Ancient Egyptian God and Goddess
The Map of Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddess in Our Site : Ancient EgyptianGod Name | God Title /s | God Function /s |
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Amun King of Gods | 1. The Hidden one 2. The pilot who 3. Knows the water 4. King of the Gods 5. Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands | Solar God : Theban variation of God Ra , often called Amun-Ra ; became national god by Eighteenth Dynasty ; patron of mariners; controlled the life-span of individual ; divine father of Queen Hatshepsut |
1. The Watch Dog 2. Lord of the Mummy Wrapping 3. Counter of Hearts 4. Lord of the Holy land | God of mummification , and death ; responsible for caring for the bodies of the recently deceased ; he checked the balance of the dead ; supported the mummy during the Opening of thee Mouth ceremony | |
Apophis ( Apep )
| The Enemy of Re | Snake Enemy of Ra representing the darkest part of the night ti be defeated by Ra |
Aten
| Physical manifestation of Ra as the sun disk ; worshiped in particular by Akhenaten | |
Atum God of the sun in the evening | God of the sun in the evening ; alternate from Ra; pilot of the solar boat at night | |
Bastet Goddess of Pleasure | Feline goddess of pleasure and protector from evil spirits | |
Bes | Divine protector of new mothers and newborn children; god of music, dance , and jollity; protector of domestic happiness ; encourager of toilet training ; supervisor of the bed and its pleasures | |
Geb God of Earth | The Great Cackler | God of earth and living plants and creatures; responsible for bodies of the dead in their tombs; some of Shu and Tefnut; usually depicted as a goose |
Hapi God of the Nile River | Primeval One of Earth | Personification of the Nile;fertility god and provider of food in the afterlife |
Hathor | Part 2 Goddess Of Love The Festival of the Sacred Marriage | Great Mother; The house of Horus; Kay of the West; lady of the Holy Country; Lady of all | Cow-headed goddess of the sky ; goddess of the love , music, beauty and joy ; greeter of the dead at the entrance of the underworld protector of women ; sometimes considered the wife of Horus. |
Herakhty ( Ra Herakhty ) | Combination from if Ra and Horus; god of the morning sun depicted with falcon's head | |
Horus The Elder | Horus Facts Part 2 and Battle between Seth and Horus / Part 2 and Part 3 | Fifth child of Geb and But ; steerer of the solar boat |
Horus the Younger | 1. Guide of the Underworld 2. Lord of the two Lands | Falcon-headed sub god; Protector and guide of souls through the underworld ; protector of kins; son of Isis and Osiris |
Imhotep | 1. He who comes in peace 2. Son of Ptah 3. Wisest and most Learned One | God who was originally an actual human being - the architect of the Step Pyramid of Djoser ; came to prominence in the Graeco-Roman period ; god of science , magic and medicine ; often associated with Thoth |
Isis Goddess of Magic
| Great Mother | Wife of Osiris ; daughter of Geb and Nut ; daughter of Geb and Nut ; archetype of wifely love and devoted motherhood ; goddess of magic and healing ; grain goddess in concert with Osiris; guardian of canopic jars |
Khepri | God of the morning sun ; alternate from of Ra ; God of creation and rebirth | |
Khnum | The molder father of Fathers and Mothers of Mothers | Creates human beings out of clay ; creator god primarily popular in Upper Egypt ; gatekeeper of the annual Nile flood |
Khons God of Youth and the Moon | His name means " to travel and move about" | Son of Amun and Mut ; associated with Toth as messenger of the gods ; god of the moon ; assisted in conception and filled living beings with the air of life |
Maat Goddess of Truth and Justice | 1. The Blinding of Truth 2. Thoth and Maat | Facts and Secrets | Goddess of truth and justice ; more of an abstract concept that actual character ; always present at the trail of the " soul of the deceased " |
Min God of fertility | God of fertility ; vegetation food and bringer of rain ; associated with the vigor of the Pharaoh | |
Mut The Great Great Mother | Great mother | Consort of Amun ; protective goddess associated with the vulture ; sometimes identified with Maat |
Neith | Guardian of canopic jars ; also considered a war goddess and inventor of waving | |
Nephthys | Lady of the House | Sister of Isis , and Seth; wife of Seth ; daughter of Geb an Nut ; as counterpart of Isis , she represented death and decay the invisible , and darkness ; one of four guardians of canopic jars |
Nun
| God of the primeval waters; often depicted as a bearded man holding up the solar oat , when he symbolizes the underworld | |
Goddess of the Sky
| 1. She Great Protectress 2. She with Braided Hair Who Gave Birth to the Gods | Goddess of the sky ; daughter of Shu and Tefnut daily gave birth to the gods and souls of the dead while in the solar boat |
Osiris Egyptian God of the Underworld | 1. The Murder of Osiris 2. Osiris and Isis Story Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 | God of death and resurrection; god of the underworld ; god of fertility and vegetation ; god of beer and wine ; son of Nut and Geb ; the first king king of human beings |
Ptah | 1. Lord of Maat 2. God of the Beautiful Face in Thebes 3. Lord of the year | Memphite god of creation originator of food , labor , movement and "all good things "; patron of artists and artisans and those who work with metal or stone ; the treasurer of time |
Ra Gog of the Sun |
| Sun God ; Chief god of the Great Ennead ; Creator God ; Pilot of the Solar Boat |
Sekhmet Egyptian Goddess of War | 1. The Great Lady beloved of Ptah 2. Eye of Ra | Lion-headed goddess of war ; an alternative from of Hathor ; sister and wife of Path ; associated with the destructive forces of the Sun's heat |
Serket | Scorpion goddess ; one of the guardians of canopic jars | |
Seth Egyptian God of Evil and Chaos | The Red God | Battle between Seth and Horus / Part 2 and Part 3 | God of Evil , chaos m and violence , god of darkness and storm ; enemy of Osiris; son of Geb and Nut |
Shu Father of Gods | The Uplifter | God of air and the space between the earth and sky ; son of Ra ; personification of the wind |
Sobek
| Crocodile god of Upper Egypt ; sometimes considered evil , at other times as a protector of the dead | |
Tefnut | Goddess of Mist ; daughter of Ra ; sometimes associated with moon | |
God of Knowledge and Writing
| 1. Divine Author 2. The Place- Taker of Ra 3. Heart of Ra 4. Bull of Justice | God of wisdom , medicine and science ; lunar god ; Ra's messenger among humans ; creator the alphabet, writing , mathematics , and astronomy ; he recorded the verdict of the judgment o souls in the underworld ; considered creator god world ; considered creator god at his cult center in Heliopolis |
Nefertem Egyptian God of Perfume | Egyptian God of Perfume |
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