Ancient Egyptian deities Ancient Egyptian deities are the God (male deity), gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt. The beliefs and rituals surrounding these gods formed the core of ancient Egyptian religion, which emerged sometime in prehistoric Egypt, prehist ...

were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion and were worshipped for millennia. Many of them ruled over

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. These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization, and more than 1,500 of them are known by name. Many Egyptian texts mention deities' names without indicating their character or role, while other texts refer to specific deities without even stating their name, so a complete list of them is difficult to assemble.

Major deities

Male

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Amun Amun (; also ''Amon'', ''Ammon'', ''Amen''; egy, jmn, reconstructed as (Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → (later Middle Egyptian) → (Late Egyptian), cop, Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Amoun) romanized: ʾmn) was a major ancient Egyptian ...

– A creator god, patron deity of the city of Thebes, and the preeminent deity in Egypt during the

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Anhur In early Egyptian mythology, Anhur (also spelled Onuris, Onouris, An-Her, Anhuret, Han-Her, Inhert) was a god of war who was worshipped in the Egyptian area of Abydos, and particularly in Thinis. Myths told that he had brought his wife, Mehit, w ...

– A god of war and hunting *

Anubis Anubis (; grc, Ἄνουβις), also known as Inpu, Inpw, Jnpw, or Anpu in Ancient Egyptian () is the god of death, mummification, embalming, the afterlife, cemeteries, tombs, and the Underworld, in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depict ...

– God of the dead. Carries the dead to the judgement place of the Underworld *

Aten Aten also Aton, Atonu, or Itn ( egy, jtn, ''reconstructed'' ) was the focus of Atenism, the religious system established in ancient Egypt by the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten. The Aten was the disc of the sun and originally an aspect of ...

– Sun disk deity who became the focus of the monolatrous or monotheistic Atenist belief system in the reign of

Akhenaten Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, ( egy, ꜣḫ-n-jtn ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dy ...

Atum Atum (, Egyptian: ''jtm(w)'' or ''tm(w)'', ''reconstructed'' ; Coptic ''Atoum''), sometimes rendered as Atem or Tem, is an important deity in Egyptian mythology. Name Atum's name is thought to be derived from the verb ''tm'' which means 'to com ...

– A creator god and solar deity, first god of the

Ennead The Ennead or Great Ennead was a group of nine deities in Egyptian mythology worshipped at Heliopolis: the sun god Atum; his children Shu and Tefnut; their children Geb and Nut; and their children Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. The Ennead ...

Bennu Bennu is an ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun, creation, and rebirth. He may have been the original inspiration for the phoenix legends that developed in Greek mythology. Roles According to Egyptian mythology, Bennu was a self-create ...

– A solar and creator deity, depicted as a heron *

Geb Geb was the Egyptian god of the earth and a mythological member of the Ennead of Heliopolis. He could also be considered a father of snakes. It was believed in ancient Egypt that Geb's laughter created earthquakes and that he allowed crops to g ...

– An earth god and member of the

* Hapi – Personification of the

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Horus Horus or Heru, Hor, Har in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as god of kingship and the sky. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the P ...

– A major god, usually shown as a falcon or as a human child, linked with the sky, the sun, kingship, protection, and healing. Often said to be the son of Osiris and Isis. *

Khepri Khepri (Egyptian: ''ḫprj,'' also transliterated Khepera, Kheper, Khepra, Chepri) is a scarab-faced god in ancient Egyptian religion who represents the rising or morning sun. By extension, he can also represent creation and the renewal of life. ...

– A solar creator god, often treated as the morning form of Ra and represented by a

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Khnum Khnum or also romanised Khnemu (; egy, 𓎸𓅱𓀭 ẖnmw, grc-koi, Χνοῦβις) was one of the earliest-known Egyptian deities, originally the god of the source of the Nile. Since the annual flooding of the Nile brought with it silt an ...

(Khnemu) – A ram god, the patron deity of

Elephantine Elephantine ( ; ; arz, جزيرة الفنتين; el, Ἐλεφαντίνη ''Elephantíne''; , ) is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological sites on the island were inscribed on the UNESCO ...

, who was said to control the Nile flood and give life to gods and humans *

Khonsu Khonsu ( egy, ḫnsw; also transliterated Chonsu, Khensu, Khons, Chons or Khonshu; cop, Ϣⲟⲛⲥ, Shons) is the ancient Egyptian god of the Moon. His name means "traveller", and this may relate to the perceived nightly travel of the Moon a ...

– A moon god, son of Amun and Mut *

Maahes Maahes (also spelled in Greek: Mihos, Miysis, Mios, Maihes, or Mahes) (Greek: Μαχές, Μιχός, Μίυσις, Μίος, or Μάιχες) was an ancient Egyptian lion-headed god of war, whose name means "he who is true beside her". He was se ...

(Mahes, Mihos) – A lion god, son of

Bastet Bastet or Bast ( egy, bꜣstjt, cop, Ⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥⲧⲉ, Oubaste , Phoenician: 𐤀𐤁𐤎𐤕, romanized: ’bst, or 𐤁𐤎𐤕, romanized: bst) was a goddess of ancient Egyptian religion, worshipped as early as the Second Dynasty (289 ...

Montu Montu was a falcon-god of war in ancient Egyptian religion, an embodiment of the conquering vitality of the pharaoh.Hart, George, ''A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses'', Routledge, 1986, . p. 126. He was particularly worshipped in Upper ...

– A god of war and the sun, worshipped at Thebes *

Nefertum Nefertem (; possibly "beautiful one who closes" or "one who does not close"; also spelled Nefertum or Nefer-temu) was, in Egyptian mythology, originally a lotus flower at the creation of the world, who had arisen from the primal waters.Nefertem p ...

– God of the lotus blossom from which the sun god rose at the beginning of time. Son of Ptah and Sekhmet. *

Nemty In Egyptian mythology, Nemty (Antaeus in Greek, but probably not connected to the Antaeus in Greek mythology) was a god whose worship centered at Antaeopolis in the northern part of Upper Egypt. Nemty's worship is quite ancient, dating from at l ...

– Falcon god, worshipped in

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, who appears in myth as a ferryman for greater gods *

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– A god of grain *

Osiris Osiris (, from Egyptian ''wsjr'', cop, ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲉ , ; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎𐤓, romanized: ʾsr) is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was ...

– god of death and resurrection who rules the underworld and enlivens vegetation, the sun god, and deceased souls *

Ptah Ptah ( egy, ptḥ, reconstructed ; grc, Φθά; cop, ⲡⲧⲁϩ; Phoenician: 𐤐𐤕𐤇, romanized: ptḥ) is an ancient Egyptian deity, a creator god and patron deity of craftsmen and architects. In the triad of Memphis, he is the h ...

– A creator deity and god of craftsmen, the patron god of Memphis * Ra – The sun god *

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– An ambivalent god, characterized by violence, chaos, and strength, connected with the desert. Mythological murderer of Osiris and enemy of Horus, but also a supporter of the king. * Shu – Embodiment of wind or air, a member of the Ennead *

Sobek Sobek (also called Sebek or Sobki, cop, Ⲥⲟⲩⲕ, Souk) was an ancient Egyptian deity with a complex and elastic history and nature. He is associated with the Nile crocodile or the West African crocodile and is represented either in its f ...

– Crocodile god, worshipped in the

Faiyum Faiyum ( ar, الفيوم ' , borrowed from cop, ̀Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ or Ⲫⲓⲱⲙ ' from egy, pꜣ ym "the Sea, Lake") is a city in Middle Egypt. Located southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum ...

and at

Kom Ombo Kom Ombo (Egyptian Arabic: ; Coptic: ; Ancient Greek: or ; or Latin: and is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for the Temple of Kom Ombo. It was originally an Egyptian city called Nubt, meaning City of Gold (not to be confused with the ...

Sopdu Sopdu (also rendered Septu or Sopedu) was a god of the sky and of eastern border regions in the religion of Ancient Egypt.Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). ''The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. p. 211 He was Khensit's ...

– A god of the sky and of Egypt's eastern border regions *

Thoth Thoth (; from grc-koi, Θώθ ''Thṓth'', borrowed from cop, Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ ''Thōout'', Egyptian: ', the reflex of " eis like the Ibis") is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a ...

– A moon god, and a god of writing and scribes, and patron deity of

Hermopolis Hermopolis ( grc, Ἑρμούπολις ''Hermoúpolis'' "the City of Hermes", also ''Hermopolis Magna'', ''Hermoû pólis megálẽ'', egy, ḫmnw , Egyptological pronunciation: "Khemenu"; cop, Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ''Shmun''; ar, الأشموني ...

Wadj-wer Wadj-wer, also spelled Uatch-ur is an Egyptian god of fertility whose name means the "great green". It was commonly believed that Wadj-wer was a personification of the Mediterranean Sea; however, it is apparently more likely that he rather repr ...

– Personification of the Mediterranean sea or lakes of the Nile Delta

Female

Amunet Amunet () or Imnt (''The Hidden One'' in hieroglyphics); also spelled Amonet or Amaunet; grc-koi, Αμαυνι) is a primordial goddess in ancient Egyptian religion.Wilkinson (2003), pp. 136–137.Hart (1986), p. 2. Thebes was the center of her ...

– Female counterpart of Amun and a member of the Ogdoad *

Anuket Anuket was the ancient Egyptian goddess of the cataracts of the Nile and Lower Nubia in general, worshipped especially at Elephantine near the First Cataract. Etymology In ancient Egyptian, she was known as Anuket, Anaka, or Anqet. Her name ...

– A feathered headdress wearing goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions, particularly the lower

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– Goddess represented as a cat or lioness, patroness of the city of

Bubastis Bubastis ( Bohairic Coptic: ''Poubasti''; Greek: ''Boubastis'' or ''Boubastos''), also known in Arabic as Tell-Basta or in Egyptian as Per-Bast, was an ancient Egyptian city. Bubastis is often identified with the biblical ''Pi-Beseth'' ( he ...

, linked with protection from evil *

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– Cow goddess from early in Egyptian history, eventually absorbed by Hathor *

Hathor Hathor ( egy, ḥwt-ḥr, lit=House of Horus, grc, Ἁθώρ , cop, ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ, Meroitic: ) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity, she was the mother or consort of the sky ...

(Egyptian: Het-Hert) – One of the most important goddesses, linked with the sky, the sun, sexuality and motherhood, music and dance, foreign lands and goods, and the afterlife. One of many forms of the

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Hatmehit Hatmehit or Hatmehyt ( egy, ḥꜢt-mḥyt) was an Ancient Egyptian goddess associated with the city in the Nile Delta known as Djedet ( egy, Ḏdt) or Mendes ( grc-gre, Μένδης). Etymology Hatmehit's name is typically translated as "For ...

- Fish goddess *

Heqet Heqet (Egyptian ', also ' "Heqtit"), sometimes spelled Heket, is an Egyptian goddess of fertility, identified with Hathor, represented in the form of a frog. To the Egyptians, the frog was an ancient symbol of fertility, related to the annual ...

– Frog goddess said to protect women in childbirth *

Hesat Hesat is an ancient Egyptian goddess in the form of a cow. She was said to provide humanity with milk (called "the beer of Hesat") and in particular to suckle the pharaoh and several ancient Egyptian bull gods. In the Pyramid Texts she is said ...

– A maternal cow goddess *

Imentet Imentet (Ament, Amentet or Imentit, meaning "She of the West") was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion representing the necropolises west of the Nile. She was the consort of Aqen, a god who guided Ra through parts of the underworld. Althoug ...

(Amentet) – An afterlife goddess closely linked with Isis and Hathor *

Isis Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingd ...

– Wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, linked with funerary rites, motherhood, protection, and magic. She became a major deity in

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Maat Maat or Maʽat ( Egyptian: mꜣꜥt /ˈmuʀʕat/, Coptic: ⲙⲉⲓ) refers to the ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Ma'at was also the goddess who personified these concepts, and regul ...

– Goddess who personified truth, justice, and order *

Menhit Menhit (also spelt Menchit) was originally a Nubian war goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. Her name depicts a warrior status, as it means ''(she who) massacres''. Due to the aggressive attributes possessed by and hunting methods used by l ...

– A lioness goddess *

Mut Mut, also known as Maut and Mout, was a mother goddess worshipped in ancient Egypt and the Kingdom of Kush in present-day North Sudan. In Meroitic, her name was pronounced mata): 𐦨𐦴. Her name means ''mother'' in the ancient Egyptian la ...

– Consort of Amun, worshipped at Thebes *

Neith Neith ( grc-koi, Νηΐθ, a borrowing of the Demotic (Egyptian), Demotic form egy, nt, likely originally to have been nrt "she is the terrifying one"; Coptic language, Coptic: ⲛⲏⲓⲧ; also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit) was an early ancien ...

– A creator and hunter goddess, patron of the city of

Sais Sais ( grc, Σάϊς, cop, Ⲥⲁⲓ) was an ancient Egyptian city in the Western Nile Delta on the Canopic branch of the Nile,Mish, Frederick C., Editor in Chief. "Saïs." '' Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary''. 9th ed. Springfiel ...

in Lower Egypt *

Nekhbet Nekhbet (; also spelt Nekhebit) is an early predynastic local goddess in Egyptian mythology, who was the patron of the city of Nekheb (her name meaning ''of Nekheb''). Ultimately, she became the patron of Upper Egypt and one of the two patron dei ...

(Nekhebit) – A vulture goddess, the

tutelary deity A tutelary () (also tutelar) is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation. The etymology of "tutelary" expresses the concept of safety and ...

of Upper Egypt *

Nephthys Nephthys or Nebet-Het in ancient Egyptian ( grc-gre, Νέφθυς) was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. A member of the Great Ennead of Heliopolis in Egyptian mythology, she was a daughter of Nut and Geb. Nephthys was typically paired wi ...

(Egyptian: Nebet-Het) – A member of the Ennead, the consort of Set, who mourned Osiris alongside Isis * Nepit – A goddess of grain, female counterpart of Neper *

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– A sky goddess, a member of the Ennead *

Pakhet In Egyptian mythology, Pakhet, Egyptian ''Pḫ.t'', meaning ''she who scratches'' (also spelt Pachet, Pehkhet, Phastet, and Pasht) is a lioness goddess of war. Origin and mythology Pakhet is likely to be a regional lioness deity, ''Goddess of t ...

– A lioness goddess mainly worshipped in the area around

Beni Hasan Beni Hasan (also written as Bani Hasan, or also Beni-Hassan) ( ar, بني حسن) is an ancient Egyptian cemetery. It is located approximately to the south of modern-day Minya in the region known as Middle Egypt, the area between Asyut and Mem ...

Renenutet Renenūtet (also transliterated Ernūtet, Renen-wetet, Renenet) was a goddess of nourishment and the harvest in the ancient Egyptian religion. The importance of the harvest caused people to make many offerings to Renenutet during harvest time. In ...

– An agricultural goddess *

Satet Satet, Satit or Satjet, Satjit in Ancient Egyptian ( egy, Sṯt or ', ."Pourer" or "Shooter"), Greek: Satis, also known by numerous related names, was an Upper Egyptian goddess who, along with Khnum and Anuket, formed part of the Elephantine ...

– A goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions *

Sekhmet In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet ( or Sachmis (), also spelled Sakhmet, Sekhet, Sakhet among other spellings, cop, Ⲥⲁⲭⲙⲓ, Sakhmi), is a warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing. She is depicted as a lioness. Sekhmet is a solar de ...

– A lioness goddess, both destructive and violent and capable of warding off disease, protector of the pharaohs who led them in war, the consort of Ptah and one of many forms of the

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Tefnut Tefnut ( egy, ; cop, ⲧϥⲏⲛⲉ ) is a deity of moisture, moist air, dew and rain in Ancient Egyptian religion.The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, George Hart She is the sister and consort of the air god Shu and the m ...

– Lioness goddess of moisture and a member of the Ennead *

Wadjet Wadjet (; egy, wꜢḏyt "Green One"), known to the Greek world as Uto (; grc-koi, Οὐτώ) or Buto (; ) among other renderings including Wedjat, Uadjet, and Udjo, was originally the ancient local goddess of the city of Dep. It became part ...

(Uatchit) – A cobra goddess, the tutelary deity of Lower Egypt *

Wosret Wosret, Waset, or Wosyet meaning "the powerful female one" was an Egyptian goddess whose cult was centered on Thebes in Upper Egypt and her name was the same as the Egyptian name of the city, ''Waset''. She was a minor goddess, but three pharaohs ...

(Egyptian: Usret) – A goddess of Thebes

Both male and female forms

Anput Anput is a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. Her name is written in hieroglyphs as ''jnpwt'' (reconstructed in Middle Egyptian as /ʔan.ˈpa.wat/ or /jan.ˈpa.wat/). In English, her name also is rendered as Anupet, Input, Inpewt, and Yineput ...

– The god/goddess of embalming and protector of the dead * Heh – Personification of infinity and a member of the Ogdoad *

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– The god of Chaos and Darkness, as well as being the concept of primordial darkness. Kek's female form is known as Kauket. * Nu (Nun) – Personification of the formless, watery disorder from which the world emerged at creation and a member of the Ogdoad * Ra (Re) – The foremost Egyptian

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, involved in creation and the afterlife. Mythological ruler of the gods, father of every Egyptian king, and the patron god of Heliopolis. *

Tatenen Tatenen (also Ta-tenen, Tatjenen, Tathenen, Tanen, Tenen, Tanenu, and Tanuu) was the deity of the primordial mound in ancient Egyptian religion. His name means "risen land"ancient Egyptian creation myths Ancient Egyptian creation myths are the ancient Egyptian accounts of the creation of the world. The Pyramid Texts, tomb wall decorations, and writings, dating back to the Old Kingdom (c. 2700–2200 BCE) have provided the majority of information ...

Minor deities

Male

Aani In ancient Egyptian religion, Aani is the dog-headed ape sacred to the Egyptian god Thoth. "One of the Egyptian names of the Cynocephalus Baboon, which was sacred to the god Thoth." The Egyptian hieroglyphic word for "baboon" is '' jꜥnꜥ'' i ...

- A protector ape headed god *

Aati Aati, also called Ati, meaning "a leper," was an Egyptian goddess and one of the 42 judges of the dead. Aati comes from Heliopolis. The god will question the sins of a soul traveling through the underworld The underworld, also known as th ...

- One of the 42 judges of the souls of the dead * Abu -Abu was an early

Egyptian god Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt. The beliefs and rituals surrounding these gods formed the core of ancient Egyptian religion, which emerged sometime in prehistory. Deities represented natural fo ...

of Light that was likely worshiped in the city of

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Am-heh In Egyptian mythology, Am-heh was a minor god from the underworld, whose name means either "devourer of millions" or "eater of eternity". He was depicted as a man with the head of a hunting dog who lived in a lake of fire. He is sometimes seen as ...

- A dangerous underworld god *

Amenhotep I Amenhotep I () ( egy, jmn-ḥtp(w) /jaˌmanuwˈħatpaw/ " Amun is satisfied"; Amarna cuneiform ''a-ma-an-ha-at-pe'' or ''-at-pa''), Amenôthes I, or Amenophis I, (,) from Ancient Greek Ἀμένωφις ,Dodson & Hilton (2004) p.126 additionally ...

(Amenhetep I) - The second king of the eighteenth dynasty, deified *

Amenhotep son of Hapu Amenhotep, son of Hapu (transcribed ''jmn-ḥtp zꜣ ḥꜣp.w''; early-mid 14th century BC) was an ancient Egyptian architect, a priest, a scribe, and a public official, who held a number of offices under Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty. ...

- A scribe and architect in the court of

Amenhotep III Amenhotep III ( egy, jmn-ḥtp(.w), ''Amānəḥūtpū'' , "Amun is Satisfied"; Hellenized as Amenophis III), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. According to different ...

, later deified for his wisdom * Amu-Aa - A god who accompanies Osiris during the second hour of the night * An-a-f - One of the 42 judges of the souls of the dead * An-hetep-f - One of the 42 judges of the souls of the dead * An-mut-f * An-tcher-f *

Andjety Andjety (meaning "He of Andjet") is a local ancient Egyptian deity of the ninth nome, centered at Andjet, which was known as Busiris to the Greeks. This deity is also known by the alternative names Anezti ''or'' Anedjti. Andjety is considered o ...

(Anedjti, Anezti) - A god of the ninth nome of Upper Egypt * Ani - A god of festivals * Anti - A hawk god of Upper Egypt *

Apedemak Apedemak or Apademak was a major deity in the Ancient Nubian Pantheon. Often depicted as a figure with a male human torso and a lion head, Apedemak was a war god worshiped by the Kingdom of Kush#Move to Meroë, Meroitic peoples inhabiting Nubia. ...

- A warlike lion god from

Nubia Nubia () (Nobiin: Nobīn, ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (just south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), or ...

who appears in some Egyptian-built temples in Lower Nubia *

Apep Apep, also spelled Apepi or Aapep, ( Ancient Egyptian: ; Coptic: Erman, Adolf, and Hermann Grapow, eds. 1926–1953. ''Wörterbuch der aegyptischen Sprache im Auftrage der deutschen Akademien''. 6 vols. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'schen Buch ...

(Apepi) - A serpent deity who personified malevolent chaos and was said to fight Ra in the underworld every night * Āpesh - A turtle god * Apis - A live bull worshipped as a god at

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and seen as a manifestation of Ptah *

Arensnuphis Arensnuphis (in Egyptian: Iryhemesnefer, ''ỉrỉ-ḥms-nfr'', "the good companion") is a deity from the Kingdom of Kush in ancient Nubia, first attested at Musawwarat el-Sufra in the 3rd century BC. His worship spread to the Egyptian-controlled ...

- A Nubian deity who appears in Egyptian temples in Lower Nubia in the Greco-Roman era *

Asclepius Asclepius (; grc-gre, Ἀσκληπιός ''Asklēpiós'' ; la, Aesculapius) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Religion in ancient Greece, Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis (lover of ...

- A Greek god worshipped in Egypt at

Saqqara Saqqara ( ar, سقارة, ), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English , is an Egyptian village in Giza Governorate, that contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis. ...

Ash Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash ...

- A god of the

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and oases west of Egypt *Astennu - A baboon god associated with Thoth. * Ba - A god of fertility * Ba-Ra *

Baal Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , baʿl; hbo, , baʿal, ). ( ''baʿal'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during Ancient Near East, antiquity. From its use among people, it cam ...

- Sky and storm god from Syria and Canaan, worshipped in Egypt during the New Kingdom * Babi - A baboon god characterized by sexuality and aggression *

Banebdjedet Banebdjedet (Banebdjed) was an ancient Egyptian ram god with a cult centre at Mendes. Khnum was the equivalent god in Upper Egypt. Family His wife was the goddess Hatmehit ("Foremost of the Fishes"), who was perhaps the original deity of Mendes. ...

- A ram god, patron of the city of

Mendes Mendes ( grc-gre, Μένδης, ''gen''.: ), the Greek name of the ancient Egyptian city of Djedet, also known in ancient Egypt as Per-Banebdjedet ("The Domain of the Ram Lord of Djedet") and Anpet, is known today as Tell El-Ruba ( ar, تل ال ...

Ba-Pef Ba-Pef was a minor underworld god in Egyptian mythology. The name literally means ''that Ba'', meaning ''that soul'' ( ba). Ba-Pef is commonly portrayed as an obscure malevolent deity known from the Old Kingdom In ancient Egyptian history, ...

- A little-known underworld deity; ram-headed god of the eighth hour *

Bes BES or Bes may refer to: * Bes, Egyptian deity * Bes (coin), Roman coin denomination * Bes (Marvel Comics), fictional character loosely based on the Egyptian deity Abbreviations * Bachelor of Environmental Studies, a degree * Banco Espírito ...

Apotropaic Apotropaic magic (from Greek "to ward off") or protective magic is a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye. Apotropaic observances may also be practiced out of supersti ...

god, represented as a

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, particularly important in protecting children and women in childbirth *

Buchis In Egyptian mythology, Buchis (, ) (also spelt Bakh and Bakha) was the deification of the kꜣ ("power, life-force", Egyptological pronunciation ''ka'') of the war god Montu as a sacred bull that was worshipped in the region of Hermonthis. In ...

- A live bull god worshipped in the region around Thebes and a manifestation of Montu *

Dedun Dedun (or Dedwen) was a Nubian god worshipped during ancient times in ancient Egypt and Sudan and attested as early as 2400 BC. There is much uncertainty about his original nature, especially since he was depicted as a lion, a role which usually ...

(Dedwen) - A Nubian god, said to provide the Egyptians with incense and other resources that came from Nubia * Denwen - A serpent and dragon god * Djebuty - Tutelary god of Djeba * Djefa - God of abundance * Dionysus-Osiris - A life-death-rebirth god. * Dua - God of toiletry and sanitation * Fa - A god of destiny * Fetket - A butler of Ra * Gengen Wer - A celestial goose god who guarded the celestial egg containing the life force * Ha - A god of the Libyan Desert and oases west of Egypt * Ḥapy (Hapi) - A son of

* Hapy-Wet - God of the Nile in heaven * Hardedef (Djedefhor) - Son of King Khufu who was deified after death because he wrote a book considered to be the work of a god * Harmachis (Hor-em-akhet) - Sphinx god * Harsomtus - A child god of

Edfu Edfu ( egy, bḥdt, ar, إدفو , ; also spelt Idfu, or in modern French as Edfou) is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan, with a population of approximately sixty thousand people. Edfu is the site ...

Haurun Hauron, Haurun or Hawran (Egyptian: ''ḥwrwnꜣ'') was an ancient Egyptian god worshiped in Giza. He was closely associated with Harmachis, with the names in some cases used interchangeably, and his name as a result could be used as a designati ...

- A protector and healing god, originally a Canaanite god *

Heka Heka may refer to: * Heka (god), the deification of magic in Egyptian mythology * Lambda Orionis, a star in the constellation of Orion, also known by the traditional names "Meissa" and "Heka" * Phenom II Phenom II is a family of AMD's multi-core ...

(Hike) - Personification of

magic Magic or Magick most commonly refers to: * Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces * Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic * Magical thinking, the belief that unrela ...

* Heneb - A god of grain * Henkhisesui - God of the east wind * Heru-Khu - A god in the fifth division of

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* Hery-sha-duat - Underworld god in charge of the fields of

Heryshaf In Egyptian mythology, Heryshaf, or Hershef ( egy, ḥrj š f "He who is on His Lake"),Forty, Jo. ''Mythology: A Visual Encyclopedia'', Sterling Publishing Co., 2001, p. 84. transcribed in Greek as Harsaphes or Arsaphes ( grc-koi, Ἁρσαφ ...

- Ram god worshipped at

Herakleopolis Magna Heracleopolis Magna ( grc-gre, Μεγάλη Ἡρακλέους πόλις, ''Megálē Herakléous pólis'') and Heracleopolis (, ''Herakleópolis'') and Herakleoupolis (), is the Roman name of the capital of the 20th nome of ancient Upper Eg ...

* Hu - Personification of the authority of the spoken word *

Iah Iah (Egyptian: ''jꜥḥ'', Coptic ) is a lunar deity in ancient Egyptian religion. The word ''jꜥḥ'' simply means "Moon". It is also transcribed as ''Yah'', ''Jah'', or ''Aah''. Worship By the New Kingdom (16th century to 11th century BC) ...

(Aah, Yah) - A moon god *

Ihy Ihy is a god in ancient Egyptian mythology who represents the ecstasy of playing the sistrum. His name means "''sistrum player''". This is in allusion to his relationship with the goddess Hathor who was often said to be his mother. Ihy's symbols ar ...

(Ihu) - A child deity born to Horus and Hathor, representing the music and joy produced by the

sistrum A sistrum (plural: sistra or Latin sistra; from the Greek ''seistron'' of the same meaning; literally "that which is being shaken", from ''seiein'', "to shake") is a musical instrument of the percussion family, chiefly associated with ancient ...

Imhotep , other_names = Asclepius (name in Greek) Imouthes (also name in Greek) , burial_place = Saqqara (probable) , occupation = chancellor to the Pharaoh Djoser and High Priest of Ra , years_active = , known_for ...

- Architect and vizier to

Djoser Djoser (also read as Djeser and Zoser) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 3rd Dynasty during the Old Kingdom, and was the founder of that epoch. He is also known by his Hellenized names Tosorthros (from Manetho) and Sesorthos (from Euseb ...

, eventually deified as a healer god * Jupiter-Amun - A Roman influenced god worshipped at the Siwa Oasis in Egypt *

Kagemni Kagemni was a vizier from the early part of the reign of King Teti of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. Kagemni's wife Nebtynubkhet Sesheshet was a King's Daughter and likely the daughter of Teti.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Famil ...

- A

vizier A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was a ...

Sneferu Sneferu ( snfr-wj "He has perfected me", from ''Ḥr-nb-mꜣꜥt-snfr-wj'' "Horus, Lord of Maat, has perfected me", also read Snefru or Snofru), well known under his Hellenized name Soris ( grc-koi, Σῶρις by Manetho), was the founding phar ...

who wrote the Instructions of Kagemni, later deified * Khenti-Amenti(u)- A necropolis deity * Khenti-qerer * Khesfu - A god who carries a spear in the tenth division of

* Khentekhtai (Khente-Khtai) - Crocodile god worshipped at

Athribis Athribis ( ar, أتريب; Greek: , from the original Egyptian ''Hut-heryib'', cop, Ⲁⲑⲣⲏⲃⲓ) was an ancient city in Lower Egypt. It is located in present-day Tell Atrib, just northeast of Benha on the hill of Kom Sidi Yusuf. The tow ...

Kherty Kherty is an ancient Egyptian deity. Despite being archaeologically attested since the early 2nd Dynasty, his original mythological role during this era is unclear. Kherty was an Egyptian god of the Duat.Georg Meurer: ''Die Feinde des Königs i ...

- A netherworld god, usually depicted as a ram *

Kneph Kneph is a motif in ancient Egyptian religious art, variously a winged egg, a globe surrounded by one or more serpents, or Amun in the form of a serpent called Kematef. Some Theosophical sources tried to syncretize this motif with the deity Khn ...

- A ram creator god *

Mandulis Mandulis was a god of ancient Nubia also worshipped in Egypt. The name Mandulis is the Greek form of Merul or Melul, a non-Egyptian name. The centre of his cult was the Temple of Kalabsha at Talmis, but he also had a temple dedicated to him at A ...

- A Lower Nubian solar deity who appeared in some Egyptian temples *

Mehen In Egyptian mythology, the name Mehen ( cop, Ⲙⲉϩⲉⲛ), meaning 'coiled one', referred to a mythological snake-god and to a Mehen (game), board game. Snake god The earliest references to Mehen occur in the Coffin Texts. Mehen is a protecti ...

- A serpent god who protects the barque of Ra as it travels through the underworld * Mestȧ (Imset) - A son of

Min Min or MIN may refer to: Places * Fujian, also called Mǐn, a province of China ** Min Kingdom (909–945), a state in Fujian * Min County, a county of Dingxi, Gansu province, China * Min River (Fujian) * Min River (Sichuan) * Mineola (Amtrak ...

- A god of virility, as well as the cities of

Akhmim Akhmim ( ar, أخميم, ; Akhmimic , ; Sahidic/Bohairic cop, ) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. Referred to by the ancient Greeks as Khemmis or Chemmis ( grc, Χέμμις) and Panopolis ( grc, Πανὸς πόλις and Π� ...

and

Qift Qift ( arz, قفط ; cop, Ⲕⲉϥⲧ, link=no ''Keft'' or ''Kebto''; Egyptian Gebtu; grc, Κόπτος, link=no ''Coptos'' / ''Koptos''; Roman Justinianopolis) is a small town in the Qena Governorate of Egypt about north of Luxor, situated und ...

and the

Eastern Desert The Eastern Desert (Archaically known as Arabia or the Arabian Desert) is the part of the Sahara desert that is located east of the Nile river. It spans of North-Eastern Africa and is bordered by the Nile river to the west and the Red Sea and ...

beyond them *

Mnevis Mnevis (, ) is the Hellenized name of an ancient Egyptian bull god which had its centre of worship at Heliopolis, and was known to the ancient Egyptians as ''Mer-wer'' or ''Nem-wer''. Although initially a separate god, it was later assimilat ...

- A live bull god worshipped at Heliopolis as a manifestation of Ra * Nefer Hor - A son of Thoth * Neferhotep - Son of Hathor *

(Nefertem) - God of perfume who was an aspect of Atum, but later became a separate deity * Nehebu-Kau - A protective serpent god * Panebtawy - A child god, son of Horus the Elder *

Petbe In Egyptian mythology, Petbe was the god of revenge, worshiped in the area around Akhmin, in central Egypt. His name translates as ''Sky- Ba'', roughly meaning "Soul of the Sky", or "Mood of the sky". However, Petbe may be a Chaldean deity introd ...

- God of revenge * Peteese - Brother of Pihor who drowned in the Nile, later deified * Pihor - Brother of Peteese who drowned in the Nile, later deified * Ptah-hotep - Writer of a Wisdom Text, later deified * Qebeḥsenuf (Qebehsenuef) - A son of Horus *

Qebui Qebui is the Egyptian god of the North Wind. In art, Qebui appears as a man with four Sheep, ram heads, or a winged, four-headed ram. He is also associated with the lands beyond the Cataracts of the Nile, third cataract of the Nile.Boris De Rache ...

- God of the north winds * Ra-ateni * Rā-Ḥerakhty - A form of Ra in which he is joined with Horus. * Reshep - A Syrian war god adopted into Egyptian religion in the New Kingdom, depicted with beard and the crown of Upper Egypt * Sah - Personification of the constellation Orion * Sebeg - Personification of the planet Mercury * Sebiumeker - Guardian god of procreation and fertility, he was a major god in Meroe,

Kush Kush or Cush may refer to: Bible * Cush (Bible), two people and one or more places in the Hebrew Bible Places * Kush (mountain), a mountain near Kalat, Pakistan Balochistan * Kush (satrapy), a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire * Hindu Kush, a m ...

* Sed - A jackal deity who protected kingship *

Seker Seker (; also spelled Sokar, and in Greek, Sokaris or Socharis) is a falcon god of the Memphite necropolis in the Ancient Egyptian religion. Name Although the meaning of his name remains uncertain, the Egyptians in the Pyramid Texts linked his ...

- God of the

Memphite Necropolis The Memphite Necropolis (or Pyramid Fields) is a series of ancient Egyptian funerary complexes occupying a thirty kilometer stretch on the Western Desert plateau in the vicinity of the ancient capital of Memphis, Lower Egypt, today in Giza, Egypt. ...

and of the afterlife in general * Sekhemus - God of the fourth hour of

* Sepa - A centipede god who protected people from snake bites * Sepes - A god who lived in a tree * Sepṭu - A bearded plume wearing god *

Serapis Serapis or Sarapis is a Graeco-Egyptian deity. The cult of Serapis was promoted during the third century BC on the orders of Greek Pharaoh Ptolemy I Soter of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in his r ...

- A Greco-Egyptian god from the Ptolemaic Period who fused traits of Osiris and Apis with those of several Greek gods. Husband of Isis who, like her, was adopted into Greek and Roman religion outside Egypt. * Seta-Ta - A mummified god in the fourth division of

* Setcheh - A serpent demon * Setem - A god of healing *

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- A god believed to save people from danger and misfortune *Shehbui - God of the south wind *

Shezmu Shesmu (alternatively Schesmu and Shezmu) is an ancient Egyptian deity with a contradictory character. He was worshiped from the early Old Kingdom period.Pat Remler: ''Egyptian Mythology, A to Z''. Chelsea House, New York 2010, , p. 177-178. H ...

- A god of wine and oil presses who also slaughters condemned souls *

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- Personification of perception * Sopd - God of the eastern delta *

Sopdet Sopdet is the ancient Egyptian name of the star Sirius and its personification as an Egyptian goddess. Known to the Greeks as Sothis, she was conflated with Isis as a goddess and Anubis as a god. Names The exact pronunciation of ancient ...

(Sothis) - Personification of the star

Sirius Sirius is the list of brightest stars, brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek language, Greek word , or , meaning 'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Latinisation ...

, mother of Sopdu * Ṭuamutef (Duamutef) - A son of Horus * Tutu - An apotropaic god from the Greco-Roman era * Uneg/Weneg - A plant god and son of Ra who maintains cosmic order * Wenenu - A protector god *

Wepwawet In late Egyptian mythology, Wepwawet (hieroglyphic ''wp-w3w.t''; also rendered Upuaut, Wep-wawet, Wepawet, and Ophois) was originally a war deity, whose cult centre was Asyut in Upper Egypt (Lycopolis in the Greco-Roman period). His name means ' ...

- A jackal god, the patron deity of

Asyut AsyutAlso spelled ''Assiout'' or ''Assiut'' ( ar, أسيوط ' , from ' ) is the capital of the modern Asyut Governorate in Egypt. It was built close to the ancient city of the same name, which is situated nearby. The modern city is located at , ...

, connected with warfare and the afterlife * Yam - A Syrian god of the sea who appears in some Egyptian texts

Female

* Ahti - A malevolent hippopotamus goddess * Amathaunta - An ocean goddess *

Ammit Ammit (; egy, ꜥm-mwt, "devourer of the dead";Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) ''Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache'', Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, volume 1, page 184.9 also rendered Ammut or Ahemait) was a goddess in ancient Egyptian ...

- Goddess who devoured condemned souls * Amn - A goddess who welcomed souls of the dead in the Underworld *

Anat Anat (, ), Anatu, classically Anath (; uga, 𐎓𐎐𐎚 ''ʿnt''; he, עֲנָת ''ʿĂnāṯ''; ; el, Αναθ, translit=Anath; Egyptian: '' ꜥntjt'') was a goddess associated with warfare and hunting, best known from the Ugaritic texts. ...

(Anta) – A war and fertility goddess, originally from

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, who entered Egyptian religion in the Middle Kingdom. A daughter of Re, thus, in Egypt, a sister of Astarte. * Anhefta - A protective spirit who guards one end of the ninth division of

* Anit - Wife of Andjety * Anuke - A war goddess * Ảpet - A solar disc wearing goddess worshipped at Thebes *

Astarte Astarte (; , ) is the Hellenized form of the Ancient Near Eastern goddess Ashtart or Athtart (Northwest Semitic), a deity closely related to Ishtar (East Semitic), who was worshipped from the Bronze Age through classical antiquity. The name i ...

- A warrior goddess from Syria and

Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...

who entered Egyptian religion in the New Kingdom * Ba'alat Gebal - A Canaanite goddess, patroness of the city of

Byblos Byblos ( ; gr, Βύβλος), also known as Jbeil or Jubayl ( ar, جُبَيْل, Jubayl, locally ; phn, 𐤂𐤁𐤋, , probably ), is a city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 880 ...

, adopted into Egyptian religion * Besna - Goddess of home security * Esna - A divine perch *

- Fish goddess worshipped at Mendes * Hedetet - A minor scorpion goddess * Heptet - A knife holding goddess of death * Heret-Kau - A protector goddess who protected the souls of the dead in the afterlife * Hert-ketit-s - A lioness headed goddess in the eleventh division of

* Hert-Nemmat-Set - A goddess in the eleventh division of

who punishes the damned * Hert-sefu-s - A goddess in the eleventh division of

* Heru-pa-kaut - A mother goddess with a fish on her head * Heset - Goddess of food and drink * Hetepes-Sekhus - A personification of the eye of Ra, also a cobra goddess * Iat - A goddess of milk and nursing *

Iabet Iabet (Iabtet, Iab, Abet, Abtet, Ab) is a goddess in Egyptian mythology, counterpart of Imentet. Mythology She is a cleanser of the Sun god Ra, and goddess of the east. Her main husband is the fertility god Min. She was worshiped in Panopo ...

- Goddess of fertility and rebirth * Ipy - A mother goddess depicted as a hippopotamus *

Ishtar Inanna, also sux, 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒀭𒈾, nin-an-na, label=none is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with beauty, sex, divine justice, and political power. She was originally worshiped in S ...

- The

East Semitic The East Semitic languages are one of three divisions of the Semitic languages. The East Semitic group is attested by three distinct languages, Akkadian, Eblaite and possibly Kishite, all of which have been long extinct. They were influenced by ...

version of Astarte, occasionally mentioned in Egyptian texts *

Iusaaset Iusaaset, Iusaas, or, in Greek, Saosis, is a primordial goddess in Ancient Egyptian religion, a feminine counterpart to the male creator deity Atum.Hart, George. (2005). ''The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, 2nd Edition''. Ro ...

(Ausaas) - A female counterpart to Atum; a solar disc wearing goddess worshipped at Heliopolis * Iw - A creation goddess * Kebehut - Daughter of Anubis, goddess of freshness, she helps him in mummifying dead bodies * Ken - Goddess of love * Khefthernebes - A funerary deity *

Mafdet Mafdet (also Mefdet, Maftet) was a goddess in the ancient Egyptian religion. She was often depicted wearing a skin of a cheetah, and protected against the bite of snakes and scorpions. She is part of the ancient Egyptian deities during the First ...

- A predatory goddess said to destroy dangerous creatures *

Mehit Mehit or Mehyt was an ancient Egyptian goddess. In the Early Dynastic period she was depicted as a reclining lioness with three bent poles projecting from her back. In that era she appears in numerous early dynastic sealings and ivory artifact ...

- A warrior lioness goddess originally from Nubia worshipped at Abydos, consort of Anhur *Matit - A funerary cat goddess who had a cult center at Thinis *

Mehet-Weret Mehet-Weret or Mehturt ( egy, mḥt-wrt) is an ancient Egyptian deity of the sky in ancient Egyptian religion. Her name means "Great Flood". She was mentioned in the Pyramid Texts. In ancient Egyptian creation myths, she gives birth to the sun at ...

- A celestial cow goddess *

(Menhyt) - A solar lioness goddess who personified the brow of Ra *

Meretseger Meretseger (also known as Mersegrit' or Mertseger) was a Theban cobra- goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, in charge with guarding and protecting the vast Theban Necropolis — on the west bank of the Nile, in front of Thebes — and especi ...

- A cobra goddess who oversaw the

Theban Necropolis The Theban Necropolis is a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (Luxor) in Upper Egypt. It was used for ritual burials for much of the Pharaonic period, especially during the New Kingdom. Mortuary temples * Deir el-Bahri ...

Meret In Egyptian mythology, Meret (also spelled Mert) was a goddess who was strongly associated with rejoicing, such as singing and dancing. In myth Meret was a token wife occasionally given to Hapy, the god of the Nile. Her name being a reference ...

- The goddess of music who established cosmic order *

Meskhenet In ancient Egyptian mythology, Meskhenet, (also spelt Mesenet, Meskhent, and Meshkent) was the goddess of childbirth, and the creator of each child's Ka, a part of their soul, which she breathed into them at the moment of birth. She was worship ...

(Mesenet) - A goddess who presided over childbirth * Nakith - A goddess of the underworld *

Naunet Nu ("Watery One") or Nun ("The Inert One") ( Ancient Egyptian: ; Coptic: ), is the personification of the primordial watery abyss which existed at the time of creation and from which the creator sun god Ra arose, in ancient Egyptian religion. ...

– female counterpart to Nun *

Nebethetepet Nebet-hetepet ''(nb.t-ḥtp.t)'' is an ancient Egyptian goddess. Her name means "Lady of the Offerings" or "Satisfied Lady". She was worshipped in Heliopolis as a female counterpart of Atum. She personified Atum's hand, the female principle of ...

- A female counterpart to Atum * Nebt-Ankhiu - A goddess of the underworld * Nebt-Khu - A goddess of the underworld * Nebt-Mat - A goddess of the underworld * Nebt-Setau - A goddess of the underworld * Nebt-Shat - A goddess of the underworld * Nebt-Shefshefet - A goddess of the underworld *

Nefertari Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wife, Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses II, Ramesses the Great.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. ''The Complete Royal Families o ...

- The mother of

, deified *

Nehmetawy Nehmetawy ''(nḥm.t-ˁw3ỉ;'' "she who embraces those in need") is a goddess in the ancient Egyptian religion. She is not very widely known. Nehmetawy was the wife of snake god Nehebu-kau, or in other places of worship, like in Hermopolis, th ...

- A minor goddess, the consort of Nehebu-Kau or Thoth * Pelican - Goddess of the dead *

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- A goddess of the underworld * Pesi - A goddess of the underworld * Qererti * Qerhet - Goddess of the eight nomes of Lower Egypt *

Qetesh Qetesh (also Qadesh, Qedesh, Qetesh, Kadesh, Kedesh, Kadeš or Qades ) was a goddess who was incorporated into the ancient Egyptian religion in the late Bronze Age. Her name was likely developed by the Egyptians based on the Semitic root ''Q-D ...

(Qudshu) - A goddess of sexuality and sacred ecstasy from Syria and Canaan, adopted into Egyptian religion in the New Kingdom *

Raet-Tawy Raet ( egy, , italics=no, translit=rꜥj.t) or Raet-Tawy ( egy, , italics=no, translit=rꜥj.t-tꜣ.wj) is an ancient Egyptian solar deity, the female aspect of Ra. Her name is simply the female form of Ra's name; the longer name ''Raet-Tawy'' ...

- A female counterpart to Ra * Rekhit - A goddess of the underworld * Renenet - Goddess of fortune *

Renpet Renpet was, in the Egyptian language, the word for "year". Its hieroglyph was figuratively depicted in art as a woman wearing a palm shoot (symbolizing time) over her head. She was often referred to as the ''Mistress of Eternity'' and also person ...

- Goddess who personified the year * Sait - A goddess of the underworld * Sefkhet-Abwy - Goddess of writing and temple libraries * Sehith - A goddess of the underworld * Sekhat-Hor - A cow goddess * Sekhet-Metu - A goddess of the underworld * Seret - A lioness goddess possibly originally from Libya *

Serket Serket ( egy, , italics=no, translit=srqt) is the goddess of healing venomous stings and bites in Egyptian mythology, originally the deification of the scorpion. Her family life is unknown, but she is sometimes credited as the daughter of Neith ...

- A scorpion goddess, invoked for healing and protection * Sesenet-Khu - A goddess of the underworld *

Seshat Seshat ( egy, sš3t, under various spellings) was the ancient Egyptian goddess of writing, wisdom, and knowledge. She was seen as a scribe and record keeper; her name means "female scribe". She is credited with inventing writing. She also bec ...

- Goddess of writing and record-keeping, depicted as a

scribe A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing. The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its promi ...

* Shemat-Khu - A goddess of the underworld * Shentayet - A protective goddess possibly of widows * Shenty - A cow goddess * Shesmetet - A lioness goddess *

- Deification of the star

* Swenet - Goddess related to

Aswan Aswan (, also ; ar, أسوان, ʾAswān ; cop, Ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ ) is a city in Southern Egypt, and is the capital of the Aswan Governorate. Aswan is a busy market and tourist centre located just north of the Aswan Dam on the east bank of the ...

Ta-Bitjet Ta-Bitjet is an ancient goddess of Egyptian mythology. She is identified as the consort of Haroeris. Ta-Bitjet is a scorpion goddess and the blood that flowed from when Horus/Haroeris ruptured her hymen can serve as a panacea for poisons. She ...

- A minor scorpion goddess * Ta-Sent-Nefert - A wife of Horus the elder * Tafner - A vulture headdress wearing goddess *

Taweret In Ancient Egyptian religion, Taweret (also spelled Taurt, Tuat, Tuart, Ta-weret, Tawaret, Twert and Taueret, and in Greek, Θουέρις – Thouéris, Thoeris, Taouris and Toeris) is the protective ancient Egyptian goddess of childbirth and f ...

(Thoeris) - Hippopotamus goddess, protector of women in childbirth *

Tayt Tayt (also Tait, Tayet, and Taytet) was an Egyptian goddess. Some attest her husband was Neper while others state she was possibly the consort of Hedjhotep. Textile goddess Tayt was the ancient Egyptian goddess of weaving, textiles, and to a ...

(Tayet) - Goddess of weaving * Temet - A female counterpart to Atum * Temtith - A goddess of the underworld * Tenenet - Goddess of brewing * Themath - A goddess of the underworld * Thermuthis - Goddess of fate, fertility, and harvest * Thmei - Goddess of truth * Tjenenyet - A protector goddess * Tjenmyt - Goddess of beer *

Unut Unut, alt. Wenut or Wenet, is a Prehistory, prehistoric Egyptian snake goddess. Originally, she had the form of a snake and was called "The swift one". She came from the fifteenth Upper Egypt, Egyptian province, the Hare nome (called Wenet in ...

- A goddess represented as a snake or a hare, worshipped in the region of

* Usit - A goddess of the underworld * Wepset - A protector serpent goddess *

Werethekau Werethekau (Egyptian: ''wrt-hk3w'' "great one of magic, great enchantress"; alternately Urthekau, Weret Hekau) was an ancient Egyptian deity. She served as the personification of supernatural powers.Barbara S. Lesko, The great goddesses of Egypt, ...

- A goddess who protected the king

Male or female

Hedjhotep Hedjhotep (also Hedj-hotep from '' ḥḏ-ḥtp'') was a minor ancient Egyptian deity, a god of fabrics and clothes and, to a lesser extent, of weaving and the deceased. Hedjhotep is sometimes described as a goddess rather than a god, holding a ...

- God of fabrics and clothing *

Shai Shai (also spelt Sai, occasionally Shay, and in Greek, Psais) was the deification of the concept of destiny, fate in Egyptian mythology. As a concept, with no particular reason for associating one gender over another, Shai was sometimes consider ...

- Personification of fate

Objects

* Semi - A deified object found in the tenth division of

Lesser-known deities

Male

* Ȧakhu - God of the fifth Ảat * Ảakhu - A ram headed god * Ảakhu-ḥetch-t - A god of the dead * Ảakhu-ra - A singing god of dawn * Ảakhu-sa-ta-f - A warrior god * Ảakhui - A god with two lotus scepters * Ȧmi-beq - A god of the dead * Ảmi-haf - A god who has a harpoon * Ami-Ḥe-t-Serqet-Ka-hetep-t - A god * Ảmi-kar - A singing ape god * Ảmi-keḥau - A god * Ảmi-naut-f - A serpent god * Ảmi-nehţ-f - A god * Ảmi-neter - A singing god * Ảmi-Nu - A sky god * Ȧmi-Pe - A lion god * Ảmi-reţ - A god * Ảmi-seḥseḩ - A god * Ảmi-sekhet-f - A god of his domain * Ảmi-sepa-f - A god * Ảmi-suḥt-f - A god of the ninth Ảat * Ảmi-ta - A serpent god * Ảmi-ut - God of the ninth day of the month * Ảnmut-făbesh - A star god * Antywy - A god of the tenth nome of Upper Egypt God of the sixth hour of night. *

Aqen Aqen was a rarely mentioned ancient Egyptian deity of the underworld. He is first mentioned in the famous Book of the Dead. There, he guided the sun god Ra as the "protector of Ra's celestial bark" by "bringing the ''shenw''-ring to his majes ...

- A deity of the underworld * Ảri - The creative god * Ảri-em-ăua - God of the sixth hour of night * Ảri-en-ȧb-f - A blue eyed god * Ảri-ḥetch-f - A light god * Ảri-ren-f-tehesef - God of the tenth day of the month * Ảri-tchet-f - A god of the ninth day of the month * Ảrit-Ảmen - A god * Athpi - A god of dawn * Ati - A god * Ba - A ram god associated with virility * Ba-ảakhu-hā-f - A ram headed god * Ba-em-uār-ur - A god * Ba-ta - An ape god * Ba-tau - A god worshipped at

Cynopolis Cynopolis ( gr, Κυνόπολις for "city of the dog") was the Hellenistic toponym for two cities in ancient Egypt. Both Cynopolis superior and Cynopolis inferior were bishoprics in Christian times. Cynopolis superior Cynopolis was the Gre ...

* Ba-utcha-hāu-f - A ram-headed god * Ḥeb - A god * Ḥun-sāḥu - A god * Ḥutchai - The god of the west wind * Khenti-en-Sa-t - A star god * Khenti-heh-f - A knife-eyed god who guarded the tomb of Osiris * Khenti-ḥenthau - A god * Khenti-Ḥet Ȧnes - A god * Khenti-kha-t-ảnes - A knife-eyed god who guarded Osiris * Khenti-Khas - A god who protected noses of the dead * Maa-ảb-khenti-ảḥ-t-f - A god * Maa-ảtht-f - A god of the fourteenth Ảat * Maa-en-Rā - An ape doorkeeper god * Maa-f-ur - A god * Maa-ḥa-f - A ferry god * Maa-mer-f - God of the twenty-sixth day of the month * Men-t - A god * Meni - A god * Menu - A god of the fifth month * Menu-nesu-Ḩeru - A warrior bull god * Menu-qeṭ - God of the first Ảat * Meţ-en-Ảsảr - A serpent god * Meţ-ḥer - A god of the dead * Meṭes - A god * Meţes - A doorkeeper god * Meţes-ảb - An ibis headed god * Meṭes-neshen - A god * Meţi - A hawk headed god * Meţni - A hippopotamus god of evil * Meţu-ta-f - A god * Neb - A goose god * Neb ảa - A singing god of dawn * Neb ảmakh - A god who towed the boat of Ảf * Neb ankh - A singing god of dawn * Neb āq-t - A jackal god * Neb Kheper-Khenti-Ṭuat - A Maāt god * Neb Khert-ta - A star god * Neb pāt - A god * Neb seb-t - A god * Neb Uast - A god of the boat of Pakhit * Neb-Un - A god * Neb user - A ram-headed god * Neb utchat-ti - A serpent god with human legs * Nebti - A god * Nekenher - A frightening god * Neter - A serpent god * Neterti - A god in Ṭuat * Neter bah - A god * Neter neferu - A god * Neter-hāu - Nile god * Neter-ka-qetqet - A god who guarded Osiris * Neter-kha - God of one thousand years * Netrit-ta-meh - An axe god * Netrit-Then - An axe god * Serq - A serpent god * Unnti - The god of existence * Untả - A light god * Up - An ape god * Up-hai - God of the dead * Up-shāt-taui - A god * Up-uatu - A singing god * Upi-sekhemti - A jackal-headed singing god * Upt-heka - Enchantment god * Upȧst - A light god * Upu - God of the serpent Shemti * Ur - A god * Ur-ȧres (Urȧrset) - A god of a boat * Ur-at - A god of Kher-Āḥa * Ur-heka - A god of

Denderah Dendera ( ar, دَنْدَرة ''Dandarah''; grc, Τεντυρις or Τεντυρα; Bohairic cop, ⲛⲓⲧⲉⲛⲧⲱⲣⲓ, translit=Nitentōri; Sahidic cop, ⲛⲓⲧⲛⲧⲱⲣⲉ, translit=Nitntōre), also spelled ''Denderah'', ancient ...

* Ur-henhenu - A water god * Ur-henu - A water god * Ur-khert - A jackal god in the second Ảat * Ur-maati-f - A god * Ur-metuu-ḩer-ȧat-f - A god * Ur-peḥti - A doorkeeper god * Ur-peḩui-f - A god * Urrtȧ - A god

Female

* Ảmi-khent-āat - A goddess of Edfû * Ảmi-pet-seshem-neterit - One of the 12 Thoueris goddesses * Ảmi-urt - A cow goddess * Ảmi-utchat-sảakhu-Ảtemt - One of the 12 Thoueris goddesses * Ảmit-Qeţem - A goddess who assisted resurrecting Osiris * Ảmit-she-t-urt - A goddess * Āpertra - A singing goddess * Ảrit-ȧakhu - A star goddess * Ảriti - A goddess * Ba-khati - A goddess * Baiut-s-ảmiu-heh - A goddess * Ḥebit - An air goddess * Hetemit - Goddess of destruction * Ḥunit - Goddess of the twenty first day of the month * Ḥunit Pe - A tutelary goddess of

Buto Buto ( grc, Βουτώ, ar, بوتو, ''Butu''), Bouto, Butus ( grc, links=no, Βοῦτος, ''Boutos'')Herodotus ii. 59, 63, 155. or Butosus was a city that the Ancient Egyptians called Per-Wadjet. It was located 95 km east of Alexandri ...

* Ḥunit urit - A tutelary goddess of Heliopolis * Ḥuntheth - A lioness goddess * Ḥurit urit - A goddess * Maa-ā - A singing god * Maa-neter-s - A singing goddess * Neb Ȧa-t (Nebt Ȧa-t) - A goddess * Neb Ȧa-t-Then (Nebt Ȧa-t-Then) - A goddess * Neb āāu (Nebt āāu) - A goddess * Neb-ābui (Nebt-ābui) - A goddess * Neb ȧkeb (Nebt ȧkeb) - A goddess * Neb Ȧnit (Nebt Ȧnit) - A goddess * Neb ảri-t-qerr-t (Nebt ȧri-t-qerr-t) - A goddess * Neb ảrit-tcheṭflu - Goddess who created reptiles * Neb ảs-ḥatt - A goddess * Neb ȧs-ur (Nebt ȧs-ur) - A goddess * Neb Ȧter (Nebt Ȧter-Meḥ) - A goddess * Neb ȧter-Shemā (Nebt ȧter-Shemā) - A goddess * Neb ảur (Nebt ảur) - A goddess of the river * Neb Aut (Neb-t Aut) - A goddess * Neb Bȧa-t (Nebt Bȧa-t) - A goddess * Neb ḥekau (Nebt ḥekau) - The goddess of spells * Neb ḥetep (Nebt ḥetep) - A crocodile goddess * Neb Khasa (Nebt Khasa) - A goddess * Neb Khebit (Nebt Khebit) - The goddess of

Chemmis Akhmim ( ar, أخميم, ; Akhmimic , ; Sahidic/Bohairic cop, ) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. Referred to by the ancient Greeks as Khemmis or Chemmis ( grc, Χέμμις) and Panopolis ( grc, Πανὸς πόλις and Π� ...

* Neb peḥti (Nebt peḥti) - A goddess * Neb Per-res (Nebt Per-res) - A goddess * Neb petti (Nebt petti) - A goddess * Neb Sa (Nebt Sa) - A goddess * Neb Sam (Nebt Sam) - A goddess * Neb sau-ta (Nebt sau-ta) - A goddess * Neb sebu (Nebt sebu) - A goddess * Neb Septi (Nebt Septi) - A goddess * Neb-t ȧakhu - A serpent goddess of dawn * Neb-t ȧnemit - A goddess of offerings * Neb-t ānkh - One of twelve goddesses who opened the gates of Ṭuat to Ảf * Neb-t ānkhiu - A goddess with two serpents * Neb-t Ảţu - A goddess * Neb-t au-t-ȧb - A cow goddess * Neb-t Kheper - A serpent goddess * Neb-t usha - Goddess of the eighth division of the Ṭuat * Neb Un (Nebt Un) - A goddess * Nebt Ānnu - A goddess * Neterit-nekhenit-Rā - A singing goddess in Ṭuat * Un-baiusit (Unt-baiusit) - A goddess * Unnit - A goddess * Unnuit - A goddess * Upit - A serpent goddess * Ur-ā - A goddess * Urit - A goddess * Urit-ȧmi-t-Ṭuat - A goddess of escorting Ra * Urit-em-sekhemu-s - Goddess of the fourth hour * Urit-en-kru - A lioness headed hippopatomus goddess * Urit-ḥekau - Goddess of Upper Egypt * Urti-ḥethati - Goddess of Ánu

Male or female

Medjed In Ancient Egyptian religion, Medjed is a minor and obscure god mentioned in the '' Book of the Dead''. His ghost-like portrayal in illustrations on the Greenfield papyrus earned him popularity in modern Japanese culture, including as a chara ...

- A minor god from the

Book of the Dead The ''Book of the Dead'' ( egy, 𓂋𓏤𓈒𓈒𓈒𓏌𓏤𓉐𓂋𓏏𓂻𓅓𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤, ''rw n(y)w prt m hrw(w)'') is an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom ...

. " * Neb au-t-ȧb - A god or goddess in the Ṭuat (needs additional citation for verification) * Netrit fent - An axe god or goddess (needs additional citation for verification)

Groups of deities

* The Aai – 3 guardian deities in the ninth division of

; they are Ab-ta, Anhefta, and Ermen-ta * The Cavern deities – Many underworld deities charged with punishing the damned souls by beheading and devouring them. *The

– An extended family of nine deities produced by Atum during the creation of the world. The Ennead usually consisted of Atum, his children Shu and Tefnut, their children Geb and Nut, and their children Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. *The

Theban Triad The Theban Triad is a triad of Egyptian gods most popular in the area of Thebes, Egypt. The triad The group consisted of Amun, his consort Mut and their son Khonsu. They were favored by both the 18th and 25th Dynasty. At the vast Karnak Temple ...

consisted of Amun, his consort Mut and their son Khonsu. *The four sons of Horus – Four gods who protected the mummified body, particularly the internal organs in

canopic jars Canopus (, ; grc-gre, Κάνωπος, ), also known as Canobus ( grc-gre, Κάνωβος, ), was an ancient Egyptian coastal town, located in the Nile Delta. Its site is in the eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around from the cente ...

. *The Gate deities – Many dangerous guardian deities at the gates of the underworld (flanked by divine Doorkeepers and Heralds), to be ingratiated by spells and knowing their names. *The

Hemsut In Egyptian mythology Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt, which describe the actions of the Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world around them. The beliefs that these myths express are an impor ...

(or Hemuset) – Protective goddesses of Fate, destiny, and of the creation sprung from the primordial abyss; daughters of

, linked to the concept of ka * The Her-Hequi – 4 deities in the fifth division of

* The Hours of the day deities – 12 divine embodiments of each hour of the day: partly major deities (1st:

and Nenit, 2nd: Hu and Ra em-nu, , 3rd: unknown, 4th: Ashespi-kha, 5th: Nesbit and Agrit, 6th: Ahait, 7th:

and Nekait or Nekai-t, 8th:

Khensu Khonsu ( egy, wikt:ḫnsw, ḫnsw; also transliterated Chonsu, Khensu, Khons, Chons or Khonshu; cop, Ϣⲟⲛⲥ, Shons) is the ancient Egyptian god of the Moon. His name means "traveller", and this may relate to the perceived nightly travel o ...

and Kheprit, 9th: Neten-her-netch-her and Ast em nebt ankh, 10th: Urit-hekau or Hekau-ur, 11th: Amanh, and partly lesser-known ones (12th: "The One Who Gives Protection In The Twilight"). *The Hours of the night deities – 12 goddesses of each hour of the night, wearing a five-pointed star on their heads. Neb-t tehen and Neb-t heru, god and goddess of the 1st hour of night, Apis or Hep (in reference) and Sarit-neb-s, god and goddess of the 2nd hour of night, M'k-neb-set, goddess of the 3rd hour of night, Aa-t-shefit or Urit-shefit, goddess of the 4th hour of the night, Heru-heri-uatch-f and Neb ankh, god and goddess of the 5th hour of the night, Ari-em-aua (god) or Uba-em-tu-f and Mesperit, neb-t shekta or Neb-t tcheser, god and goddess of the 6th hour of the night, Heru-em-sau-ab and Herit-t-chatcha-ah, god and goddess of the 7th hour of the night, Ba-pefi and Ankh-em-neser-t or Merit-neser-t, god and goddess of the 8th hour of night, An-mut-f and Neb-t sent-t, god and goddess of the 9th hour of the night, Amset or Neb neteru and M'k-neb-set, god and goddess of the 10th hour of night, Uba-em-tu-f and Khesef-khemit or M'kheskhemuit, god and goddess of the 11th hour,

Khepera Khepri ( Egyptian: ''ḫprj,'' also transliterated Khepera, Kheper, Khepra, Chepri) is a scarab-faced god in ancient Egyptian religion who represents the rising or morning sun. By extension, he can also represent creation and the renewal of life ...

and Maa-neferut-Ra, god and goddess of the 12th hour of the night. * The 42 judges of Maat – 42 deities including Osiris who judged the souls of the dead in the afterlife * The Khnemiu – 4 deities wearing red crowns in the eleventh division of

*The Ogdoad – A set of eight gods who personified the chaos that existed before creation. The Ogdoad commonly consisted of

–

, Nu – Naunet, Heh – Hauhet, and Kek – Kauket. * The Renniu – 4 bearded gods in the eleventh division of

* The Setheniu-Tep – 4 deities wearing white crowns in the eleventh division of

*The Souls of Pe and Nekhen – A set of gods personifying the

predynastic Prehistoric Egypt and Predynastic Egypt span the period from the earliest human settlement to the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period around 3100 BC, starting with the first Pharaoh, Narmer for some Egyptologists, Hor-Aha for others, with ...

rulers of Upper and Lower Egypt. * The 12 Thoueris goddesses

Citations

Works cited

* * * * *Lorton, Claude Traunecker. Transl. from the French by David (2001). ''The gods of Egypt'' (1st English-language edn, enhanced and expanded). Ithaca, N.Y .a. Cornell University Press. . *Budge, Sir Ernest A. Wallis (2010). ''An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary'' (in two volumes, with an index of English words, king list and geographical list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, Coptic and Semitic alphabets). New York: Cosimo Classics. . *"Aswan History Facts and Timeline: Aswan, Egypt". http://www.world-guides.com/africa/egypt/aswan/aswan_history.html. *Petry, Alan W. Shorter; with a new bibliography by Bonnie L. (1994). ''The Egyptian gods : a handbook'' (rev. edn). San Bernardino (Calif.): The Borgo Press. . *"Gods of Egypt". http://www.touregypt.net/godsofegypt/. * Willockx, Sjef. "Amentet, Andjeti and Anubis: Three Ancient Egyptian Gods (2007)". *Mark, Joshua J. "Egyptian Gods - The Complete List". ''https://www.worldhistory.org/article/885/egyptian-gods---the-complete-list/.'' *Nelson, Thomas (2017). ''The Woman's Study Bible: Receiving God's Truth for Balance, Hope, and Transformation''. Biblica, Inc. *"GVC09-24: Mystical creatures and gods -Egyptian".

' *Durdin-Robertson, Lawrence (1979). ''Communion With The Goddess: Idols, Images, and Symbols of the Goddesses; Egypt'' Part III. Cesara Publications. *translations, translated by Raymond O. Faulkner; with additional; Wasserman, a commentary by Ogden Goelet JR.; with color illustrations from the facsimile volume produced in 1890 under the supervision of E.A. Wallis Budge; introduced by Carol A. R. Andrews; edited by Eva Von Dassow; in an edition conceived by James (1994). ''The Egyptian Book of the dead : the Book of going forth by day : being the Papyrus of Ani'' (royal scribe of the divine offerings), written and illustrated circa 1250 B.C.E., by scribes and artists unknown, including the balance of chapters of the books of the dead known as the theban recension, compiled from ancient texts, dating back to the roots of Egyptian civilization (1st edn). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. .

Major deities

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Female

Both male and female forms

Minor deities

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Female

Male or female

Objects

Lesser-known deities

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Female

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Groups of deities

Citations

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