why did the Egyptian gods have animal heads one of the most unique and bizarre parts of Egyptian mythology is how they depicted their gods with the bodies of humans and the heads of animals this kind of art is called theosophic which in Greek literally translates to animal heads we know that one source of inspiration for these depictions came from the ancient Egyptians appreciation of animals and their unique abilities the strength of hippopotamus is almost mythical when compared to a human and so is the cat's agility and Falcon's ability to fly so it seems natural that
they would give these powers to their gods it's not far off from what Stan Lee and Jack Kirby did with superheroes Spider-Man Batman man bat all those guys but why the animal heads well even the experts are stumped on that one but one of my favorite Niche theories is that it came from Egyptian Theater where the actors on stage wore animal masks so the audience could easily identify them and the Animals chosen reflected the God's domains
