Ancient Egyptian Religion and Mythology By Christine Tyus, Tristan Cannon, and Cali Chandler

Egyptian Religion Egyptians were polytheistic The number of gods made it possible for each city to worship a certain god or goddess * All of the Egyptian gods and goddesses aren't mentioned in this presentation

Gods Amun - King of the gods Anubis - God of embalming and the dead Aten - A form of the sun god, Ra Atum - A creator god Bes - A protector god Geb - God of the earth Hapy - God of the innundation Horus - God of the sky

Gods (Continued) Khepri - A god of creation, the movement of the sun, and rebirth. Khnum - A creator god, and a god of the innundation Nun - The waters of chaos Osiris - God of the dead, and ruler of the underworld Ptah - God of craftsmen Ra - God of the sun

Gods (Continued) Ra-Horakhty - A combination of the gods Horus and Ra Seth - God of chaos Shu - God of air Sobek - A Nile god Thoth - God of writing and knowledge

Goddesses Bastet - A protector goddess Hathor - A protector goddess / goddess of love and joy Isis - A protective goddess Ma'at - The goddess of truth, justice and harmony Nephthys - A protective goddess of the dead Nut - The sky-goddess, whose body created a vault or canopy over the earth Sekhmet - the goddess of war

Goddesses (Continued) Seshat - Goddess of writing and measurement Tawaret - The goddess who protected women during pregnancy and childbirth Tefnut - Goddess of moisture

Combining Gods and Goddesses In Egypt it is common to combine gods and goddesses Gods and goddesses may be combined to bring out all of the aspects of a certain god or goddess

The First God The first god was Amun, he created all of the other gods and goddesses Once he combined with Ra, they became Amun-Ra affording the deity the power to create the universe

Egyptian Religion Today Today, the number of people who believed in the original Egyptian religion is at a low Even in Egypt, there's only 2% of its population still practice the original religion

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