Egyptian Gods Goddess Ra Re AmenRa King of

Egyptian Gods & Goddess

Ra / Re / Amen-Ra • • King of the Gods Sun god Falcon head with a sun on top. Sometimes seen as the creator of men (Egyptians called themselves "the cattle of Ra”) • Since heaven and the underworld have water, Ra uses a boat (Madjet (“strong”) while rising and Semektet ("becoming weak") when setting. He often has help from other gods to successfully navigate his boat. • He constantly had to fight monsters (Sebau, Nak, and Apep) • The phoenix is one of his symbols

Osiris • God of the earth and vegetation • Symbolized the yearly drought and flooding of the Nile. • Gave Egypt civilization. • Married his sister, Isis • Osiris rules Egypt and he leaves Isis in charge when he is gone • Set and 72 conspirators kill him by chopping him up into pieces • Isis found almost all the pieces and put him back together (making the missing part out of clay) • King of the afterlife • Usually shown as a bearded, mummified human with green skin and wearing the atef crown. His hands come out from the mummy wrappings and hold the flail and crook.

Horus • Falcon headed • The Pharaoh was supposed to be his earthly embodiment. • Son of Osiris (after his resurrection) • Set is always trying to hurt him • Stunted from his waist down • In art, he is often shown standing on crocodiles • His sons are born from Isis. Each take care of the organs during the mummification process • Duamutef (stomach) • Imsety (liver) • Hapi (lungs) • Qebehsenuef (intestines)

Nephthys • Wife of Seth • Seduced her brother Osiris (possibly getting him drunk or by looking like Isis) to get pregnant with Anubis • BFFF Isis

Isis • Isis was the sister/wife of Osiris • Shown as a a woman wearing a vulture head-dress and the solar disk between a pair of horns • Isis suckles the pharohs • May be one of the judges of the dead • Has great magical powers • Created the cobra and uses the cobra bite to make Ra reveal to her his secret name • The purest example of the loving wife and mother

Set • God of evil, the desert, storms, and chaos • A devil figure • Antelopes are sacred to him • Hates Osiris (jealous) • Kills Osiris and becomes king before he is killed by Horus • Part pig and part donkey

Hathor • Usually depicted as a cow or as a beautiful woman wearing a horned headdress • She is both wife/ daughter of Ra • Also married Horus • Suckled Horus when he was young and took care of him after Set blinded him • Her milk is food of the gods • She offers food and drink to the dead • Women aspire to be her

Anubis • Son of Nephthys and either Set or Ra – adopted servant of Isis • Head of a jackal • Guides the dead to the underworld and weighs their heart (bad deeds make your heart weigh more) • Works with Osiris in the underworld • Mummification god

Ammut • “Eater of the Dead” • She stands by the scales of the hearts and eats the hearts of the wicked (a final death) • Head of a crocodile, body of a leopard, hind legs of a hippo (apparently wicked hearts are fattening – who knew? )

Aten • The actual disk of the sun • His hands are the sun’s rays • May be the creator of men

Nut • The Sky • She and her brother, Geb (the earth), could not stop “holding hands” so now their father (Shu – air) stands between them holding them apart.

Thoth • Moon god • Head of an ibis • Scribe (records the weight of the hearts in the underworld) • Invented writing • From the Book of the Dead: “Hear the word of the very truth. I have judged the heart of the deceased, and his soul stands witness for him. His deeds are righteous in the great balance and no sin has been found in him. ”

Bast • Cat-headed • Goddess of love, sex, and childbirth • Cats are sacred (many cats were mummified in her honor

Bes • • Popular, household god Dwarf Frightens evil spirits away Hangs out with Taweret, a goddess of childbirth (she is scary looking) • Roman soldiers wore amulets with his likeness for protection

Hapy • God of the Nile floods • Keeps the land river fertile • He has long hair, large breasts, and a protruding stomach (all symbols of fertility) and also a beard and is blue • In some areas, he was worshipped over Ra

Neith • • • A mother goddess Invented childbirth Created gods, humans, and animals Warrior goddess Once she spit into the Nile and this spit turned into Apep, a serpent who lives in the underworld and tries to eat Ra each night

Sekhmet • Lion headed • Wife of Ptah (an early creator god) • Breathes fire against her enemies • Delivers punishment to the gods