Editing Wisdom (section)

==== Egyptian mythology ====
{{Main|Egyptian mythology}}
{{Further|Sia (god)|Thoth}}

Sia was the personification of perception and thoughtfulness in the mythology of [[Ancient Egypt]]. Thoth, married to [[Maat]] (in [[Egyptian language|ancient Egyptian]]: order, righteousness, truth), was regarded as the being who introduced wisdom to the nation.<ref>{{cite web|first=Joshua J.|last=Mark|date=14 April 2016|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/article/885/egyptian-gods---the-complete-list/|title=Egyptian Gods – The Complete List|website=[[World History Encyclopedia]]|access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="Uždavinys-2008" />

The concept of [[Logos]]{{snd}}manifest word of the divine thought{{snd}}was also present in the [[Ancient Egyptian religion|philosophy and hymns of Egypt]] and [[Ancient Greek philosophy|Ancient Greece]].<ref name="Uždavinys-2008">{{cite book|last=Uždavinys|first=Algis|title=Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth: From Ancient Egypt to Neoplatonism|publisher=The Prometheus Trust|year=2008|isbn=9781898910350|url=https://themathesontrust.org/publications-files/MTexcerpt-PhilosophyRebirth.pdf}}</ref> It was important in the thinking of [[Heraclitus]], and in the [[Abrahamic religions|Abrahamic traditions]]. It seems to have been derived from Mesopotamian culture.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/6411568|title=Mesopotamian precursors to the Stoic concept of logic|last=Lawson, Jack Newton.|journal=Melammu Symposia 2. Myth and Mythologies: Methodological Approaches to Intercultural Influences|year=2001|publisher=[Melammu Project]|oclc=714111111}}</ref>