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Explore myths connected by the recurring theme of Intercalary Days across cultures, characters, and sacred places.
2 myths currently featured for Intercalary Days.
Following a celestial gamble by the god Thoth, five intercalary days were added to the Egyptian calendar to allow the goddess Nut to give birth to her children. On the fourth of these miraculous days, Isis was born within the lush, verdant marshes of the Nile Delta near the ancient city of Buto. Emerging as a master of magic and wisdom, her birth in the Delta swamps established her profound...
When the sun god Ra cursed the sky goddess Nut so she could not give birth on any day of the year, the wise god Thoth intervened. By winning moonlight in a game of chance with the moon god Khonsu, Thoth created five extra days that existed outside the standard calendar. On the first of these intercalary days, Nut gave birth to Osiris, the god who would eventually become the lord of the...