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Ibis (áibis) is a common name for any of several wading birds of the family of Threskiornithidae that is allied to the storks. The average ibis is 60 cm tall, has a long down-curved bill and a short tail and likes to live in a tropical climate. Unlike the closely related herons, that fly with their necks bent in an S shape, ibises fly with their necks straight and their heads held forward.
Ibises were venerated by the ancient Egyptians and associated with the god THôT. THôT was a scribe, moralist, messenger, and supreme magician. The ancient Egyptians credited him with inventing writing. He was the patron god of all arts, sciences, and intellectual pursuits.
THôT is most often depicted as wearing a mask in the form of the head of an ibis. Egyptians associated the ibis's long curved beak with the moon. The ibis was regarded as one of THôT's earthly representatives. In Egyptian mythology, THôT was the god of the moon, god of wisdom, the measurer of time, and the inventor of writing and numbers.
THôT was said to have succeeded in understanding the mysteries of the heavens and to have then inscribed them in sacred books which he then hid here on Earth, intending that they should be searched for by future generations, but found only by the fully worthy.
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