Thoth and the Triangular Structure: Hieroglyphic Systems and the Seth–Anubis–Wepwawet Triad

This study presents an experimental interpretative framework for examining selected elements of the ancient Egyptian symbolic system. It explores the possibility that certain fundamental deities—Thoth, Seth, Anubis, and Wepwawet—may be structurally related to key hieroglyphic signs, namely the Djed, the Ankh, and the Was, within a unified symbolic configuration. The proposed model suggests that Thoth may be understood as an ordering and integrative principle, expressible through a triangular structure, while Seth, Anubis, and Wepwawet represent three operative functions articulated through corresponding symbolic forms. These relationships are not approached as isolated iconographic associations, but as components of a coherent system in which symbols, functions, and divine figures participate in a structured network of meaning. The study further introduces an analogical comparison with the alchemical triad Nigredo–Albedo–Rubedo, not as a historical superimposition, but as a conceptual tool for interpreting the dynamic dimension of transformation within the system. In this perspective, Anubis is associated with the phase of concealed transformation (Nigredo), Wepwawet with orientation and clarification (Albedo), and Seth with the culmination of active force and tension (Rubedo). Within this framework, Egyptian myth is approached not only as a religious or cosmological narrative, but as a possible symbolic language capable of encoding processes related to transformation, spatial organization, and the contestation and stabilization of power. The apparent plurality of divine figures may thus be reconsidered as the differentiated expression of a single structured process. This work does not aim to provide definitive conclusions, but to propose a methodological perspective open to further verification. It invites a reconsideration of the Egyptian symbolic system as a unified and dynamic architecture, in which deities, signs, colors, and forms operate together within a coherent interpretative model