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| The Ancient Egyptians worshipped a variety of Gods and Goddess. Here are some of those Deities and their myth. Amun - Supreme God of the ancient Egyptians he was associated in a triad with Mut and Khonsu. Anubis - The God of mummification, protector of tombs and is represented with the head of a dog. He was said to weight the souls of the dead against a feather. Atum - Known as "the complete one" he was creator-God thought to be the oldest worshipped at Heliopolis. He is usually shown as a man wearing a double crown. Bes - Protector of women during pregnacy and childbirth. Said to be fond of parties and sensual music. Geb - God of the earth, earthquakes and fertility. Horus - Child of Light and God of Battle with the symbol of a hawk. He was protector of the monarchy. Khephra - God of the dawn sun. His symbol is the scarab beetle. He is said to have been self created. Khonsu - Moon God worshipped at Thebes. He was the Divine son of Amun and Mut. Orsiris - Husband to Isis and father to Horus. He was said to have been killed by his brother Seth yet restored by Isis and became the ruler of the afterlife. Ptah - God of artisans and husband of Sekhmet was an ancient deity of Memphis. Ra - Sun God worshipped as the creator of all life and often depicted with a falcon's head bearing the solar disc. Seth - God of chaos and evil as well as being the personification of desert drought. Thoth - God of knowledge, law, wisdom and writing. He was the measurer of time and depicted as an ibis or a man with the head of an ibis. Bastet - Goddess of pleasure, dancing, music and joy. Shown as a woman with the head of a cat which were sacred animals and protected from harm. Hathor - Sky Goddess represented with a cow's head or ears or a solar disc between the cow's horns. Isis - Nature Goddess, wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. Maat - Goddess of truth, justice and cosmic order and was daughter of Ra. She is depicted as a young beautiful woman with a feather on her head. After death she weighs souls in her scales and decides if they go to heaven or hell. Mut - Queen of all Gods and regarded as the wife of all living things. She was also wife of Amon and mother to Khonsu. She is usually depicted as a woman with the head of a vulture. Nut - Sun Goddess said to swallow the sun at night and give birth to it in the morning. SHe is depicted as a naked woman with her body arched above the earth, which she touches with her hands and feet. Sekhmet - Lion Goddess counterpart of cat Goddess Bastet and wife of Ptah at Memphis. Her messengers were horrible creatures which could bring diseases and curses on mankind. |
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