Aker - "the Bender" The guardian of the rising and setting sun. Amon - "the Hidden One" The Theban king of the gods & "that which is hidden". Ammut - "Dead-Swallower" The monster who ate the heart of those unworthy of eternal life. Anqet - "Embracing Lady" The water goddess of Elephantine. Anubis - "the Royal Child" The jackel-god of mummification & embalming. Apep The serpent who daily tried to destroy the sun. Aten The disk of the sun. Atum - "the Complete One" The god of the setting sun and a form of Re. Bastet - "Devouring Lady" The cat-goddess of the home & sunlight. Bes The dwarf-god of music, dancing & warfare. Buto - "She Who is Green" The cobra-goddess of Lower Egypt Duamutef - "Praising his Mother" One of the Four Sons of Horus; he protected the stomach of the deceased. Geb - "Earth" The god of the earth & he was the husband of the sky. Hapi - "Runner" The god of the Nile. Hapy - "Runner" Another of the Four Sons of Horus; he guarded the lungs of the deceased. Hathor - "House of Horus" The cow-goddess of love, music & women. Horus - "High, Above" The falcon-god of the sun & the Pharaohs. Imhotep - "He Who Comes in Peace" The vizier of Djoser was later worshipped as the son of Ptah. Imsety - "the Kindly One" The son of Horus who guarded the liver of the deceased. Isis - "the Throne" The goddess of magic & widow of Osiris. Khensu - "Traveller" The Theban god of the moon. Khepera - "He Who Comes Into Being" The beetle-god of the rising sun. Khnemu - "Protector/Enricher" The Elephantine god of the Nile & the Inundation. Ma'at - "Truth" The goddess of order & truth. Meretseger - "She Who Loves Silence" The goddess of the Valley of the Kings. |
Min - "the Firm One" The god of male fertility. Montu - "Nomad" The Egyptian god of war. Mut - "Mother" The Theban mother-goddess & wife of Amon. Nefertem - "Lotus" The Memphis god of the lotus. Neith - "One Who Is" The goddess of war & weaving. Nekhebet - "She of Nekheb" The vulture-goddess of Upper Egypt. Nephthys - "Mistress of the House" The sister of Isis & wife of Seth. Nun - "Abyss" The god of the primoridal waters of chaos. Nut - "Sky" The goddess of the sky & mother of Osiris & Isis. Osiris - "He Sees the Throne" The god of agriculture & the afterlife; was murdered by Seth. Ptah - "Creator" The mummified creation god of Memphis. Qebehsenuef - "Cooling his Brother (with Water)" The Son of Horus who protected the intestines of the dead. Qetesh A Semetic nature goddess worshipped in Egypt. Re - "Sun" The creator god of the sun. Satet - "One Who Shoots (Arrows)" The Elephantine goddess of the Nile floods & fertility. Sekhmet - "Powerful Female" The lioness goddess of war & destruction. Selket - "She Who Breathes" The scorpion goddess of magic. Serapis The Hellenistic god of the sun & the afterlife. Seshat - "Lady Scribe" Goddess of writing and measurement Seth - "To Dazzle" The god of thunder & storms who murdered his brother Osiris. Shu - "Dry" The god of the air & father of Nut & Geb. Sobek - "Watching Over You" The god of crocodiles. Tauret - "the Great One" The hippopotamus goddess of women & childbirth. Tefnut - "Sky-Spittle" The goddess of moisture, rain & the mother of Nut & Geb. Thoth - "Leader" The ibis-god of wisdom, writing & the moon. |