| Name of God |
Appearance
and Other Details |
Amun (Amon) |
| Theban king of the gods.
Usually depicted as a man with a
tall, ostrich-plumed hat and holding a sceptre. Also depicted as
a man with the head of a ram. |
|
Anubis |
| God of embalming and the dead.
Usually shown as a man with the head of a jackal. |
|
| Aten |
| The
pharaoh Akhenaten made Aten the only god. Depicted as a
sun disk with rays which end in hands. |
|
Atum |
| Believed
to be the first god who rose from the waters of chaos
(nun) and created all the other gods. Usually shown as a
man with a double crown. |
|
| Bastet |
| Protective goddess of cats,
women and secrets. Usually
depicted as a woman with the head of a cat. |
|
Bes |
| Protector of pregnant women,
childbirth and children. God of entertainment. Usually depicted
as an ugly dwarf, often pictured
holding a rattle. |
|
Geb |
| God of the earth.
Often depicted lying beneath the
arched goddess Nut (the sky). |
|
| Hapi |
| God of the river Nile. Bringer
of the yearly flood. Shown as a man with breasts and a pot belly
carrying either lotus or papyrus plants. |
|
Hathor |
| A
protective goddess and the goddess of
love and joy. Usually shown as a cow or a women with the horns
of a cow carrying a sun disk. |
|
Horus |
| God
of the sky. Horus was believed to be the protector of
Egypt. Usually depicted as a man with the head of a
hawk. |
|
Isis |
| A
protective goddess who used magic to help people in
need. Isis was the wife of Osiris and the mother of
Horus. Often depicted as a woman with a headdress in the
shape of a throne. Isis is also sometimes shown carrying
the baby Horus. |
|
Khnum |
| Creation
god. Usually shown as a man with the head of a ram.
Sometimes wore a feathered crown containing the sun
disc. |
|
Ma'at |
| Goddess
of truth, justice and harmony. Daughter of Ra. |
|
Nephthys |
| Protective
goddess of the dead. Nephthys was the sister of Isis and
Osiris, wife of Seth and mother of Anubis. |
|
Nut |
| Goddess
of the sky. Nut is often shown arched above her husband
Geb, god of the earth. |
|
Osiris |
| God
of the dead, resurrection and ruler of the underworld.
Usually depicted as a mummified man wearing a white
headdress with feathers. |
|
Ptah |
|
Seth |
| God
of the desert, storms, violence and everything that was
a threat to Egypt. |
|
Sekhmet |
| Goddess
of war. Usually shown as a woman with the head of a
lioness. |
|
Thoth |
| God
of writing and knowledge. Usually depicted as a man with
the head of an ibis. Also sometimes depicted as an ibis
or baboon. |
|
Ra (Re) |
| God of the sun.
Usually shown as a man with the head of a hawk
wearing a headdress containing the sun disk. |
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