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Index Thoth (also Toth) , scribe of the Egyptian gods, was the
chief deity of Khmun, or Hermopolis. He was conceived as either
having the head of an ibis or of a bamboo. Thoth is usually
depicted as an ibis-headed man with a pen-and-ink holder. He
became known as the god of the foundation of the law, mystical
wisdom, magic, learning, hieroglyphic writing, arithmetic, and
astrology. Thus, he was called "The Lord of the Divine Books"
and "Scribe of the Company of Gods." The symbolic meaning of the
ibis, although this exact meaning has not been discovered, is
thought to be associated with healing. Sometimes Thoth is
portrayed as a baboon-headed man holding a crescent moon.
According to legend, Thoth, both a healer and magician, restored
the Eye of Horus that was torn to bits when the latter fought
his uncle Seth (Set) to revenge the death of his father Osiris.
The eye of Horus, also known as the udjat eye, became a funerary
amulet and magical, all-se