only in Egypt - as the Greeks called the Nile a god (Nilus/Neilos).

Answer 3

People in ancient Egyptian worshipped the Nile as a god because when the Nile River flood it makes the soil rich and people can plant crops to eat.

Ancient Egyptian gave food to the Nile because Egyptian believe that the Nile makes the flood.

Answer 4

All Egyptian life came from the Nile. Fish, transporting goods, the annual flood that replenished the lands fertility came from the Nile. That which gave life was all powerful and godlike. Animism & anthropomorphising are defined as putting Human characteristics on inanimate objects or animals, and that's what was done to the Nile River, allowing the Egyptians to satisfy their desire to feel in some control of their destinies by giving that power a "Face", as it were.

Answer 5

The Nile was an important part of ancient Egyptian spiritual life. Hapy was the god of the annual floods. Hapy and the pharaoh were thought to control the flooding.

The Nile was considered to be a road from life to death and the afterlife. The east was thought of as a place of birth and growth, and the west was considered the place of death. Thus, all tombs were west of the Nile, because the Egyptians believed that in order to enter the afterlife, they had to be buried on the side that symbolized death.

As the Nile was such an important factor in Egyptian life, the ancient calendar was even based on the 3 cycles of the Nile.

Answer 6

The Egyptians thought it was a god because it gave them hope to survive. They also thought it was a god because it gave them food and let them have a country that was good enough to live in.

Answer 7

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