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Khnum Egypt Gods


Khnum Appearance:
  • Man with the head of a curly-horned ram
Khnum Egypt Gods
Khnum Egypt Gods

Khnum was a creator god, and a god of the innundation.

Khnum was a creator-god, moulding people on a potter's wheel. Since potters used Nile mud, Khnum was also connected with the innundation. 

Khepri Egypt Gods

Khepri  
'He Who is Coming into Being'
Appearance:
  • Man with the head of a scarab
  • A scarab beetle

Khepri was a god of creation, the movement of the sun, and rebirth. The scarab beetle lays its eggs in a ball of dung. Then, it rolls the ball along the ground until the young beetles are ready to hatch.
When the young beetles are ready, they crawl out of the ball.

Isis Egypt Goddess

 
  Isis
Appearance:
  • Woman with headdress in the shape of a throne
  • A pair of cow horns with a sun disk

Isis was a protective goddess. She used powerful magic spells to help people in need. 
Isis egyptian goddess
Isis was the daughter of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut and the sister of the deities Osiris, Seth, and Nephthys.
Isis was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus.
Since each pharaoh was considered the 'living Horus', Isis was very important.

This is a list of Egyptian Gods and goddesses



This is a list of Egyptian Gods and goddesses from Egyptian mythology. It is said that ancient Egyptians worshiped a number of gods (deities) at different times and in different places. It is important to under that ancient Egyptian “gods and goddesses” were mainly just REPRESENTATIONS of certain elements of nature, human attributes and other important aspects of their lifestyle that we indeed celebrated and ‘worshiped’.  The importance of certain gods and goddesses change over time while others were nonexistent until in later eras of Kemet.
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Tawaret Egypt Gods


Tawaret
 
'The Great One' Appearance:
 
  • Head of a hippopotamus with the arms and legs of a lion, the back and tail of a crocodile, and the breasts and stomach of a pregnant woman.

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Ra Egypt Gods

  Ra
'Sun' Appearance:
 
  • Man with hawk head and headdress with a sun disk

Ra was the sun god. He was the most important god of the ancient Egyptians. The ancient Egyptians believed that Ra was swallowed every night by the sky goddess Nut, and was reborn every morning. 



Ra
The ancient Egyptians also believed that he travelled through the underworld at night. In the underworld, Ra appeared as a man with the head of a ram.




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Anubis Egypt Gods

Anubis




* Man with a jackal head
* A jackal


Anubis was the god of embalming and the dead.

Since jackals were often seen in cemeteries, the ancient Egyptians believed that Anubis watched over the dead.


Anubis was the god who helped to embalm Osiris after he was killed by Seth. Thus, Anubis was the god who watched over the process of mummifying people when they died.

Priests often wore a mask of Anubis during mummification ceremonies.
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Geb Egypt Gods

 
Geb

 


Appearance:
  • Man lying down below the arch of the sky goddess Nut
  • Man with a goose on his head

Geb was the god of the earth. Geb was the husband and brother of the sky goddess Nut. He was also the father of Osiris, Isis, Nepthys and Seth.
When Seth and Horus fought for the throne of Egypt, Geb made Horus the ruler of the living.
The ancient Egyptians believed that earthquakes were Geb's laughter.
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Bes Egypt Gods

Bes
 

Appearance:
 
  • Dwarf with lion and human features
  • Dwarf wearing the skin of a lion

Bes was the protector of pregnant women, newborn babies and the family.


Bes
The ancient Egyptians also believed that Bes protected against snake and scorpion bites.
Amulets of Bes were popular at all levels of Egyptian society.
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Amun-Ra Egypt Gods


Amun-Ra

Appearance:
  • Man with a ram-head
  • A ram
  • Man wearing an ostrich plumed hat

Amun was one of the most powerful gods in ancient Egypt. At the height of Egyptian civilisation he was called the 'King of the Gods'.


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