Ancient Egypt Gods and Goddesses
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- Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
- Amun
- Appearance
- man with ram head
- ram
- man wearing ostrich plumed hat
- one of most powerful gods in egypt
- when he was combinde with Ra (sun god) he was more powerful
- temple built at Luxor to honor him
- Appearance
- Anubis
- Appearance
- man with jackal head
- jackal
- God of embalming + the dead
- since jackals were seen at the cemeteries, Egyptians believed Anubis watched over the dead
- Anubis was god who helped to embalm Osiris after he was killed by Seth. Thus, Anubis was the god who watched over the process of mummifying people when they died.
- priests often wore a mask of anubis during mummification ceremonies
- Anubis was god who helped to embalm Osiris after he was killed by Seth. Thus, Anubis was the god who watched over the process of mummifying people when they died.
- since jackals were seen at the cemeteries, Egyptians believed Anubis watched over the dead
- Appearance
- Hathor
- appearance
- woman with cow ears
- woman with headdress of horns and sun disk
- protective goddess + love and joy
- wife of horus. sometimes thought as mother of pharaoh.
- large temple built at dendera
- appearance
- horus
- appearance
- hawk
- man with head of hawk.
- god of the sky
- protector + ruler of Egypt
- Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the living horus
- son of osiris + isis
- After Seth murdered Osiris (his brother) Horus fought with seth for throne of Egypt.
- protector + ruler of Egypt
- appearance
- Isis
- appearance
- woman with headdress shape of throne
- pair of cow horns with sun disk
- protective goddess, used magic spells to help people
- wife of Osiris, mother of Horus
- often shown with horus on her lap. 'first throne he sat upon'
- amulet called the isis knot is a symbol of protection
- wife of Osiris, mother of Horus
- temple built at Philae. Still standing.
- appearance
- Ma'at
- appearance
- woman with feather on head
- goddess of truth, harmony. Associated with balance on earth.
- pharaohs often shown in wall reliefs making an offering of Ma'at to the gods, showing preserving harmony + justice on earth
- daughter of sun god Ra
- appearance
- Nepthys
- appearance
- woman in headdress showing name in hieroglyphs
- protective goddess of death
- sister of Isis + Osiris, sister/ wife of Seth. Mother of Anubis
- often shown on coffins or in funerary scenes
- appearance
- Osiris
- appearance
- mummified man wearing white cone like headdress with feathers. Green face.
- God of the dead, ruler of the underworld
- also god of resurrection + fertility
- Egyptians believed Osiris gave them barley
- temple built at Abydos
- also god of resurrection + fertility
- brother/ husband of Isis, brother of Nepthys +seth, father of Horus.
- appearance
- Ra
- appearance
- man with hawk head and sun disk headdress
- sun god. most important
- Egyptians believed Ra was swallowed every night by Nut and was reborn every morning
- traveled through underworld every night, appeared as a man with ram's head
- Egyptians believed Ra was swallowed every night by Nut and was reborn every morning
- appearance
- sekhmet
- appearance
- head of lioness
- goddess of war
- appearance
- seth
- appearance
- man with head of a 'seth animal', unidentifiable
- God of chaos
- represented everything that threatened harmony in Egypt
- appearance
- thoth
- appearance
- man with head of an ibis holding a writing palette
- ibis
- baboon
- god of writing and knowledge
- Egyptians believed thoth gave them hieroglyphs
- appearance
- Amun
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