Popular myths and legends.

Egyptian myths are one of the richest and most fascinating in the universal mythology. Some of them include stories and legends based on the life of Egyptian deities. Others explain their beliefs about the origin of the cosmos, the metaphysical myths of creation and the preponderant role played by solar symbolism in the creation of the Universe.

These myths persist over time because they help us to understand how the Egyptians conceived the creation of the cosmos and is the starting point of the concepts by the great Eastern alchemists.

Scribes and priests passed these myths to provide information on the life after death, about the perpetual journey of the deceased to attain eternal life. These and other concepts were dumped in legends and fairy tales.

The Myth of the Cow of Heaven

One of the most important myths of Egyptian cosmogony in which the end of the Creation and the new Cosmic Order established by Ra says. After creation, Ra ruled on Earth, but when it has reached old age men laugh at him. She decides to punish them by sending a curse it leads to the destruction of humanity. 

Legend, Osiris

According to legend, Osiris ruled the world of men before his brother out of jealousy, killed him, then Isis revived with the power of love and magic then Osiris was avenged by his son Horus to rule the world.

The Story of Re (Legend)

In the beginning, before there was any land of Egypt, all was darkness, and there was nothing but a great waste of water called Nun. The power of Nun was such that there arose out of the darkness a great shining egg, and this was Re. Now Re was all-powerful, and he could take many forms. His power and the secret of it lay in his hidden name.

The Princess of Bekhten (Legend)

In the reign of Rameses III, a large temple was built at Thebes in honor of the The Princess of Bekhten According to a tradition which his priests in later times inscribed on a stone, Princess was synonymous with wealth and prosperity, people had their sculpture in temples and houses.

The Treasure Thief (Myth)

Rameses the Third, the Pharaoh who, , ruled for many years and Egypt grew prosperous under him.  and encouraged trading to such an extent that he became the richest of all the Pharaohs.

Rameses gathered his treasures together in the form of gold and silver and precious stones - and the more he gathered the more anxious he became lest anyone should steal his hoards,  he  trust the his treasure what a wise this robbery also made a curse on Egypt.

References

http://billgl.tripod.com/egipto/mitos.htm

http://www.mundomitologico.com/egipcios/leyendas/

http://www.egiptologia.org/mitologia/leyendas/