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

2 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

3 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

4 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

5 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

6 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

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

8 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

9 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

10 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

11 Thank You For Watching!!! Thank You:)


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