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*Click on the names for more information Amaunet - Primordial consort of Amun Aker - Sometimes singular, other times plural deity akeru of the earth, associated with the passing of the sun god Ra or the king into the underworld; often represented by a mound of earth with a human head at either end, or as two lions facing opposing sides, thus representing the horizons Amentet - "The Westerner" Ammit - "The Devourer" Amun - "The Hidden One" Anat - Near Eastern war goddess, at times is the consort of Seth
Anhur
- Symbolizes the power of the sun and humans
Anubis - God of mummification
Anukis/Anqet
- "The Clasper"
Astarte - Immensely popular Semitic deity, symbolizing war, fertility, and sex; another consort of Seth's
Apedamak - Nubian war god, represented with the head of a lion and body of a man, or sometimes with the head of a lion and body of a serpent
Apep - Antagonistic serpent that
attempts to swallow the sun
Apis - Terrestrial incarnation of
the god Ptah
Aton
- Sun-god of the Pharaoh Akhenaton
Atum
- Creation god of Heliopolis
Bast - Cat-goddess of dance, joviality,
and sexuality
Benu - Prototype of the Phoenix
to the ancient Egyptians
Bes
- God of the household
Edjo - Snake goddess of Hierokonpolis
Geb - God of the Earth
Ha - Deity that dwelled in the western desert and offered protection from raiders and the Libu
Hapi - Androgynous god of the Nile
Hathor - Cow headed goddess of love
and beauty
Hauhet - Consort of Heh, member of Hermopolitan Ogdoad
Heh - Personification of infinity in the form of a man, paired with Hauhet
Heka - Personification of the concept of magic
Heket
- Frog-headed divine widwife
Heryshef - Ram headed deity, possibly a creator god
Hesat - "The Wild One," bovine deity and mother of the Mnevis bull
Horwer/Haroeris - Multi-faceted
god of the heavens, often assimilated with Horus of Isis and Osiris
Horpakhered/Harpokrates - Son of Isis
and Osiris
Imhotep - Famous architect, physician and advisor, posthumously deified
Ipet - Hippopotamus goddess of protection, whose name means "favored place"
Isis - The divine mother and goddess
of magic
Khepera - The scarab transporter
of the sun
Khonsu - The youthful son of Amun
and Mut
Khunm - Ram-headed god who made
man on a potter's wheel
Mafdet - A feline or mongoose-like deity that offered protection against snake bites
Mahes - Son of Bastet or Sekhmet, lion god who helped protect Ra
Ma'at
- Goddess of justice and truth
Merytseger - Goddess of the Theban necropolis, "She Who Loves Silence"
Meskhenet - Associated with childbirth, decided the fate of newborns
Min - Ithyphallic god of fertility
Montu - Falcon-headed Theban god
of war
Mut - Mother-goddess and wife of
Amun
Nefertum - Youthful son of Ptah
and Sekhmet
Neith - Serpent war-goddess of Sais
Nekhbet - Vulture-goddess who often
guarded the Eye of Horus
Nephthys - Consort of Set and mother
of Anubis
Nun - Primordial waters
Nut - Goddess of the sky
Osiris - God of the Underworld and
regeneration
Pataikos - Dwarf form of the god Ptah, often confused with Bes
Pakhet - "Tearer," or "She Who Scratches," the lioness goddess described in the Coffin Texts; also associated with Sekhmet and Isis
Ptah - God of artisans; one of the
creators of the world
Qadesh - Near Eastern goddess depicted in the nude standing on two lions, symbolizing sexuality and ecstacy
Ra - Omniscient falcon-headed god
associated with the sun
Renenet
- Gives individuals their personality and fate
Renpet
- "Year", goddess of spring
Selket
- Scorpion goddess
Set - Greek Typhon; God of war,
deserts, foreign lands, and evil
Shai
- God of Fate
Shu
- God of the air
Sobek - Crocodile god of Fayuum
Sons of Horus - semi-divine figures who watched over the vital organs
Tawaret
- Goddess of childbirth
Tefnut
- Goddess of moisture
Wadjet - Goddess of Buto
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