Methuselah Found In Egyptian Mythology

 Methuselah - craftsman, husband, father, king.  Methuselah is identified in Egyptian mythology as the gods Ptah and Nun.  This conclusion is arrived at in this manner:  The Egyptian god Horus is identified as the biblical Caphtor, or Caphtorim, as in Genesis 10.  His father, Osiris, is the same as Mizraim, the father of Caphtor.  Mizraim is also identified as the Mesopotamian sky god Anu or simply An.  Ham, the father if Misraim is identified as Geb.  His father was Noah, who would be called Shu to the Egyptians.  Noah's father Lamech is called Atum.  His wife's name, in Egyptian, is Iusaaset.  Lamech's father Methuselah came to be known as Nun and Ptah.  His story is below.

He was married at least three times.  His first wife was called Bastet.  With her, he had a son named Maahes.  It is not known what happened to them, but it is believed that they died.  His second wife was called Sekhmet.  They had a son called Nefertum and a daughter named Naunet.  As with Bastet and Maahes, Sekhmet and Nefertum are believed to have died, likely killed.  Concerned that he would not have a son to carry on his lineage, he married his daughter Naunet and had a son whom the Scriptures call Lamech, but in Egyptian his name is Atum.

Methuselah was king of what is now Lower and Upper Egypt.  His power was such that he chose and anointed kings under him, thus making him a king of kings.  He was also a metalworker and an architect.  He founded the city of Ineb-hedg (whited walls).  When Methuselah stayed in Memphis (near to modern Mit Rahina), they lived south of the Lord's temple.  (The temple today is called the Temple of Ptah).  Methuselah even founded the ancient city of Memphis after fighting with a man named Moringa.

Methuselah was devoted to mercy and truth.  His life was such that his character changed very little over his incredibly long life (969 years).  He was short, dwarf-like.  He was bald and had a big head.

Methuselah opened his home to the children of others.  The person who came to be known as the bull-god Apis was adopted by him.  Apis' mother's name was Ma'at (Ma'at was fat), his father's name is unknown.  Apis loved Methuselah and eventually became his herald.

Methuselah, Naunet, and Lamech (Atum) lived in Memphis with his three brothers and their wives.  Their names were Heh and Hehet (sometimes Hek and Heket), Kek and Keket, and Amun and Amunet.  Just as Methuselah was associated with water in Scriptures, (Methuselah's name means 'when he is dead, it will come' referring to Noah's Flood), he was also associated with water in Egyptian mythology as Nun.

Methuselah and his brothers did not get along.  While Methuselah feared God, his brothers and their wives did not.  Methuselah believed that God made man in his image, and that truth was absolute.  Hek and Heket believed that God was formless, like a cloud.  They also believed that truth was relative, that right and wrong were subject to the lusts of the flesh of each person, i.e. "If it feels good, do it."(taken from 'Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight').

Methuselah believed that God (Jehovah) spoke the truth and that his Word was a light to the world.  His brother Kek and his wife Keket, while marginally believing this also, rather sought out the things of darkness, seeking out to do those things which displeased the LORD.  They also hated having their sins brought to light.

The worst was Amun.  Amun and Amunet hated the LORD and all his ways.  Not only did they (Amun and Amunet) embrace the ways of Methuselah's other brothers and their wives, they formed their own mystery religion, some aspects of which are still around today.  One of the symbols of this mystery religion was the crescent moon.  After the Flood, the (crescent) moon belonged to the Sumerian moon god Sin.  Over time, Sin's name changed to Allah.  The crescent moon was carried over to this 'new god'.  Allah is the formless god of the Muslims, whose word seems to change from time to time.

Another symbol that survived is a serpent chasing or biting its own tail.  The circling serpent, which was seen as a sun symbol and said to be 'renewing itself', was called the kematef.  It is better known today as the Ouroboros.  The kematef is often seen as a sun behind the heads of various gods and goddesses and the pharaohs.

A very telling aspect of the mystery religion founded by Amun lies in the interpretation of the word kematef.  Kematef is a combination of two words:  Kem and Atef.  Kem comes from the Hebrew chem, and means 'dark'.  Atef refers to the crown worn on the heads of the pharaohs and is regarded as a symbol of royal power.  The kematef, by application, means 'prince of darkness', a title usually given to Satan.

Before the division with his brothers, Methuselah lived in Khenmu, which is known to the Greeks as Hermopolis Magma.  Khenmu would eventually come to be called 'eight town', because of its association with the Ogdoad, a type of Egyptian high council.  This, however, would not happen until after the Great Flood as the gods and goddesses of it had not yet been born.