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2. The beginning:
• A very long time ago, there was only nun. It
was the name of the dark and swirling
chaos before the beginning of time.
• According to sources, out of nun rose the
first Egyptian god named Atum.
• Atum was another form of Ra, god of the
midday sun and Khepri, god of rebirth and
the morning sun.
• Atum was the god of the setting sun.

3. The Egyptian gods:
• After the creation of Egypt and its
Egyptians, the gods ruled over their
respective cities.
• The Egyptians believed that the pharaohs
was the god Horus in human form.
• The scribes were held at courts to write
and preserve records of day to day life in
Egypt.

4. Life in Egypt:
• The Egyptians were great believers in life
after death.
• The Egyptian civilization flourished along the
river Nile.
• Egypt was divided into two lands: Upper Egypt
and Lower Egypt.
• This civilization was known as the ‘ cruel
civilization’ because all the people were god-
fearing.

5. The god Ra:
• He is the god of the midday sun.
• He is depicted as a man with a head of a falcon
with a sun-disc resting on his head.
• He assumes two different forms- when at sunrise,
he has the head of a scarab beetle while at sunset
he is full human.
• He is responsible for the death and resurrection
cycle.
• His major cult city was Heliopolis.

6. The goddess Iusaaset:
• She is referred as “The grandmother of all the
Deities”.
• She is depicted as a woman wearing a royal
vulture headdress with a sun disc wrapped in a
Uraeus set between the cow horns.
• Her mate was Ra.
• It was said that she owned the sacred ‘Tree of
Life’ of the egyptians.
• In Egypt, the vultures were considered to be
extremely good mothers and protecters.

7. The god Khepri:
• He is god of rebirth, the sunrise and scarab.
• He is Ra’s aspect in the morning.
• He is depicted as a man with the head of a scarab
beetle.
• He is also god of the morning sun.
• His major cult city was Heliopolis.

8. The god Atum:
• He is the god of creation.
• He is also god of death and the setting sun.
• He is depicted as a human holding a was-sceptre
and the ankh.
• He is also called, ‘the finisher of the world’.
• His major cult city was Heliopolis.

9. The god Shu:
• He is the god of the wind and air.
• He is shown as a human with a feather on his
head or a feathered headdress.
• Ra gave birth to him by coughing him out.
• He is the mate of Tefnut and the father of Geb
and Nut.
• His major cult cities were Heliopolis and
Leontopolis.

10. The goddess Tefnut:
• She is the goddess of rain, air, moisture, weather,
dew, fertility and water.
• She is depicted with a body of a woman with a
head of lioness with a disc and a uraeus on her
head.
• She is the mother of Geb and Nut and the mate of
Shu.
• Her major cult cities were Heliopolis and
Leontopolis.

11. The god Geb:
• He is the god of the earth.
• He is depicted as a human with a goose on its
head.
• He is the mate of Nut and father of Osiris, Isis,
Nephthys and Seth.
• Nut, his mate produced rain for Geb and he made
things grow on earth.

12. The goddess Nut:
• She is the goddess of the sky and heavens.
• She is depicted as a woman wearing the water-pot
sign that identifies her.
• When she was born, she was entangled with Geb as
one.
• Shu pushed nut into the sky where she will be arched
over Geb, her mate.
• She is the mate of Geb and the mother Osiris, Isis,
Nephthys and Seth.

13. The god Osiris:
• He is the god of the afterlife, death, life and
resurrection and is also the lord of the dead.
• He is the ruler of the underworld and a city called
Duat.
• He is also the judge of the dead, the people’s
souls can live in harmony in his kingdom while his
enemies are tossed into a lake of fire.
• He is the mate of Isis and brother of Seth and the
father of Horus.
• His major cult city was Abydos.

14. The goddess Isis:
• She is the goddess of health, marriage and
wisdom.
• She is depicted as a woman wearing a headdress
shaped like a throne and an ankh in her hand.
• She is the twin sister of Nephthys and the mate of
Osiris.
• She is the mother of Horus.
• Her major cult cities were Abydos and Philae.

15. The god Min:
• He is the god of fertility.
• He is depicted as a man with an erect penis and a
flail.
• He is another son of Isis and Osiris.
• His major cult cities was Qift and Akhmim.

16. The god Horus:
• He was the son of Isis and Osiris.
• He is the falcon god of light, sky and kingship.
• He battled Seth and regained the throne of Egypt.
• Egyptians believe that the pharaohs is Horus in
human form and pharoahs were given the title of
a ‘living Horus’.
• His major cult cities were Nekhen and Edfu.

17. The goddess Hathor:
• She is the goddess of the sky, dance, love, beauty,
motherhood, foreign lands, mining, music and
fertility.
• She is depicted as a woman with a sun disc with a
uraeus set between the cow horns.
• Her mate was Horus.
• She is the mother of Imsety, Hapi, Duamutef,
Qebehsenuaf.
• Her major cult city was Dendera.

18. The four sons of Horus:
• The four sons of Horus are-
• Imsety – human form – direction South – protected
the liver – protected by Isis.
• Duamutef – jackal form – direction East –
protected the stomach – protected by Neith.
• Hapi – baboon form – direction North – protected
the lungs – protected by Nephthys.
• Qebehsenuef – hawk form – direction West –
protected the intestines – protected by Serqet.

19. The god Seth:
• He is the god of storms, desert, chaos and war.
• He was the brother of Osiris and the mate of
Nephthys and the father of Anubis.
• He battled Horus and killed Osiris so that he
would become pharaoh of Egypt.
• He is depicted as a man with the head of an
unknown animal called the seth animal.
• His major cult city was Ombos.

20. The goddess Nephthys:
• She is the goddess of death, service, lamentation,
nighttime and rivers.
• She is depicted as a woman with her headdress in
the shape of a house and basket.
• She is also the goddess of protection and the
protectress of the dead.
• She was the mate of Seth and the twin sister of
Isis and the mother of Anubis.
• Her major cult city was Diopolis Parva.

21. The god Anubis:
• He is the god of cemeteries and embalming.
• He is also the god of mummies and the process of
mummification.
• He is depicted as a man with a head of a jackal.
• He was the son of Seth and Nephthys.
• His major cult cities were Lycopolis and
Cynopolis.

22. The goddess Anput:
• She is the goddess of Funerals and Mummification.
• She is the mate of Anubis and the mother of
Kebechet.
• She is depicted as a woman wearing a standard
topped by a jackal.
• She is also a goddess of the seventeenth nome of
Upper Egypt.
• She was occasionally depicted with the head of a
jackal, but it is very rare.
• She is the female counterpart of Anubis.

23. The goddess Kebechet:
• She is the goddess of embalming liquid.
• She is depicted as a woman with the head
of the snake.
• She was thought to give water to the spirits
of the dead while they waited for the
mummification process to be complete.
• Her name means ‘cooling water’.

24. The god Thoth:
• He was the scribe of the gods and he is the god of
scribes and the master of knowledge and time.
• He is also the god of hieroglyphics, magic, secrets
and writing, measurements, alphabet, records,
thought, intelligence, mind, logic, reason, reading
and meditation and wisdom.
• He represented the moon.
• He is depicted as a man either with a head of an
ibis or a baboon.
• His major cult city was Hermopolis.

25. The goddess Seshat:
• She is the goddess of writing and wisdom.
• Her mate was Thoth.
• She is depicted as a woman in a leopard skin with
an unknown seven-pointed emblem above her
head.
• She is the sister of Maat.

26. The goddess Maat:
• She is the goddess of justice and truth.
• She is a goddess and the personification of truth
and justice.
• She is depicted as a woman with an ostrich
feather that represents truth.
• Her symbol was the ostrich feather.
• She was worshipped in all of the Egyptian cities.

27. The god Montu:
• He is the god of warfare, the sun and valor.
• It was said that that he has the head of a bull
when enraged.
• He was depicted as a falcon-headed man with two
plumes and a sun-disc.
• His major cult cities was Hermonthis and Thebes.

28. The god Khnum:
• He is the god of creation and the waters of the
Nile.
• He is depicted as a man with a head of a ram.
• He is the father of Anuket.
• His mate was Neith.
• His major cult city was Elephantine.

29. The goddess Neith:
• She is the goddess of war , hunting, weaving and
wisdom.
• She is depicted as a woman with two crossed
arrows and a shield on her head.
• Her major cult city was Sais.
• Her symbols are the bow, shield and crossed
arrows.

30. The goddess Anuket:
• She is the goddess of the Nile river.
• She is depicted as a woman wearing a tall plumed
headdress.
• Her major cult cities were Elephantine and
Seheil.
• She is the daughter of Khnum.

31. The god Sah:
• He was sometimes referred to as the “Father
of the gods”.
• His mate was Sopdet.
• His son was Sah.
• He is the god of the constellation Orion and
was associated with a large egyptian
constellation that today is represented by the
modern myths of Orion.

32. The goddess Sopdet:
• She is the goddess of the star, Sirius.
• She is also the goddess of the fertility of the soil.
• She had a son named Sopdu.
• Her mate was Sah.

33. The god Sopdu:
• He is a god of the sky and of eastern border
regions in ancient Egyptian religion.
• It was said that he protected Egyptian outposts
along the frontiers and to help
the pharaoh control those regions' foreign
inhabitants.
• His major cult center was at the
easternmost nome of Lower Egypt, which was
named Per-Sopdu, meaning ’Place of Sopdu’.

34. The goddess Nekhbet:
• She is often represented as a vulture.
• Her priestesses are called ‘muu’ meaning mother.
• Sometimes, she is depicted as a woman with the
head of a vulture wearing the Atef- crown.
• Her major cult cities were Nekheb and Nekhen.
• She is also referred to as the ‘Mother of mothers’.

35. The god Sobek:
• He is the god of the army, military, fertility and of
crocodiles and the Nile
• The Egyptians believed that the Nile was created
from his sweat.
• He was depicted as a man with a with of a
crocodile.
• His mate was Meskhenet.
• His major cult cities were Crocodilopolis, Faiyum,
Kom Ombo.

36. The goddess Meskhenet:
• She is the goddess of childbirth.
• She is depicted as a woman with symbolic cow’s
uterus on her head.
• Her mate was Sobek.
• Her symbol is a cow’s uterus.

37. The god Anhur:
• He is the god of the sky and is the sky bearer.
• He is depicted as a man wearing a headdress of
four tall feathers.
• His sister was Bastet.
• His father was Ra.

38. The goddess Sekhmet:
• She is the goddess of fire, war and dance.
• She is another form of Hathor.
• She is depicted as a woman with the head of a
lioness and a solar disc and a uraeus on her head.
• Her major cult cities were Memphis and
Leontopolis.

39. The god Nefertem:
• He is the god of healing and beauty.
• He is depicted as a man with a water-lily
headdress as a symbol of fragrance and beauty.
• His symbol was the water-lily.
• His major cult city was Memphis.

40. The god Ptah:
• He is the god of creation, the arts, fertility and of
craftsmen.
• He is depicted as a mummified man, standing on
the symbol of maat, holding a scepter or staff
that bears the combined ankh-djied-was symbols.
• He is the mate was Sekhmet and Bastet.
• He had a son named Nefertem.
• His major cult city was Memphis.

41. The goddess Bastet:
• She is the goddess of cats, protection, joy, dance,
music, family and love.
• She is depicted as a woman with a head of a cat.
• Her major cult city was Bubastis.
• In lower Egypt, she was the goddess of warfare.

42. The god Maahes:
• He is the god of war, protection and the weather.
• He is depicted as a man with a head of a lion.
• He is the son of Bastet and Ptah (and in some
accounts is the brother of Nefertem).
• His symbols are the lion and a knife or sword.
• His major cult cities were Taremu and Per-Bast.

43. The goddess Meretseger:
• She is the goddess of tomb builders and she is the
protectress of royal tombs.
• She is depicted as a woman with a head of a
cobra.
• Her name means ‘ She who loves the Silence’.
• Her symbol was the cobra snake.
• Her major cult city was the Valley of the Kings.

44. The god Amun:
• He is the king of the gods and god of the wind.
• He is also the lord of the breath of life.
• He is depicted as a man with two plumes on his
head, the was-scepter and the ankh, symbol of
life.
• His mate was Mut.
• His major cult city was Thebes.

45. The goddess Mut:
• She is the queen of the goddesses and the lady of
the heaven.
• She is depicted as a woman wearing the double
crown plus a royal vulture headdress, associating
her with Nekhbet.
• Her mate was Amun.
• Her name means ‘mother’.
• Her major cult city was Thebes.

46. The god Khonsu:
• He is the moon god and the sick’s protector too.
• He terrorised the spirits.
• He also symbolizes land’s fertility and the
children recently born.
• He was connected with the time’s course.
• His major cult city was Thebes.

47. The goddess Serqet:
• She is the goddess of scorpions, medicine, magic
and healing venomous stings and bites.
• She is depicted as a woman with a scorpion
gracing her crown.
• Her symbol is the scorpion.
• Her major cult city was Amarna.

48. The goddess Taweret:
• She is the goddess of fertility and childbirth.
• She is depicted as a bipedal hippopotamus with
limbs like those of a feline. Her hand rests on the
‘sa’ sign, a hieroglyph that means ‘ protection’.
• Her symbol is the ivory dagger, hippopotamus and
the ‘sa’ sign.
• She was a household deity who was worshiped
throughout Egypt.

49. The demon Ammit:
• She was female demon with the head of a
crocodile and the torso of lion and the hind limbs
of hippopotamus.
• All Egyptians feared her.
• If the heart of the mortal is heavier than the
feather of maat, she would devour it.
• Once she swallowed the heart the soul would stay
restless forever.

50. The snake Apep:
• He was the ancient Egyptian deity who
embodied chaos and was thus the opponent of
light and Ma’at. He appears in art as a giant
serpent.
• He battled with the sun god Ra during his journey
to the underworld.
• He was also known as the ‘ snake of chaos.’
• Apep's movements were thought to cause
earthquakes, and his battles with Set may have
been meant to explain the origin of
thunderstorms.

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