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To understand the ontological classification of Thoth within Genshin Impact, one must examine the nature of the vassal gods and divine beast-sages who flourished under the Tri-Lakshana alliance of King Deshret, Nabu Malikata (the Goddess of Flowers), and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. Unlike ordinary desert wildlife or the mechanical Primal Constructs crafted from Deshret's technology, Thoth belongs to the rank of sentient zoomorphic deities—ancient elemental and spiritual beings who bore animal-crested visages as emblems of their cosmic jurisdiction over the Great Red Sand.

Specifically, Thoth manifests with the regal, curved-beaked crest of the Sacred Ibis—a bird revered across ancient desert antiquity for probing hidden truths beneath muddy waters and inscribing the movements of the moon and stars. In Teyvat's desert theology, Thoth represents the analytical, codifying mind of Deshret's civilization: the divine scribe who translated celestial laws into runic obelisk script and taught mortal priests how to channel elemental power through geometric conduits without succumbing to madness.

The history of Thoth begins in the primordial oasis era of Sumeru, when King Deshret raised towering alabaster cities across the desert and invited the wise beast-sovereigns to govern the seven pillars of his realm. Appointed as the Ibis King and keeper of the royal tablets, Thoth oversaw the construction of the great subterranean libraries, astronomical observatories, and soul-scales beneath the Hypostyle Desert. As chronicled in desert lore artifacts and the polearm Dialogues of the Desert Sages, the Ibis King frequently engaged in philosophical and martial debates with Hermanubis, Sobek, and the mortal sages who sought to bridge divine authority with human governance.

When Nabu Malikata perished to open the way to forbidden cosmic truth and King Deshret plunged ever deeper into the obsession of the Golden Slumber, Thoth recognized the impending catastrophe of Forbidden Knowledge (Marana). Together with his fellow divine sages, the Ibis King worked tirelessly to erect containment seals, obelisk wards, and encrypted warnings across the desert temples so that future generations would not repeat the hubris that poisoned the sand.

Following the fall of King Deshret's empire and the fragmentation of the desert into warring city-states like Tulaytullah, Gurabad, and Salutation, Thoth withdrew from open mortal worship into the sealed halls of memory and esoteric tradition. Yet his teachings on runic wardcraft, secret knowledge preservation, and the weighing of truth continued to influence the priesthood of Deshret, the Temple of Silence, and the Akademiya's later Haravatat and Rtawahist scholars.