WATER IN RELIGION

o baptism (Christians) function ascleansing

o cleaning in mosques (Islam) of the spirit

o water as symbol of a clean spirit and attachment to god

o Jesus washing the feet of his disciples at the Maundy Thursday

o God created the world in seven days, o but first there only were the primary

sea and darkness which stands for chaos

o God said: „Let there be light“ and there was light. So he created day and night

o On the second day God built the land and made it wet and fertile

o He made it green with many different kinds of plants

A flood sent by God

to erase all humans

Noah & Ark

Safe the Animals

God of the sea

In Greek: Poseidon

worshipped for

-a safe journey

-rich fishing

o The Nile was often floodedo but people weren´t scared,o they needed it for their fields, o because the mud was fertile.o People were more scared that

the flood didn´t come.

o Seth was jealous of his brother Osiris, so he killed him and spread the parts of his body in all directions.

o Isis brought her husband Osiris back to life for a short time with the healing Nile water.

o In this short moment they made their son Horus to fight versus Seth