NAUNET Egyptian Primordial Goddess Depicted in anthropomorphic form with the head of a snake. She may also be depicted "greeting the rising sun in the guise of a baboon." One of the eight primordial deities of the Ogdoad that represent chaos, she is the consort of Nun. Nun and Naunet define the primordial abyss.

BAST (BASTET) Egyptian Goddess of Intuition and Magick She has the head of a cat. Used to be represented by a  lioness, then in later times when the warring calmed down a bit, a cat. She sees both the future and the past. She is the keeper of secrets and hidden things. Bastet is historically the daughter of two different Gods, depending on where you get your info: She is the daughter of the sun god Re and is thought to be his instrument of vengeance and discipline. OR she is the daughter of Amun (Supreme Creator God of Egyptian lore).  Bastet’s son is the lion-headed God Mihos.  The following is from The Encyclopedia of Gods by Michael Jordan:  Texts recounting battles may describe the pharaoh’s enemies being slaughtered like the victims of Bastet {note: this means it appeared the Bast was a protector and warrioress for the pharoahs}. Thus she is first depicted as a lioness, and then in the guise of a cat from circa 1000 BC onward when she becomes more peaceable in character. The cat was considered sacred to her and cat cemeteries, containing mummified animals, have been found at various sites. Her name involves the hieroglyph for a sealed alabaster jar containing perfume.  In the sanctuary of Khafre at Giza, her name is engraved on the façade with that of the goddess Hathor, symbolizing the protectresses of north and south respectively.  In Helenic times she is partly combined with Artemis.

HATHOR Egyptian Name means “House of Hours”   Goddess of Pleasure, Joy, Jove, Music, and Dancing. Mother Goddess. Protectress of women and embodiment of the finest female qualities Protector of Women in Business Affairs. Protection in general, Sustenance, the South Motherhood (described often as the mother of all Pharohs). She is the eternal mother and guardian of mothers.  Strong Sky associations. She is depicted as a cow, or as a woman with the head of a cow. She may also be drawn in human form with a hairstyle that mimics the Mesopotamian Omega symbol, wearing a crown of a sun disc surrounded by curved cow horns. The snake is one of her symbols when she is depicted as a funeral goddess. Her father is the sun god Re.  At one time Hathor was depicted as the mother of Horus.  Later, when the Osiris legends became popular, she became the consort of Horus instead of the mother. Depicted as the Goddess of love and sexuality, she is associated with erotic music and erotic dancing and her preistesses carried sistrum rattles. Many elements of Hathor are present in the Greco-Roman Goddess Aphrodite, however, Hathor enjoyed her time in the Greco-Roman Pantheon as well.

ISIS Egyptian Name means Throne Known as Stella Maris to the Greco/Roman era when they adopted her Triple Goddess connotation in one being Goddess of manifestion, nature, law, ethics, love, magick. Governs the forces of Creation:  She is the source of all creative power and gives form to the formless. Isis is usually depicted in human form wearing a crown depicting cow horns encircling a sun disc.  She may have the wings of a hawk, or be depicted totally as a hawk.  Isis is one of the Egyptian deities that was carried outside Egyptian worship by other cultures. Isis is the daughter of Geb and Nut (in the Heliopolis Genealogy) and is the mother of the god kings of Egypt and older sister/consort of Osiris (other siblings include Seth and Nephthys). Legend has it that she restored Osiris twice, once after Seth (sibling, remember?) threw his body into the Nile, and again when Seth dismembered his body. Isis impregnated herself from his dead body as he was entering the underworld as the ruler.  Thus, she conceived Horus, who was then born in the papyrus swamps at Khemmis in the Nile delta..So, Horus became the ruler God of the living, and Osiris of the dead. As the guardian of children, Isis guarded her baby Horus, and also the mundane kings of Egypt when they were children. Many carvings, sculptures, paintings, etc depicted Isis holding, caring for or nursing Horus. Isis was adopted  in the Greco/Roman times, where she was often called Stella Maris (the star of the Sea).  Isis cults sprung up in Delos and Pompeii, as well as other locales.  There is a weighty argument that The Virgin Mary of Christianity was influenced by the Isis cults. The Virgin was also known as Stella Maris.  It's also argued that the paintings of Mary with Christ resemble those of Isis with Horus.

NEFERTUM Egyptian (Lower Egypt) He is said to be the blue lotus blossom of Re. Minor primordial creation God and said to be the son of Bastet (in Lower Egypt), the son of Wadjet in the Nile delta or the son of Sakhmet at Memphis.

NEITH Egyptian Creator Goddess Neith is usually depicted in human form wearing the red crown of lower Egypt. In ancient times her symbol was a shield with crossed arrows. As a brith goddess (both a birth goddess of the cosmos and a birth goddess of other deities) she is depicted as a great celestial cow. A major creator Goddess. It's said that when Neith came out of the prmeval ocean to create the world, she followed the path of the Nile and when she reached the delta founded the city Sais. Neith is sometimes called upon for advice or judgment, like when Seth and Horus battled for 80 years over ruling Egypt. Other stories has her becoming the consort of Seth and mother of Sobek, a crocodile God.

NEHEBU-KAU Egyptian A snake God and the son of the God Geb.  He ate 7 cobras and became the protector against snake bites and scorpion stings as well as the protector of Egyptian kings in the afterlife.

NEKHBET Egyptian (upper Egypt) Goddess of eternity. Mother Goddess Nekhbet is usually depicted in the form of a vulture with one or both wings spread and holding the symbols of eternity in her talons.  She is mentioned in the Pyramid Texts as the "great white cow" which is the norm when speaking of an Egyptian Mother Goddess or Egyptian Creator Goddess.

NEPER Egyptian God of grain crops An interesting fellow.  He is the son of the snake spirit Renenutet, subservient to Hapy the god of the Nile flood (which is obvious since floods destroy crops), but he also has links with Osiris because he is a deity who dies and is reborn to the afterlife.

NEPIT Egyptian Female form of Neper (see NEPER).

NEPHTHYS (also NEB-HUT) Egyptian Funeral Goddess Depicted in human form wearing a crown with the hieroglyph meaning mansion (which is the translation of her Egyptian name). She's also depicted as a hawk watching over the funeral of Osiris. Youngest sister of Isis, Osiris and Seth, and daughter of Geb and sky goddess Nut.  Legend holds that Nephthys and Osiris had a brief fling, from which Anubis, the mortary god, was born. Nephthys guides the dead Egyptian rulers through the dark underworld and is said to weep for them.

ANHOURI Egyptian A minor God whose mummy was allegedly kept at Tanis.

ANTI Egyptian (Upper Egypt) Guardian Depicted as a falcon, or in human form with a falcon head, standing in a crescent shaped boat. Was probably assimilated with Horus. Anti was one of the protectors of the eastern sky and the sunrise.  Some say he is resonsible for the decaptitaion of Hathor during a conflict for the throne of Egypt.

ANUBIS (aka Imy-ut, Khenty-imentiu, Neb-ta-d-jeser, Tepy-dju-ef, He Who is Upon the Mountain) Egyptian Mortuary God Anubis is depicted as a black dog or jackal, usually laying down. He can also be in human form with a canine head.  The Book of the Dead depicts Anubis next to the scales on which the heart is weighed in the Hall of Two Truths.  His symbol as a mortuary god is a headless animal skin dripping blood and tied to a pole.  Anubis is thought to be the cheif of the west, as cemetery sites are on the west bank of the Nile where the sun sets. The lineage of Anubis is a little confused.  Most popularly he is the son of Re and Mephthys or Isis.

ANUKIS Egyptian (upper Egypt) Minor birth Goddess

APIS Egyptian Bull God, living personification Ptah in Memphis, a go between for the Supreme God and Mankind Depicted as a black bull with a white triangle on it's forehead, vulture wings and a sundisc between the horns. Son of Isis. The bull was also associated with virility. Pharohs will walk or pace alongside the charging bull to renew their strength.  The bull is also associated with the underworld.

ATUM (ATUM-RE) Egyptian Sun God, Creator God Depicted in human form with a crown representing upper and lower Egypt.   He is also represented by several animals including Lizard, Snake, Bull and Lion. Atum and Re are represented by a divine black bull (Mnevis, Mer-wer)with a sun disc and snake between the horns.  The bull acts as a go between for the sun god and the priests of Heliopolis. Atum and Re were separate Gods, Atum a major Creator God and Re another Sun God.  He emerged from the primeval ocean and self created Cu and Tefnut (who began the pantheon of nine Heliopolis deities (the Ennead). (They say self created, but some say that Nebethetpet's (Goddess)  hand was the hand that grasped the penis of Atum to bring forth creation.)

BABI Egyptian Malevolent God, but also a protector Depicted as an ithyphallic male baboon This is a God of darkness. His penis serves as the mast on the underworld ferry or the bolt on the doors of heaven.  His is associated with sexual virility in the underworld. His presence is dangerous during the ceremony of the Weighing of the Heart in the Hall of the Two Truths.

BES Egyptian Guardian of women in labor. Depicted as a dwarfish and ugnly but benign God (ugliness wards off evil). Has a large beard, barely human face, thick body with a plumed crown and short sword. He has a lion's mane, ears, and tail.

HORUS Egyptian Sky God, form of the sun god, first ruler of Egypt Depicted as a hawk or in human form with a hawk head, or a sun disc between falcon wings. Very important Egyptian God. The son of Isis and the dead Osiris.  He became the first ruler of Egypt after an 80 year battle with Seth, which he fought to avenge his father Osiris who Seth killed.  Seth tore out his eye, which was eventually restored by Isis. The symbol of the Eye of Horus is used for protection. As a child Horus is called Harpokrates.  As an adult, Haroeris.  Horus is a form of the sun god, when he may be called Harakhi (Horus of the horizon). At first a ruler was a follower of Horus, but by 3000 BC he BECAME Horus in life and Osiris in death. Later likened with the child Christ (God on earth). See ISIS.

MIN  (MENU) Egyptian Most significant God of sexual virility. Depicted in anthropomorphic form wearing a modius with two plumes and a hanging ribbon. Genrally depicted in profile as better to view his erect penis. He is represented by a white bull and tall lettuce. Not only for it's tall phallic shape, but lettuce is an aphrodisiac, and even today, lettuce seed extract is sold in Egypt for that purpose. Some have him as the son of Isis and other have him as Horus' father. At the end of the 2nd millennium, he had become syncretized with Horius as Min-Horus. Min also guards mines (his temples are found at gold mines).

OSIRIS Egyptian God of the underworld and vegitation/grain He is depicted in human form, often wrapped in mummy linen with his arms free.  He holds the crook and flail and his crown is the conical white crown of Lower Egypt framed by tall plumes and rams horns. He often has green skin and is the counterpart (in death) of Re. He is said to be born at Rosetau in necropolis (gate to the underworld) to Geb and Nut and was the oldest of his siblings, Isis, Seth and Nephtys. As Grain God, he was depicted as a sack of seed that sprouted green.  Each king was said to become Osiris in death (and be Horus in life). Per Plutarch, Osiris was tricked by Seth to step into a sarcophagus, which was nailed shut and thrown into the Nile.  It washed ashore at Byblos and became encased in the trunk of a growing tree.  The trunk was eventually cut and incorporated into a pillar in the palace of the local ruler. Isis found Osiris after years of searching for him and took him home and resurrected him. She impregnated herself with his semen to bear Horus.  Seth found the body and hacked him into fourteen pieces and strew them about the Nile VAlley. One account says the penis was fed to a crocodile, another said it was thrown into the Nile and thus fertilizes the river and the valley and yet another says it was burried at Memphis.  The Egyptian account of this tail does not include the tale of the coffin.

NUT Egyptian Creator Goddess When Nut is depicted in human form, she is nude and slim, arched to balance on her toes and finger tips, which touch the four cardinal points of North, East, South and West. She may cradle the stars. She's also depicted as a celestial cow that stretches across the sky. Nut is the daugher of Su (air God) and Tefnut. In "myth" she's the consort of her brother Geb, mother of Isis, Osiris, Seth and Nephthys. Nut is also depicted as the most important univeral creative force. Nut separeates the ordered universe from primordial matter. According to The Encyclopedia of Gods by Michael Jordan, "the thunder is her laughter and the solar boat travels along the arch of her body, entering her mouth as night falls and passing through her and emerging at dawn from her vulva. When the ruler dies, he is said to be enfolded by the arms of Nut and to pass within her body: 'The doors of the sky are opened to him'"

NUN Egyptian Primoridial God Depicted in anthropomorphic form with the head of a frog.  He may also be depicted "greeting the rising sun in the guise of a baboon." One of the eight primordial deities of the Ogdoad that represent chaos, he is the consort of Naunet.  Together they define the primordial abyss.

OGDOAD Egyptian Primordial forces that existed before creation of the sun god (who in turn, initialized Creation) Depicted as baboons paying homage to the sun rise. Nun and Naunet (primordian Abyss), Kek and Kauket (darkness), Heh and Hauhet (infinity), Amun and Amaunet (hidden power) The eight Ogdoad created the egg from which the sun god emerged.

ONURIS (ANHURET) Egyptian The God of War and Hunting (adopted by Greeks as Ares) Usually depicted in human form, bearded, with a crown with four feathers. He holds a spear. Onuris persued and dispatched the enemies of the sun God. He is consort to Mekhit.

PTAH Egyptian God of craftsman. Creator God Depicted in human form wearing a long robe, his arms free. His skull cap leaves his face and ears visible. He holds a rod called the was. It's a staff with an ankh symbol. The rod is called the rod of dominion. His sacred animal is the bull. Ptah is the embodiment of male and female in one deity, thus he is balanced: Ptah-Nun (male) and Ptah-Naunet (female) - see Ogdoad. Ptah is the creator of the lotus flower, the oldest plant form on Earth. There is much confusion about his deity behond that, as some texts have him instead of Amun, as THE Creator God, and the father of Gods, which would mean he created Amun.  It is said that Ptah created the cosmos by thought and speech. All mundane life and matter came from Ptah's tongue and heart. It is agreed in various texts that Ptah is the God of craftsman. Greek mythology adopted Ptah as Hephaistos.

RE Egyptian Sun God & Creator God Depicted as a falcon wearing a sun disc and surrounded by the Goddess Wadjet in cobra form. As the god of the underworld (then called Osiris in Re or Re in Osiris) he is depicted in human form with a ram's head wearing a sun disc and accompanied by Wadjet, they ride in the boat of the underworld.  When Re was combined with Osiris, it was said that he was Re in the day and when the sun set he was Osiris. There are several legends attributing his creation: he arose as a child from the primeval lotus blossom, he created himself out of the mound that came out of the primeval ocean. It is said that he created mankind from his tears. Re is  a terrible God to be feared, b/c he can deliver immediate retribution.

RENENUTET Egyptian Snake Goddess, fertility Goddess Depicted in human form or as a cobra. She guarded the pharohs as a cobra. She was said to suckle infant rulers and provide good crops.

SOKAR Egyptian Underworld God Depicted in human form with the head of a hawk and elaborate crown or as a hawk on a boat. Sokar is the guardian of the necropolis (city of the dead) at Memphis. He is often syncretized with Osiris or Ptah.

SOPEDO Egyptian The guardian of the eastern border of Egypt. Depicted as a falcon.

SU Egyptian Depicted in human form standing over the supine form of Geb and holding Nut up in his raised arms. He may be also depicted as a lion. Su is said to be one of the several manifestations of the eye of Re. Su is the primordial God of air and is said to be the first born son of Atum. With his sister Tefnut he beget Geb and Nut.

Ta-Bitjet Egyptian Depicted in human form or as a scorpion. On of the consorts of Horus. Her blood is said to heal a scorpion bite and reverse the poison.

TATENEN Egyptian Depicted with a green face and wearing a plumed crown and ram horns. Vegetation god later referred to as an emanation of Ptah and was involved in the creation process.

TAWARET Egyptian Depicted as a pregnant woman or as a creature with the head of a hippo, human midsection with breasts and belly heavy with child, a crocodile tail and the legs and arms of a lion. Goddess of protection during pregnancy.

TEFNUT Egyptian May be depicted as a lion or a woman with a lion head. Primordian moisture Goddess created from the breath of Atum and is the Goddess of pure water.  She is the sister of and consort of Su and mother of Geb and Nut.

THOTH Egyptian God of Wisdom, God of the Moon. Depicted as an Ibis, human form with the head of an Ibis, or as a sitting baboon with a torso of feathers. All depictions wear a crown with a moon disc.

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