GOD and GODDESS 

Ancient Egyptian GOD and GODDESS are over 2000 but some were more important than others. Also each God and Goddess represented something unique and powerful and influential figures in mythology. The force and influence came from the power in utilizing Heka - A multifaceted ancient Egyptian word used as the god's name, for the word "magic which was used to create the entire world and gods were controlled by the principles of Maat - The personification of  justice, Truth and cosmic order, who the daughter of the sun god “Ra” which created and totally sustained every part of nature and all living things. The Egyptian gods were usually a combination of human and animal, and many were with one or more animal species and it expresses a deity’s mood. She Portrayed as a lioness when in an angry mood and as cat when in her calm mood. In this article we are going to know about Egyptian Gods. 

GODS - THEIR DOMAIN 

The supreme sun god – Ra.

Ra was Also known as Re. Represented as a man with the head of a hawk, crowned with a solar disk and the sacred serpent, a scepter in left hand and an ankh in his right hand. Each and every day Ra travels across the sky in the form of the sun with his solar boat, and each night he journeyed through the underworld to win against the allies of harm.

Death, resurrection and fertility and the lord of the underworld - Osiris

Osiris was originally a vegetation god linked with growth of crops. He was the mythological first king of Egypt. He wears the white crown of Upper Egypt flanked by two plumes of feathers on his head. Sometimes he is shown with the horns of a ram. His skin is depicted as blue, the color of the dead; black, the color of the fertile earth; or green, representing resurrection. It was thought that he brought civilization to the race of mankind.

 Creator and fertility god -  Amun 

 Amun was also known as Amen, Amun-Re, Ammon. Amun’s name means “Hidden One, Mysterious of Form” Because his implication is that his true identity can never be revealed. He is most often represented as a human wearing a double plumed crown, he is sometimes depicted as a ram or a goose. The Greeks thought he was an Egyptian manifestation of their god Zeus.

Protector of the Dead and the afterlife - Anubis

Anubis is shown as a jackal-headed man. His father was Seth and his mother Nephythys. He was closely associated with mummification and as protector of the dead. It was Anubis who conducted the deceased to the hall of judgment.

Air and Sunlight - Shu

Shu was normally depicted as a man wearing a headdress in the form of a plume. Shu and his wife were the first gods created by Atum. Shu was the god of the air and sunlight or, more precisely, dry air and his wife represented moisture. Shu was the husband of Tefnut and the father of Nut and Geb. He was not a solar deity but his role in providing sunlight connected him to Ra. 

Earth god - Geb 

As an Earth god he was associated with fertility and He could also be considered a father of snakes. It was believed that earthquakes were the laughter of Geb. GEB was the father of Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephythys, and was a god without a cult. In the Pyramid Texts as imprisoning the buried dead within his body.

Music, Entertainment and Protector for children - Bes

Bes is represented full face rather than in profile, as a grotesque, bandy-legged, dwarf with his tongue sticking out. He was associated with good times and entertainment, but was also considered a guardian god of childbirth. Bes chased away demons of the night and guarded people from dangerous animals.

Moon God - Khonsu

Khonsu was also known as Khons Khensu, Khuns. He was a moon god depicted as a man with a falcon-head wearing a crescent moon headdress surmounted by the full lunar disc. Like Thoth, who was also a lunar deity, he is sometimes represented as a baboon. Khonsu was believed to have the ability to drive out evil spirits. 

Warrior god - Montu

Montu was a warrior god who rose to become the state god during the 11th dynasty. He was associated with king Montuhotep I (“Montu is satisfied”), who reunited Upper and Lower Egypt after the chaos of the First Intermediate Period. He took on the true attributes of a war god when warrior kings such as Thutmose III and Rameses II identified themselves with him.

God of Creation - Ptah

Ptah was a creator god, said to have made the world from the thoughts in his heart and his words. His head was shaved and he wore a skull cap and depicted as a mummy with his hands protruding from the wrappings and holding a staff. 

God of Knowledge and Moon - Thoth

He was depicted as a man with the head of an ibis holding a scribe’s pen and palette shown wearing a moon disk and crescent headdress.  He was as old as the oldest gods and played intermediary between gods. The Greeks associated him with Hermes and ascribed to him the invention of all the sciences and invention of writing. Thoth also portrayed writing or making calculations. His important role was to record the deeds of the dead at the day of their judgment.

Flooding of the Nile - Hapi

Hapi was not the god of the river Nile but of its inundation. He is represented as a pot-bellied man with breasts and a headdress made of aquatic plants. He was thought to live in the caves of the first cataract, and his cult center was at Aswan.

The sky, healing and protection - Horus

He is depicted as a man with the head of a hawk. Horus was the son of Osiris and Isis and the enemy of the wicked God Seth. Sometimes he is shown as a youth with a side lock, seated on his mother’s lap. He was the god of the sky and the divine protector of kings.

The morning sun - Khepre

Khepre also known as Khepri, Khepra, Khepera.The creator god with a scarab for a head. Khepre was one of the first gods, self-created, and his name means “he who has come into being”. It was thought that Khepre rolled the sun across the sky in the same way a dung beetle rolls balls of dung across the ground. 

God of fertility and procreation - Khnum

Khnum was depicted as a ram-headed man. God of fertility, associated with water and with procreation. His sanctuary was on Elephantine Island but his best-preserved temple is at Esna. The “Famine Stele”, which is a carved stone tablet, contains appeals to Khnum during a famine caused by a low inundation of the Nile.

Lord of the crocodiles - Sobek

He was depicted as a man with a crocodile head wearing a headdress in the form of the sun disk with feathers and horns. There was a pool at Kom Ombo temple and it is still possible to see original mummified crocodiles at the temple.

God of darkness, Storms, confusion and chaos - Seth

Seth was also known as Set, Setekh, Suty and Sutekh. He is the son of Geb and Nut, and the evil brother of Osiris. He is represented as a man with an unknown animal head and sometimes depicted as a hippopotamus, a pig, or a donkey. Horus defeated Seth, but there is some myth that their battle was an eternal struggle between good and evil. 

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