Hitchhiker's Guide to Religion
Egyptian

Thoth

The Scribe of the Gods

Egyptian Wisdom, Writing, Magic, Moon, Knowledge, Judgment c. 3000 BCE – 400 CE; continued as Hermes Trismegistus through late antiquity Hermopolis (Middle Egypt); ubiquitous in funerary contexts across all Egypt
Portrait of Thoth
Portrait of Thoth
Rank God of Wisdom / Divine Scribe
Domain Wisdom, Writing, Magic, Moon, Knowledge, Judgment
Period c. 3000 BCE – 400 CE; continued as Hermes Trismegistus through late antiquity
Alignment Mythological
Power LEGENDARY 84

Attributes

ATK
45
DEF
75
SPR
90
SPD
70
INT
100
CHA
99
WIS
99
END
95

Combat Profile

ATK DEF SPR SPD INT CHA WIS END
Special Move

Divine Reckoning

Thoth weighs the hearts of mortals against truth itself, revealing hidden knowledge and binding judgment with immutable cosmic law.

Passive

Keeper of the Scales

All magical workings and oaths spoken in Thoth's presence are recorded eternally; lies cannot hide from his all-seeing intellect.

Weakness

No direct plague correspondence; operates through knowledge rather than force

“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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Nemesis / Counter

None specific

Primary Source

Book of the Dead (Chapter 125); Pyramid Texts; Hermetic tradition (as Hermes Trismegistus)

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