Ancient Egyptian Culture Part 5 – Mythology

Egyptian deities Ra Osiris Set Horus Isis Anubis Thoth Hathor Amun http://www.nekhebet.com/r_gods2.html

Ra sun god represented the creative force of the sun created the world from a watery chaos commonly depicted as a hawk-headed man with the solar disc on his head many pharaohs worshipped him

Amun also a sun god, king of gods linked to Ra originally worshipped locally in Thebes grew to become a national deity generations of pharaohs adopted as patron deity Tutankhamun

Osiris ruler of the underworld among the most important Egyptian gods still celebrated in festivals dedicated to him brought agriculture to Egypt taught the people how to farm and harvest grain murdered by his brother made whole again by his wife

Isis wife of Osiris goddess of magic Mother of Horus most important of the Egyptian goddesses spread the farthest, as far as Europe and Persia watching over the pharaoh and the throne grew to include queen of the underworld and agriculture

Horus sky god man with the head of a falcon associated with the sun god Ra dutiful son of Osiris when Set murdered Osiris, Horus avenged his father and killed Set leads the deceased to the underworld

Set brother of Horus also his enemy a man with a demonic head, resembling that of an aardvark patron god of the pharaohs of Lower Egypt started to be portrayed as a more evil and chaotic god

Anubis god of mummification and the dead man with the head of a jackal presides over all things to do with death and dying embalmed Osiris (the first mummy) Osiris later took over oversees the weighing of the person's heart

Thoth god of writing, counting, wisdom also associated with the moon helped Isis heal Osiris reports to the other gods whether the deceased is to be accepted into the underworld

Hathor goddess of women, life,childbirth, happiness and anything to do with the joy of life used to be Horus’s mother, until Isis worship grew stronger