God · Egyptian
Thoth
Thoth, a god of the Egyptian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.
Tradition: egyptian
Documented identifications
| Link | Who said so | Note |
|---|---|---|
| identified as Hermes | Herodotus, Histories 2.67; Plato, Phaedrus 274c, 5th-4th c. BCE | Ibises were buried at Thoth's city Khmun, which the Greeks renamed Hermopolis, the city of Hermes; Plato tells of Theuth inventing writing. |
| merged with Hermes Trismegistus | Ptolemaic Hermopolis, title "thrice great" attested 172 BCE | Thoth and Hermes were worshipped as one in Thoth's temple at Hermopolis, and the joint god became Hermes Trismegistus. |