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    Egyptian Gods

    and Goddesses
    Contents
    Amun p1
    Anubis p2
    Bastet p3
    Bes p4
    Keb p5
    Hathor p6
    Horus p7
    Neith p8
    Isis p9
    Nephthys p10
    Nut p11
    Osiris p12
    Ra p13
    Set p14
    Shu p15
    Tefnut p16
    Amun

    • Amun was the god of the air.


    Amun was one of the eight
    ancient Egyptian gods who
    formed the Ogdoad of
    Hermopolis. His consort was
    Ament Amun and Mut. In
    Egyptian mythology, Amun was
    a very powerful god. He was
    often combined with Ra to
    form the god Amun-Ra. At one
    point in Egyptian history, he
    was called the "King of the
    Gods".

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    Anubis

    Anubis was the god of


    mummification and the afterlife.
    Anubis was the son of Ra, a more
    popular recent version depicts him
    as the illegitimate son of Osiris, god
    of the underworld, and his sister
    Nephthys, a protective goddess of
    the dead. Legend has it that
    Nephthys abandoned him for fear
    of Set, god of evil, to whom she was
    sister-wife
    Bastet

    Bastet is the offspring of Ra,


    an Egyptian sun god. She is
    the Egyptian goddess of the
    home and felines, as well as
    a protector goddess. Bastet
    had 3 siblings, Shu, God of
    the wind, Tefnut, Goddess of
    moisture and Sekhmet,
    Goddess of medicine. Bastet
    had one son, Maahes, God
    of war.
    Bes

    Bes was the god ancient


    Egyptian god of childbirth,
    fertility, sexuality, humor, and
    war, but served primarily as a
    protector god of pregnant
    women and children. He is
    regularly depicted as a
    dwarf with large ears, long-
    haired and bearded, with
    prominent genitals, and
    bow-legged.
    Keb

    Keb was god of the Earth


    and later a member of the
    Ennead of Heliopolis. He had
    a viper around his head and
    was thus also considered the
    father of snakes. It was
    believed in ancient Egypt
    that Keb's laughter created
    earthquakes and that he
    allowed crops to grow.
    Hathor

    Hathor was the goddess of the sky,


    of women, fertility and love.
    Hathor‘s mother was called Nieth
    and her siblings are Sekhmet,
    Bastet, Maat, Shu and Tefnut.
    Horus

    Horus was god of the sun of


    the sky. He was the most
    powerful of them all. He
    defatted Seth, the god who
    murdered his father. But
    Horus also beheaded his own
    mother because she
    betrayed him. He is known as
    the god with the eagle head
    or the oldest ruler of Egypt.
    Nieth

    Nieth was goddess of war


    and hunting. It was her
    responsibility to help settle
    wars and disputes between
    the gods and the
    Egyptians. The Egyptian
    warriors believed they
    could not win a war
    without praying to her.
    Isis

    Isis is an ancient Egyptian


    goddess, associated with the
    earlier goddess Hathor, who
    became the most popular and
    enduring of all the Egyptian
    deities. Her name comes from
    the Egyptian ESET , ("the seat")
    which referred to her stability
    and also the throne of Egypt as
    she was considered the mother
    of every pharaoh through the
    king's association with Horus ,
    Isis' son.
    Nephthys

    Nephthys is the Egyptian


    goddess of Mourning,
    Lamentation, Sleep, Rivers,
    the Night and Protector of
    The Dead. She was born on
    the Fifth Demon Day. In a
    later life, she married her
    former brother Set and
    became the mother of
    Anubis.
    Nut

    the sky goddess Nut as a


    cow. In Egyptian mythology,
    Nut was the goddess of the
    sky. Her body made a
    protective layer over the
    Earth. Nut was the sister and
    wife of Geb, and the mother
    of (with Ra) Osiris, Nephthys,
    Isis and Seth and
    grandmother of Horus.
    Osiris

    Osiris is the god of fertility,


    agriculture, the afterlife, the
    dead, resurrection, life, and
    vegetation in ancient
    Egyptian religion. He was
    classically depicted as a
    green-skinned deity with a
    pharaoh's beard, partially
    mummy-wrapped at the
    legs, wearing a distinctive
    Atef crown, and holding a
    symbolic crook and flail.
    Ra

    Ra was the god of the sky .


    He was the most important
    god in Ancient Egypt. He
    had many names, such as
    Amun-Ra, and Ra-
    Horakhty. It was said he
    was born each morning in
    the East, and died each
    night in the West.
    Set

    Set, also known as Seth


    and Suetekh, was the
    Egyptian god of war,
    chaos and storms, brother
    of Osiris, Isis, and Horus the
    Elder, uncle to Horus the
    Younger, and brother-
    husband to Nephthys.
    Shu

    Shu is represented as a
    human with feathers on his
    head, as he is associated
    with dry and warm air. This
    feather serves as the
    hieroglyphic sign for his
    name. Shu could also be
    represented as a lion, or
    with a more elaborate
    feathered headdress.
    Tefnut

    Tefnut is a deity of
    moisture, moist air, dew
    and rain in Ancient
    Egyptian religion. She is the
    sister and consort of the air
    god Shu and the mother of
    Geb and Nut.

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