Thoth

The god Thoth was the moon god, represented in the form of an ibis or baboon, or as a man with the head of an ibis (surmounted from the time of the New kingdom by a crescent moon and lunar disk). He was also regarded as the creator god and the god of wisdom, and was credited with the invention of writing and the legal code. His origin is uncertain, but after the Middle kingdom his main cult center may be considered to be Thermopolis. Here he was at the head of a group of eight deities who were regarded as the source of creation. Countless numbers of the animals sacred to him were buried in underground tomb complexes in nearby Tuna el-Gebel