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Easy Corn Mummy In antiquity Corn Mummies
were often offered to Wesir, Since the point of Corn Mummies in
antiquity was to symbolicaly show Wesir's agricultural power of
life, in death by sowing seeds out of his image, the concept can
be applied with regular household items. you can add as little or
as much artistic flair to this project as you like, to make as an
offering, or just for fun! it's a great project for kids! (read
more on Corn Mummies)
If you have a pot lying around-- or can preferably buy a pot, you can use it to sprout seeds in Honor of Wesir's Mysteries, or any time of year. Just writing his name out, In glyphs or english should have enough Heka in it to make a very acceptable Corn Mummy. In this picture I just used My Wesir stamp that I bougfht off of Ebay... and that fast I had a Viable Corn Wesir:
You could also print out his image and glue or tape it onto a container, paint or draw an image of him. The Basic Idea is, an Image of Wesir which green things grow from. Corn Mummies are one of the most sincere ways you can honor and watch Wesir's power of growth in action. You don't even need a flower pot if you don't have one, Another fun Corn Mummy variation for kids is Egg heads! Take a Washed Egg shell, and adorn it with an Image of Wesir or his name! Fill it with Dirt, Seeds, and Presto! Corn Mummies! This is so inexpensive to make it may feel like Cheating. But Wesir would probably appreciate the Nutrient rich egg shell, if you compost it afterwards!
When your seeds sprout, it will look like Wesir's hair is of Vegetation. << Back (Easy Corn Mummy
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