Gods and Goddesses of Egypt Members: Kevin Lainez Rony Rodriguez Diana Matamoros

Gods

Ra Sun God, King of the Gods a falcon crowned with a sun disk or a man with a falcon's head. Ra was the God of the Sun. He sailed across the heavens in a boat called the 'Barque of Millions of Years'. At the end of each day Ra was thought to die.

Osiris God of the Dead dressed in white with crook and flail and white crown. Osiris is shown as a man with a beard wearing white mummy wrappings. His crown is the white crown of upper Egypt surrounded by red feathers.

Seth Brother of Osiris. God of the desert, storm and violence. Is shown with an animal's head with a long curved pointed snout, slanting eyes, and square-tipped ears. Sometimes he has a forked tail. No-one seems to know what the animal is.al head with long curved pointed snout.

Thoth God of Wisdom, Time, Writing and the Moon head of an ibis. Thoth invented hieroglyphs, the picture writing of Ancient Egypt. He was the measurer of the earth and the counter of the stars, the keeper and recorder of all knowledge. The ibis is a bird rather like a stork.

Anubis God of Embalming head of jackal Anubis invented embalming to embalm Osiris, the first mummy. He was the guide of the dead. The Egyptians embalmed their dead, especially their pharaohs, to preserve them, since they thought that this helped them live for ever.

Amun God of Creation crowned with ostrich feathers Amun was an important god, but there are no stories about him. He created all things. At the same time, he remained apart from creation, totally different from it, and fully independent from it. In fact, he was invisible, so you couldn't have a picture of him!