1. Egyptian Gods & Goddess

2. Osiris God of the earth and vegetation ( originally god of the Nile.)
Symbolized in death by the yearly drought and his miraculous rebirth by the flooding of the Nile.
Usually shown as a bearded, mummified human with green skin. His hands come out from the mummy wrappings and hold the flail and crook.

3. Isis Isis was the sister/wife of Osiris Has great magical powers
Created the cobra and uses the cobra bite to make Ra reveal to her his secret name
The purest example of the loving wife and mother

4. Set(h) A monster-like beast head similar to a hyena.
He is the brother and murderer of Osiris
god of foreign people and lands

5. Bes Popular, household god Dwarf Frightens evil spirits away
Hangs out with Taweret, a goddess of childbirth (she is scary looking)
Roman soldiers wore amulets with his likeness for protection

6. Anubis Son of Nephthys Head of a jackal god of mummification
Guides the dead to the underworld and weighs their heart (bad deeds make your heart weigh more)
Works with Osiris in the underworld

7. Nephthys Wife of Seth Sister of Isis Goddess of women
Name means lady of the castle
Guards the dead
Often shown inside the tomb

8. Hathor
Was the goddess of beauty, love, and joy. She has the body of a woman and the head of a cow.
She is both wife/ daughter of Ra
Her milk is food of the gods
Cow was sacred in her name
Women aspire to be her

9. Ra / The Creator King of the Gods Sun god
Falcon head with a sun on top.
Sometimes seen as the creator of men
A child in the morning, a man in his prime at noon, and an old man in the evening.
Ra journeyed to the underworld to be reborn at night.

10. Amun-Ra (Re) National supreme god of Egypt
Believed that he created heaven, earth, and all the gods
Appears in many forms
Sun god
Creator of mankind (cattle of Ra)

11. Aten The actual disk of the sun His hands are the sun’s rays
May be the creator of men
This is the one god Akhenaten believed in when he changed religion

12. Thoth Moon god Head of an ibis
Scribe (records the weight of the hearts in the underworld)
Invented numbers and measurer of time
From the Book of the Dead: “Hear the word of the very truth. I have judged the heart of the deceased, and his soul stands witness for him. His deeds are righteous in the great balance and no sin has been found in him.”

13. Ma’at Daughter of Ra Signifies law, order, and truth
Shows her ostrich feather as an emblem of law and truth
She always appears in human form (sometimes with wings)

14. Sekhmet Lion headed Wife of Ptah (an early creator god)
Breathes fire against her enemies
Delivers punishment to the gods

15. Horus Falcon headed Son of Osiris Set is always trying to hurt him
Stunted from his waist down
In art, he is often shown standing on crocodiles
His sons take care of the organs during the mummification process
Duamutef (stomach)
Imsety (liver)
Hapi (lungs)
Qebehsenuef (intestines)

16. Ammut “Eater of the Dead”
She stands by the scales of the hearts and eats the hearts of the wicked (a final death)
Head of a crocodile, body of a leopard, hind legs of a hippo (apparently wicked hearts are fattening – who knew?)

17. Nut
The Sky
She and her brother, Geb (the earth), could not stop “holding hands” so now their father (Shu – air) stands between them holding them apart.

18. Bast Cat-headed, body of a woman Goddess of women and the family
Represented the heat of sun that makes things grow
Cats are sacred (many cats were mummified in her honor)

19. Hapy God of the Nile floods Keeps the land and river fertile
He has long hair, and a protruding stomach (all symbols of fertility) and also a beard and is blue
In some areas, he was worshipped over Ra

20. Neith A mother goddess Invented childbirth
Created gods, humans, and animals
Warrior goddess
Once she spit into the Nile and this spit turned into Apep, a serpent who lives in the underworld and tries to eat Ra each night