Hitchhiker's Guide to Religion
Egyptian

Thoth

The Scribe of the Gods

Egyptian Wisdom, Writing, Magic, Moon, Knowledge, Judgment
Portrait of Thoth
Attribute Value
Combat
ATK 45
DEF 75
SPR 90
SPD 70
INT 100
Rank God of Wisdom / Divine Scribe
Domain Wisdom, Writing, Magic, Moon, Knowledge, Judgment
Alignment Mythological
Weakness No direct plague correspondence; operates through knowledge rather than force
Counter None specific
Key Act Invented writing and hieroglyphics; records the verdict at the Weighing of the Heart; restored the Eye of Horus; mediates between cosmic forces
Source Book of the Dead (Chapter 125); Pyramid Texts; Hermetic tradition (as Hermes Trismegistus)

“I am Thoth, the master of divine words, who places truth where falsehood was.”

Thoth is the ibis-headed god of wisdom, writing, and the moon — the divine scribe who records every soul’s judgment in the Hall of Ma’at. He stands beside the scales as the dead person’s heart is weighed against Ma’at’s feather, and he writes the verdict. The parallel to Metatron as the heavenly scribe is striking: both serve as cosmic record-keepers, both mediate between the divine and human realms, both are associated with esoteric knowledge. In the Hermetic tradition, Thoth was syncretized with Hermes as Hermes Trismegistus (“Thrice-Greatest”), becoming the legendary author of the Hermetic Corpus and the patron of alchemy, astrology, and Western esotericism. His INT of 100 reflects his status as the god who literally invented knowledge itself.


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