Egyptian

Name

Realm

Also Called

Amen

One of the chief Theban deities; united with sun-god under form of Amen-Rah

Amon, Ammon

Anubis

Guide of souls to Amenti, region of dead; son of Osiris; jackal-headed

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Apis

Sacred bull, an embodiment of Ptah; identified with Osiris as Osiris-Apis or Serapis

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Bast

Goddess of Music

Bastet

Geb

Earth god; father of Osiris; represented with a goose on his head

Keb, Seb

Hathor

Goddess of love and mirth; cow-headed

Athor

Horus

God of day; son of Osiris and Isis; hawk-headed

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Isis

Goddess of motherhood and fertility; sister and wife of Osiris

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Khepera

God of morning sun

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Khnemu

Ram-headed god

Khnum, Chnuphis, Chnemu, Chnum

Khonsu

Son of Amen and Mut

Khensu, Khuns

Ma'at

Goddess of law, justice, and truth

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Mentu

Solar deity, sometimes considered god of war; falcon-headed

Ment

Min

God of fertility

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Mut

Wife of Amen

Maut

Nekhbet

Protector of childbirth

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Nephthys

Goddess of the dead; sister and wife of Set

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Nu

Chaos from which the world was created, personified as a god

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Nut

Goddess of heavens; consort of Geb

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Osiris

God of the underworld and judge of dead; son of Geb and Nut

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Ptah

Chief deity of the city of Memphis

Phtha

Ra

God of the sun, the supreme god; son of Nut; pharaohs claimed descent from him; represented as a lion, a cat, or a falcon
He dispersed darkness, alighting as a Phoenix on the hill (the earth). The sun rose as a giant scarab beetle, Khepri, and crossed the sky as Ra in a barque crewed by the other gods. Father of the twins Shu and Tefnut.

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Sekhmet

Warlike sun-goddess

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Serapis

God uniting attributes of Osiris and Apis

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Set

God of darkness or evil; brother and enemy of Osiris

Seth

Shu

Solar deity; son of Ra and Hathor

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Tefnut

Goddess of Water; daughter of Ra.

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Tem

Solar deity

Atmu, Atum, Tum

Thoth

God of wisdom and magic; scribe of the gods; ibis-headed

Dhouti