Egyptian Gods and godesses
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pkos99 on November 21, 2010
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ancient civilizations 6th grade pc
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| Amun-Ra |  the head god- He was the most powerful god in the New Kingdom. Amun, the god of Thebes, and Ra, the sun god, were combined to make Amun-Ra. |
| Anubis | the jackal- He was the god of the dead and watched over the embalming rituals—mummification. |
| Bastet | the cat- She was believed to protect women, children, and the sun's power to ripen crops. It was not allowed to harm cats. |
| Bes | the short and fat god- He was very popular as he guarded children from evil spirits. He enjoyed singing and dancing. |
| Hapy | the god of the Nile- On earth the yearly floods of the Nile symbolized his arrival, which brought him wealth and fertility to the land of Egypt. |
| Horus | the falcon- He was the son of Osiris, shown with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The pharaohs were thought to represent Horus on earth. |
| Hathor | the cow or the lovely lady- She represents dancing, music, joy, and love. She was shown as a cow to represent motherly love. |
| Imhotep | the real person- he was a brilliant scribe and architect who designed the first pyramid, Zozer's Step Pyrimad. He was later worshipped as the god of wisdom. |
| Nut | the bird or sky goddess- She was the sister of Geb. Legend has it that Nut swallowed the sun at night, and it was reborn at sunrise. |
| Osiris | the god of the afterlife- HE as married to Isis and he was the father to Horus. His death and rebirth made him the god of the afterlife, shown with the pear-shaped crown of Upper Egypt. The pharaohs believed they joined him after their deaths. |
| Ra | the sun god- He was reborn every dawn, aged at daytime, and died at night, shown with the sun on his head with a snake. |
| Set | the symbol of all evil- HE was the brother and murderer of Osiris, shown as an extraordinary creature with the features of different animals |
| Sobek | the crocodile- Crocodiles lived in the Nile and was sacred to the Egyptians. HE had his temple at Kom Ombo, and he was believed to control the river's water and marshes.1 |
| Taweret | the pregnant hippo- She was the goddess of childbirth and protected both the mother and the baby |
| Thoth | the ibis -he was the god of scribes and learning, and was thought to have invented writing, arithmetic, and the calendar. |
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