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Ancient Egypt was a polytheistic system with a variety of gods, as well as men and women.
Some of the ancient Egyptian gods looked like humans, and even behaved a bit like us.
Of course, there are also gods who have animal features—usually their heads—on humanoid bodies.
Different cities and pharaohs loved their own unique gods.
This article will introduce you to 15 ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses!
Anubis: The god who guides the undead
Anubis is a mourner.
His task is to hold a scale weighing the weight of the heart. If the heart is lighter than a feather, the deceased will be taken to Osiris by Anubis. If it is heavier, the soul will be destroyed.
Buster or Buster
Buster is usually a woman with a cat's head or ears, or a cat (usually a non-domestic cat). The cat is her sacred animal.
She is Ra's daughter and is a protective goddess.
Another name for Buster is Alurous, who is believed to have originally been a sun goddess who was associated with the moon after contact with the Greek goddess Artemis.
Bass: Guardians
Bess was probably a god who came from Egypt, probably from Nubia.
The bass is depicted as a dwarf sticking out its tongue and is a panoramic view of the front, rather than the side of most other Egyptian gods.
Bess is a patron saint who helps people to procreate, promotes fertility. He is the guardian against snakes and misfortune.
Gabe: God of the earth
Gabu, the god of the earth, was the Egyptian god of fertility, and he laid an egg from which the sun hatched.
He was known as "Big Giggle" because he often dealt with geese. The goose is Gebu's mythical beast.
He was worshipped in ancient Egypt, where he was depicted with a beard and a goose or a white crown on his head. It was thought that his laughter would cause earthquakes.
Geb married his sister Nout, the goddess of the sky. Set and Nevertis are the children of Gerber and Nout. Geb often witnessed the weight of the heart when judging the dead after death. Gabu is believed to be related to the Greek god Kronos.
Hathor: Goddess of the bull
Hathor is the Egyptian goddess of cattle, the embodiment of the Milky Way.
In some traditions, she was Ra's wife or daughter and the mother of Horus.
Horus
Horus is believed to be the son of Osiris and Isis. He was the protector of the pharaohs and the protector of the youth. It is believed that there are four other names associated with him:
- Heru
- Mountains
- Harendotes/Har-nedj-itef (Horus the Avenger)
- Har-Pa-Neb-Taui (Horus Lord of the Two Lands)
The different names of Horus are related to his four mysterious and special characteristics. According to records, Horus was related to the sun at noon and also called him the sun god.
At the same time, Horus is the god of falcons, so he occasionally appears in the form of falcons.
Ness: "Athena" of Ancient Egypt
Neith was an Egyptian goddess from pre-dynastic times and was likened to the Greek goddess Athena.
Plato also mentions in the Book of Timaeus that she came from the Seth region of Egypt.
Ness is depicted as a weaver, like Athena, a goddess of war carrying weapons. She also wears the red crown of Egypt. Ness is another mortuary god connected to the bandage of the mummy.
Isis
Isis was the great Egyptian goddess, wife of Osiris, mother of Horus, sister of Osiris, Seth, and Nevtis, daughter of Gabel and Nout. She was worshipped in Egypt and elsewhere.
Isis is a beautiful woman wearing a solar disk.
Legend has it that she searched for her husband's body, recovered and reassembled Osiris, and played the role of the goddess of death. She then marries Osiris and impregnates herself, giving birth to Horus, after which she secretly raises him to protect him from Osiris' killer Seeth.
She is associated with life, wind, heaven, beer, abundance, magic, and more.
Neftis
Nebet-het, Nebet-het, was the head of the House of the Gods, daughter of Gabe and Nut, sister of Osiris, wife of Isis, and mother of Anubis.
Neftis is sometimes depicted as a falcon or a woman with falcon wings.
Nephetis, a goddess of death and the goddess of women and houses, was the companion of Isis.
Nuts: Sky Goddess
Nuts (Nuit, Newet and Neuth) are Egyptian sky goddesses depicted supporting the sky with her back, and her body is blue and covered with stars. Nut is the daughter of Shu and Tefnut, Geb's wife, and the mother of Osiris, Isis, Set and Nephthys.
osiris
Osiris, the god of death, is the son of Geb and Nut, brother/husband of Isis, and father of Horus.
He dressed like a pharaoh, wearing an atep crown with ram's horns, holding a machete and flail, and his lower body became a mummy.
Osiris is an underworld god who was resurrected by his wife after being murdered by his brother. Ever since Osiris was killed, he lived in Hades, where he judged the dead.
Ra: Sun God
Ra, the Egyptian sun god, ruled over all things, especially in relation to Sun City or Heliopolis. He had a connection with Horus.
Ra can be depicted as a man wearing a solar disc on his head, and the head is the head of a falcon.
Seth
Seth was Egypt's god of chaos, evil, war, storm, desert and exotic lands, who killed and dismembered his older brother Osiris.
He is depicted as a synthetic animal.
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Shu was the Egyptian god of the air and sky, who mated with his sister Tevnat, giving birth to Nut and Gebu.
The book shows him as an ostrich feather.
He is responsible for separating heaven from earth.
Tefner
Tefna was the goddess of fertility and the Egyptian goddess of moisture.
She is Shu's wife, Gerber and Nut's mother.
Sometimes she can help Shu hold up the sky.