Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddess
A
Amen: see Amun
Amon: see Amun
Amun: great god of Thebes, powerful combination
with Ra in Amen Re. Temple of Karnak built in his honor
Anpu: see Anubis
Anqet: see Anukis
Anubis: god of embalmers and mummification. Shown as a human with a jackal head. Performed "weighing of the heart" judging a mans heart.
Anukis: wife of Khnum, Goddess of Cataract region at Aswan
Apis: god of strength and fertility, known as sacred bull of Memphis
Asar: See Osiris
Aten: god of the sun-disk, worshiped exclusively (monotheism) during reign of Akhenaten
Atum: A creator god along with RE, Horakhtya, and Khepri. He is considered the creator god in the Heliopolitan creation myths.
B
Bast: see Bastet
Bastet: cat goddess of delta
Bes: dwarf deity with lion's face, domestic god with no temple or priests, protector against snakes and terrors as well as help in childbirth
D
Duamutef: One of the four sons of Horus, a funerary deity linked with the East
G
Geb: earth god, husband of Nut, father to Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys
H
Hapy: god of inundation (yearly flood) and the Nile, also one of the four sons of Horus, a funerary deity linked with the northHathor: god of love, music, dancing and happiness, patron god of mining in Sinai region. Associated with Aphrodite by the Greeks
Hat-Mehit: fish-goddess of Mendes in the delta region
Heqet: frog goddess of Antinoopolis, associated with Khnum and helper of women in childbirth
Horus: son of Osiris and Isis, Pharaoh was believed to become Horus during his reign
I
Imhotep: architect of the Step Pyramid. Later periods god of learning and medicine
Imsety: one of the four sons of Horus, a funerary deity linked with the south
Isis: wife of Osiris and mother to Horus. Guardian of coffins and Canopic jars
K
Kebehsenuef: One of the four sons of Horus, a funerary deity linked with the west
Khnum: god of the cataract-region, thought to have molded man on his pottery wheel
Khonsu: Moon god, son to Amun and Mut. The three formed the Theban triad
M
Maat: goddess of truth, right and orderly conduct, daughter of Ra
Menthu: hawk-headed god of war
Meskhent: goddess of childbirth
Min: god of fertility
Mut: wife of Amen-Re. Son was Khonsu and the three form a Triad of gods in Thebes
N
Nefertum: god of the lotus, son of Ptah and Sakhmet
Neith: goddess of war, hunting, and domestic crafts
Neheb-Kau: serpent deity of underworld
Nekhbet: protected pharaoh and wife of Hapi
Nun: god of primeval chaos
Nut: sky-goddess
O
Osiris: god of the underworld, vegetation, and inundation (yearly floods), rebirth
P
Ptah: creator god of Memphis, patron god of craftsmen
R
Ra: sun god, supreme judge. Often linked with other gods i.e. Amen-Re, Sobk-Re and Re-Harakhty
Re: See Ra
Renenutet: goddess of harvest and fertility
Reshef: god of war and thunder
S
Sakhmet: wife of Ptah and avenger of enemies of Re
Satis: daughter of Khnum and Anukis. Goddess of island of Siheil in Cataract region
Seker: god of vegetation
Selkis: scorpion goddess
Seshat: goddess of written words
Set: see Seth
Seth: evil brother to Osiris, god of storms and violence
Shu: god of air
Sobk: crocodile god
T
Tauert: associated with Bes. Domestic god with no temples or priests. Hippopotamus goddess, patron of women in childbirth
Tefnut: goddess of dew and rain, sister and wife of Shu
Thoeris: see Tauert
Thoth: scribe of the gods, inventor of writing, patron god of scribes, god of wisdom, writing and counting
U
Upuat: jackal god who guides dead to the underworld
Navagation God and Goddess of Ancient Egypt
Amun |
Anubis | Bes
| Hathor | Horus
| Isis | Khnum
| Osiris | Ptah
| Ra | Sebek
| Thoth
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