Egyptian Gods
Posted on 23rd December 2020
Egyptians worshipped many thousand gods and goddesses (deities), some more famous than others. Cities or areas often had their own individual gods while others were worshipped by the whole of Egypt.
Many gods were portrayed with human bodies, but heads of animals and birds.
Aker – God of Earth and Horizon
Ammit – Gatekeeper and Guardian of the Underworld, Goddess who devoured condemned souls
Amenhotep – Son of Hapu, scribe and architect; known for his wisdom
Am-hen – Dangerous underworld God
Amun – Creator God, Air God
Amunet – Female counterpart of Amun, Air God
Anat – War and Fertility Goddess
Anhur – God of War and Hunting
Anti – Falcon God
Anubis – God of Embalming and Protector of the Dead
Anuket – Goddess of Egypt’s Southern Frontier Regions
Apedemak – Warlike Lion God
Apep – Serpent Deity who personified Malevolent Chaos
Apis – Live Bull worshipped as a God
Arensnuphis – Nubian Deity
Ash – God of the Libyan Desert
Astante – Warrior Goddess of Sexuality
Aten – Sun Disc Deity and Sole God
Atum – Creator God and Solar Deity
Baal – Sky and Storm God, God of Thunder
Ba’alat Gebal – A Caananite Goddess
Babi – A Baboon God for Sexuality and Aggression
Banebdjedet – Ram God
Ba-Pef – Underworld Deity
Bastet – Goddess represented as a Cat or Lioness, linked with Fertility and Protection from Evil
Bat – Cow Goddess
Bennu – Solar and Creator Deity, depicted as a Bird
Bes – God represented as a Dwarf, important in protecting Children and Women in Childbirth
Buchis – Live Bull God
Dedun – Nubian God
Geb – Earth God
Ha – God of the Libyan Desert
Hapi – Nile God
Hathor – Goddess linked to the Sun, Sexuality, Motherhood, Music, Dance and Joy
Hatmehit – Fish Goddess
Hedetet – Scorpion Goddess
Hen – Frog God of Infinity
Heket – Frog Goddess
Heryshaf – Ram Headed God
Hesat – Maternal Cow Goddess
Horus – Falcon Headed God
Iah – Moon God
Iat – Goddess of Milk and Nursing
Ihy – God of Music and Joy
Imentet – Afterlife Goddess
Imhotep – God of Medicine
Ishtar – Goddess of War and Sexuality
Isis – Goddess of Love
Kek – Frog God
Keket – Frog Goddess of Darkness
Khepri – Solar Creator God, Scarab God
Kherty – Netherworld God
Khnum – Ram God
Khonsu – Moon God
Maahes – Lion God
Maat – Goddess of Justice, Truth and Order
Mafdet – Goddess to Creature Destruction and Execution
Mandulis – Sun God
Mehit – Lioness Goddess
Menhit – Lioness Goddess of War
Mehen – Serpent God
Mehet-Weret – Cow Goddess
Meretseger – Cobra Goddess
Meskhenet – Goddess of Childbirth
Min – God of Virility
Mnevis – Bull God
Montu – God of War and Sun
Mut – Mother Goddess
Nehebu-Kau – Serpent God
Neith – Goddess of War
Nekhbet – Vulture Goddess
Neper – God of the Harvest
Nephthys – Goddess of Divine Assistance
Nu – Personification of Formless, Watery Disorder
Nut – Goddess of the Sky
Osiris – God of Death
Onuris – War God
Pakhet – Lion Goddess of War
Ptah – Creator God of Memphis
Qetesh – Goddess of Sexuality
Ra – Supreme Solar God
Raet-Tawy – Solar Goddess
Renenutet – Cobra Goddess
Reshep – God of War
Sekhmet – Lioness of War
Selket – Scorpion Goddess
Sepa – Centipede God
Seshat – Goddess of Writing
Sesmu – Lion God of Execution
Set – God of Evil
Shai – God of Destiny
Shed – Protector Child God
Shu – God of the Wind
Sokar – God of the Underworld
Sothis – Star Goddess
Tefnut – Goddess of Rain
Thoth – God of Knowledge
Wadjet – Cobra Goddess
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