- AMMUT (F)
- head of a crocodile, body of a lion and hindlegs of a hippopotamus
- devourer of the dead
- AMUN/AMEN/AMMON (M)
- crowned with ostrich feathers
- creation
- ANUBIS (M)
- son of Osiris and Nephthys
- jackal headed
- embalming/mummification
- ATON/ATEN
- sun disk with rays that ended in hands
- a form of Ra
- ATUM (M)
- double crown
- creator of gods
- BASTET (F)
- daughter of Re
- head of cat
- cats, love, sexuality, childbirth, protection
- BES (M)
- dwarf with lion and human features or wearing the skin of a lion a la Herakles
- protector of pregnant women, newborn babies and the family
- GEB (M)
- color of plants; Nile mud; ankh; moon; goose on head
- earth
- HAPI/HAPY (M)
- long hair, large breasts and protruding stomach = fertility
- inundation
- HATHOR (F)
- horns/ears of cow; headdress of horns and sun disk red crown; falcon
- music, protection, love, joy
- wife of Horus; greets the souls of the dead in underworld
- HORUS (M)
- head of hawk; combination crown of Upper and Lower Egypt; boat of Ra
- pharaoh, sky
- IMHOTEP (M)
- son of Ptah
- patron of physicians
- ISIS (F)
- throne on head; holding baby; crook and flail; cow horns with sun disk
- magic (used spells to help people in need); protection
- KHEPERI (M)
- head of scarab; scarab beetle
- creation, movement of the sun, rebirth
- KHNUM (M)
- head of curly-horned ram
- creation, inundation
- MAAT/MA'AT (F)
- feather in hair; feathers on her arms
- justice, truth, harmony; balance of things on earth
- MEHET-WERET/MEHTURT (F)
- cow and sky goddess; cow or half cow, half human with a sun disk between her horns
- mother of Re
- MIN
- MONT
- MUT
- NEITH (F)
- mother goddess = brought gods, animals and humans into existence; invented childbirth; warrior
- NEPHTHYS (F) ("Lady of the Mansion")
- headdress showing her name in hieroglyphs
- protection for dead
- NUN (M)
- Carrying a bark
- in the creation myth, he was the waters of chaos
- NUT (F)
- blue with golden stars wose body arches across the sky; feather of Ma'at; scarab beetle
- sky; body created a canopy over the earth
- OSIRIS (M)
- white with crook and flail; sceptre of Seth; ram; mummified (green)
- fertility; underworld/dead
- PTAH (M)
- wrapped in tight white cloak carrying a staff
- early creator god
- RA/RE (M)
- falcon headed; white crown; cobra
- sun
- RA-HARAKHTI (M)
- combination of Horus and Ra
- rising sun
- SEKHMET (F)
- lion headed
- war goddess; delivers punishment to other gods
- wife of Ptah
- SERQET (F)
- scorpion goddess
- protects and guards coffins and canopic jars
- SESHAT (F)
- panther skin dress and star headdress
- writing, measurement
- SETH (M)
- random animal with long curved snout; sun disk; ammonite
- chaos/desert
- SHU (M)
- headdress with feathers; lion
- air
- held up Nut so the earth and sky were separated
- SOBEK (M)
- crocodile, headdress of feathers and sun disk
- Nile
- TAWARET
- head of a hippopotamus, arms and legs of lion, back and tail of crocodile, breasts and stomach of pregnant woman
- protected women during pregnancy and childbirth
- TEFNUT/TEFENET
- THOTH/DJEHUTY (M)
- head of ibis; scarab; holding a writing palette; baboon
- wisdom, writing, knowledge; gave humans hieroglyphic writing; connected with moon
- WEPWAWET (M)
- dog's body and head of a jackal
- guides dead person's soul through the underworld and assists in weight of the souls
nov 11 2009 ∞
apr 28 2010 +