Egyptian Mythology Connections

Ok, I've been doing a little research on Egyptian mythology so I thought I'd share. This might be long, sorry. After trying and trying on my own to figure out who the statue represented, I finally discovered that ABC confirmed that the statue is Taweret. She's a bit complicated, but four things stick out.

First, she was a protector of pregnancy. Her statue is now destroyed and successful pregnancies among non-815ers don't occur. Hmm.

Second, she was the wife of the evil Apep. Apep was the god of darkness and chaos, and was sometimes a very large snake (or maybe just a long snake-like trail of smoke?) with a head of flint (a black rock). He would roar from the underworld and cause rumbling. It was said that he was trapped in the underworld after Ra took over the island, er, Egypt. Trapped unless Ben lets him out I guess.

Third, Taweret was also friendly with Sobek, a god who repaired evil that was done. Sobek became Sobek-Ra (merged with Ra). Ra and Apep were enemies. Apep was always trying to kill Ra. He must have always been searching for that loophole.

Fourth, she was ALSO friendly with Set. Set was Ra's right hand guy. He protected Ra, and fought Apep. He also fought Horus (Goodspeed?), and sometimes went by the name Richard Alpert. When the Egypt was divided in two, Horus and Set fought. (Island divided, sides led by Richard and Horace). I read somewhere also that Set led a whole group of others that also defended Ra, but I couldn't find the source again.

Ok, so my theory is Jacob = Sobek-Ra, Esau = Smokey/Apep, Richard = Set. When I googled these gods' names with "lost" I discovered I am definitely not alone, which was kind of a bummer, because it seemed like it was old news, but good, because it means I'm not way out in left field. So, I think Jacob visiting the 815ers had something to do with repairing evil that was done.

I also wanted to know what the Greek on the tapestry was. The translation of the top row is, "May heaven grant you in all things your heart's desire." Odysseus said it to Nausicaa in the Odyssey. There's a middle line that says, "May the gods grant you happiness." The bottom line hasn't been fully revealed but probably says, "Only the dead have seen the end of war." Also in the Odyssey. I haven't been down that rabbit trail yet, but obviously, Odysseus visited an island or two and saw some strange things. I still need to take another look at that tapestry and see if I can google enough to figure out what the pictures represent.

One more thought. What's this mix of Greek and Egyptian? I'm sticking with my original theory, Atlantis. It has ties to Greece and Egypt. I know that's been a theory out there for a long time, but I haven't heard of Darlton denying it.

Good call Dirk, on the red herring thing, awesome! My guess about its meaning is that the whole Ben / Widmore thing isn't the real feud, they are small potatoes. Just a guess.