Name: 埃及最令人毛骨悚然的10大傳說！ (Top 10 Creepiest Egyptian Myths)
Uploaded: 2026-03-08T17:30:15.000Z
Duration: 10 min 22 s

And today we're counting down our picks for the darkest stories from Egyptian mythology.

今天我們要來盤點埃及神話中最黑暗的故事。

在這裡，Ani 面臨他最後的挑戰。

失去心愛的寵物從來都不容易。

But what if you could take them with you into the afterlife?

但如果你能帶著牠們一起進入來世呢？

This is one of the motives behind the mythology of mummification.

這就是木乃伊化神話背後的原因之一。

Beliefs that center around preparing souls of the dead for their journey through the afterlife.

這些信仰圍繞著為死者的靈魂準備來世的旅程。

As anyone who's seen a mummy knows, ancient Egyptians went to a lot of trouble to evade decomposition.

就像任何看過木乃伊的人都知道，古埃及人費盡心思來避免分解。

Trials and tribulations await those embarking upon this journey.

踏上這趟旅程的人，將面臨重重考驗。

And archaeologists have found evidence of many mummified cats entombed in great numbers alongside their human counterparts.

考古學家們也發現了許多貓咪木乃伊，牠們被大量埋葬在人類對應物旁邊的證據。

Well, ancient Egyptians believed cats were really important too.

嗯，古埃及人也認為貓咪非常重要。

In fact, they thought they were divine creatures.

事實上，他們認為牠們是神聖生物。

Cat mummies were designated as offerings to Bastet, an Egyptian goddess, or as a means of assisting the dead in communicating during their sojourns into the mysterious beyond.

貓咪木乃伊被指定為獻給埃及女神芭絲泰特的祭品，或是幫助死者在神祕的來世旅程中溝通的手段。

The Egyptian minister of Antiquities, AKA the guy in charge of really, really old stuff, says they've also found a door to another tomb.

埃及考古部長，也就是負責那些非常非常古老東西的人，說他們也發現了一扇通往另一個陵墓的門。

They're hoping to open it up soon to find out what ancient secrets lie behind it.

他們希望能盡快打開它，找出門後藏著什麼古老的祕密。

This story of love, death, betrayal and rebirth is a central one to the world of Egyptian mythology.

這個關於愛、死亡、背叛與重生的故事，是埃及神話世界的核心。

In ancient Egyptian mythological beliefs, during Egypt's early history, the gods ruled as kings on earth.

在古埃及的神話信仰中，埃及早期歷史，眾神曾統治大地。

Osiris was one of those gods who served as king.

奧西里斯就是其中一位擔任國王的眾神之一。

The story of how Osiris was murdered by his brother set and had pieces scattered across the Egyptian landscape of how Osiris wife, in her grief, set off to collect these pieces in an attempt to bring her husband back to life.

奧西里斯被他的兄弟賽特謀殺，屍塊散落埃及各地，而奧西里斯的妻子悲痛欲及，踏上尋找這些屍塊的旅程，試圖讓她的丈夫復活。

Now, by restoring Osiris body like this and then reviving him, Isis made it possible for Osiris to live on forever as king.

現在，透過像這樣修復奧西里斯的身體並讓他復活，伊西斯讓奧西里斯得以永遠以國王的身份活下去。

The Osiris myth not only speaks to marital love between the gods, it also presents details into the Egyptian underworld, while symbolizing cultural cycles of death and rebirth central to this mythos.

奧西里斯的神話不僅訴說了神祇間的夫妻之愛，也詳述了埃及的冥界，同時象徵著這個神話體系中，生死循環的核心。

For people who wanted to live on forever after death, emulating Osiris, that is imitating the process that he went through was crucial for success.

對於那些希望死後永生的人來說，模仿奧西里斯，也就是模仿他所經歷的過程，是成功的關鍵。

Sobek's reputation for violence and aggression is matched only by his fearsome appearance, that of a warrior deity.

索貝克以暴力和侵略聞名，而他可怕的戰士神祇形象更是與之匹配。

The ancient Egyptians chose a lot of their gods based on the natural world.

古埃及人選擇了很多神祇，都是根據自然界來的。

And crocodiles are large, terrifying things, so they wanted to appease them.

鱷魚又大又嚇人，所以他們想安撫牠們。

There's another gruesome story involving Sobek however, one that's said to be the genesis of the belief that crocodiles didn't have tongues.

不過，還有一個跟索貝克有關的恐怖故事，據說這就是鱷魚沒有舌頭這個說法的起源。

It's been said that Sobek consumed one of the aforementioned pieces of Osiris that had been scattered by Set after the latter murdered his sibling.

據說索貝克吞下了賽特殺害奧西里斯後，被分散開來的奧西里斯身體的其中一塊。

The gods punished Sobek for this infraction, tearing out his tongue and thus setting the stage for all future crocodiles that would dwell within the Nile River.

神祇們因為這次的違規懲罰了索貝克，拔掉了他的舌頭，也為後來所有居住在尼羅河裡的鱷魚設下了先例。

It seems as if every culture possesses some sort of myth or legend that's designed to ward away the young from dangerous places such as dark and lonely water.

似乎每個文化都有某種神話或傳說，用來告誡年輕人遠離危險的地方，像是黑暗孤寂的水域。

Egypt was no different in this regard, as evidenced by the El Nadaha, a spirit that calls men to their doom.

埃及在這方面也不例外，艾爾納達哈就是一個證明，這是一種會呼喚男人走向毀滅的靈體。

This water spirit could roughly be compared to the Naiads of ancient Greece, female apparitions that are said to lure men to their deaths via drowning in the Nile.

這個水靈大概可以跟古希臘的河川女神（Naiads）相比，她們是據說會誘騙男人在尼羅河溺斃的女性鬼魂。

The Nile river affected every aspect of life in ancient Egypt.

尼羅河影響了古埃及生活的各個層面。

The ancient Egyptians were extremely cognizant of how the Nile was their lifeblood.

古埃及人非常清楚尼羅河就是他們的生命線。

They respected both its creative and destructive powers, and

他們同時敬畏它創造與毀滅的力量，

thus had many fearful stories designed to instill the same sort of respect for younger generations.

是以編造了許多令人畏懼的故事，用來灌輸年輕一代同樣的敬畏之心。

Even today, villagers claim that on quiet nights when the wind is still and the river is calm, you can hear her voice calling, waiting for the next soul to answer.

即使到了今天，村民們聲稱在風平浪靜、河水溫柔的寧靜夜晚，你還是能聽到她的聲音在呼喚，等待下一個靈魂回應。

There is a nebulous origin to the story of Omena el Ghula, sometimes known as the Mother of ghouls.

屍鬼之母，有時也被稱為 Omena el Ghula，她的故事起源有些模糊不清。

It's a myth similar to the more familiar tale of Baba Yaga, a Slavic witch said to prey upon children.

這是一個神話，有點像我們比較熟悉的巴巴雅嘎（Baba Yaga）的故事，一個被說成會獵食小孩的斯拉夫女巫。

The Arabic and Egyptian tales of Omena el Gula are similar in their intent.

阿拉伯和埃及關於 Omena el Gula 的故事，其目的也很相似。

To teach children not to wander off, to be careful of whom they trust out there in the world.

告訴孩子們不要亂跑，要小心這個世界上他們可以信任誰。

Otherwise, Omena el Gula might snatch them up for dinner and they'll never be seen again by their parents or anybody else.

否則，Omena el Gula 可能會抓他們當晚餐，他們的父母或任何人就再也見不到他們了。

The mother of ghouls is also said to be particularly fond of bad, misbehaving children.

屍鬼之母據說也特別喜歡那些壞小孩、不乖的小孩。

So this folk tale has also historically assisted parents in that time honored tradition of, well, making threats.

所以這個民間故事在歷史上，也幫助了父母們實踐那項古老的傳統，也就是，嗯，製造威脅。

Lisa, if you don't behave, we'll turn this car right around and go home.

Lisa，如果你不乖，我們就把車開回去，回家。

For God's sake, Homer, it's an empty threat.

天哪，Homer，這只是嚇人的話啦。

太陽神拉與阿波菲斯之間的永恆鬥爭。

古代世界依靠故事和神話來解釋日常發生的事情。

The ancient world relied upon stories and myth to explain what occurred around them on a daily basis.

這包括了我們今天視為理所當然的事件，例如日出日落，日落時，拉進入冥界的洞穴。

This included events that we take for granted today, such as the rising and setting of the sun at the setting of the sun, Ra enters the caverns of the underworld.

埃及神話規定了太陽神拉與巨蛇阿波菲斯或阿佩普之間每晚的戰鬥。

Egyptian mythology designated a nightly battle between Ra, the sun God, and Apophis or Apep, a giant serpent.

後者試圖吞噬拉，阻止太陽升起，讓埃及籠罩在黑暗和永恆的夜晚中。

The latter attempted to swallow up Ra to stop the sun from rising, leaving Egypt covered in darkness and eternal night.

阿波菲斯偶爾會成功達成這個目標，這時候像是賽特、芭絲特和梅宏等其他天界守護者就派上用場了。

Apophis was occasionally successful in this aim while which was where other celestial defenders like Set, Bastet and Mehon came into play.

具體是哪一位，則取決於你住在埃及的哪個地方。

Which one specifically depended on where in Egypt you lived.

由於不同的城市有不同的守護神，他們會剖開阿波菲斯，釋放拉。

As different cities had different patron deities, they would slice open Apophis and free Ra.

而在這些夜晚，一般的埃及人就會目睹日食。

And it was on these nights when the normal Egyptians would witness a solar eclipse.

It is my burden to fight the demon Apophis night after night.

我必須日復一日地對抗惡魔阿波菲斯。

Nothing scares us quite like the unknown mysteries of death.

沒有什麼比死亡未知的奧祕更讓我們害怕了。

Ancient Egyptians, like all of us, had their own theories and mythologies to explain what went on after we die.

古埃及人跟我們一樣，都有自己的理論和神話來解釋我們死後會發生什麼事。

But first that spirit must pass through the Duat, or underworld.

但首先，靈魂必須穿越杜阿特，也就是冥界。

This is a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire and magical gates, all guarded by fearsome beasts.

這是一個充滿巨大洞穴、火焰湖泊和魔法門的國度，全由可怕的野獸看守。

Snakes, crocodiles and half human monstrosities with names like he who Dances in Blood.

蛇、鱷魚，以及像「血中舞者」這樣名字的半人半獸怪物。

Their judgment of the dead included Ammit, a God who embodied three fearsome predators of the Nile River.

他們對死者的審判包括了阿米特，一位象徵尼羅河三種可怕掠食者的神祇。

This deity, with the body of a hippo lion and a crocodilian head, would devour the hearts of those deemed unworthy of entering into Aaru, the Egyptian equivalent of heaven.

這位神祇擁有河馬、獅子的身體和鱷魚的頭，牠會吞噬那些不配進入埃及天堂「阿魯」之心的死者。

Ammit sits alongside Anubis and Thoth as an executioner for those judged within Osiris underworld dominion of Duat, a fearsome and creepy character that nevertheless demands respect.

阿米特和阿努比斯、托特一起，成為奧西里斯冥界杜阿特領域中被審判者的劊子手，這個可怕又令人毛骨悚然的角色，儘管如此，仍然令人敬畏。

The worlds of ancient mythology can be a violent, gross and troubling place, full of weird stories of death and creation.

古老神話的世界，可能是一個充滿暴力、噁心又令人不安的地方，充滿了關於死亡和創生的奇特故事。

Nu was the name of the dark swirling chaos before the beginning of time.

努，是時間開始之前，那片黑暗翻騰混沌的名稱。

Atum is one of the elder gods of the Egyptian pantheon, A creator who didn't even need a partner to facilitate the births of spawn like Shu and Tefnut.

阿圖姆是埃及神祇系統中的一位古老神祇，一位甚至不需要伴侶就能孕育出舒和特夫努特等後代的創世神。

It was Atum's shadow that was said to have assisted in this end.

據說，是阿圖姆的影子協助完成了這一切。

Although the God needed to conceive these children via some pretty gross acts like spit up and vomit in the beginning, Atum created himself, and

雖然這位神祇一開始需要透過嘔吐和吐痰等相當噁心的行為來孕育這些孩子，但阿圖姆創造了他自己，

It doesn't end there either, since other stories go even further to this end, symbolizing celestial loneliness with tales of Atum utilizing an act of self pleasure in order to bring Shu and Tefnut into the world.

這還沒完，因為其他神話故事甚至走得更遠，象徵著天上的孤獨，講述阿圖姆透過自慰的行為，生下了舒和特夫努特。

是的，是的，我就是我領域的主宰。

Celestial Rebirth so do you remember how earlier we discussed Isis journey to recover the pieces of her slain husband Osiris?

天上的重生，你還記得我們之前討論過伊西斯為了找回被殺害的丈夫奧西里斯的碎片而進行的旅程嗎？

Did we forget to mention that the pair were also brother and sister?

我們是不是忘了提，這對夫妻也是兄妹？

But wait, we're not actually done because after Isis reconstructed Osiris body, there was postmortem copulation resulted in a son Horus.

但等等，我們還沒說完，因為伊西斯重組了奧西里斯的身體後，死後的交合生下了兒子荷魯斯。