Talk:Index of Egyptian mythology articles

Latest comment: 13 years ago by Heilingetorix in topic Category not list

Category not list

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I think this list would be better, and more complete, as a category.

Are there any objections to this? -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])

A. Parrot and I were discussing this when I tried to make a template organizing the gods in a manner other than alphabetically, since I found that confusing and unrepresentative of the cosmology. Parrot raises the excellent point that the Gods changed in name/number/relevant importance over time and that makes categorizing them insanely frustrating. However I still feel that there must be some way to organize all this. Gods representing aspects of the inundation (e.g. Hapi and the Khnum triad) could probably fit in a section to themselves. Gods that are distinctly related to other gods could go together (e.g. Geb and Nut). More obscure gods could go in their own section, if one can figure out an empirical way to define obscurity. Breaking the index up into three indexes for Old, Middle and New Kingdoms would work but it seems extreme and decentralizes the mythology index. This is difficult but I think it would make mythology a lot more orderly. Any ideas?Heilingetorix (talk) 12:37, 17 July 2011 (UTC)Reply