:for other meanings of "thoth", or of "djehuti" and similar, see thoth (disambiguation).  thoth ( or ; from greek ÎÏÎ¸ thá¹th, from egyptian , perhaps pronounced *// or *//, depending on the phonological interpretation of egyptian's emphatic consonants) was one of the deities of the egyptian pantheon. in art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. his feminine counterpart was seshat, and his wife was ma'at.thutmose iii: a new biography by eric h cline, david o'connor university of michigan press (january 5, 2006)p. 127 thoth's chief temple was located in the city of khmun,not to be confused with the deity khnum.national geographic society: egypt's nile valley supplement map. (produced by the cartographic division) later called hermopolis magna during the greco-roman eranational geographic society: egypt's nile valley supplement map: western desert portion. (produced by the cartographic division) (in reference to him through the greeks' interpretation that he was the same as their god hermes) and  shmounein in the coptic rendering. in that city, he led the ogdoad pantheon of eight principal deities. he also had numerous shrines within the cities of abydos, hesert, urit, per-ab, rekhui, ta-ur, sep, hat, pselket, talmsis, antcha-mutet, bah, amen-heri-ab, and ta-kens.(budge the gods of the egyptians thoth was said to be born from the skull of set also said to be born from the heart of ra.p. 401) thoth played many vital and prominent roles in egyptian mythology, such as maintaining the universe, and being one of the two deities (the other being ma'at) who stood on either side of ra's boat.(budge the gods of the egyptians vol. 1 p. 400) in the later history of ancient egypt, thoth became heavily associated with the arbitration of godly disputes,(budge the gods of the egyptians vol. 1 p. 405) the arts of magic, the system of writing, the development of science,(budge the gods of the egyptians vol. 1 p. 414) and the judgment of the dead.(budge the gods of 
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