Thoth (WOD)

Thoth is the Egyptian god of magic, usually depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon. Among the Greeks and Romans, Thoth was often equated to Mercury or Hermes.

The Order of Hermes maintains that the god Thoth was originally a mortal mage named Djhowtey. Together with his wife Sesheta, also a mage, he traveled to Egypt from Phoenecia circa 2500 BCE. The mystic court they established there taught the earliest identifiable form of Hermetic magic, and the couple founded two traditions -- the Reed of Thoth and the Cupbearers of Isis -- to carry on their teaching after they died. These organizations are collectively known as the Cult(s) of Thoth. Djhowtey was later deified as Thoth, while Sesheta was deified as Seshat.