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Amun-Ra |
He was most powerful god in the New Kingdom. the god of Thebes, and the sun god, were combined to make this god |
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Anubis |
the jackal – He was the god of the dead and watched over the embalming rituals – mummification |
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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. |
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Bes |
the short and fat god – He was very popular as he guarded children from evil spirits. He enjoyed singing and dancing. Aka god of family. |
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Hapy |
the god of the Nile – On earth the yearly floods of the Nile symbolized his arrival, which brought wealth and fertility to the land of Egypt. |
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Horus |
the falcon – He was the son of Isis and Osiris, shown with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The pharaohs were through to represent him on earth |
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Hathor |
the cow or the lovely lady – She represents dancing, music joy and love. She was shown as a cow to represent motherly love. |
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Imhotep |
the real person – He was a brilliant scribe and architect who designed the first pyramid, Zoser’s Step Pyramid. He was later worshiped as the god of wisdom. |
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Isis |
the perfect mother – She was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus, the most famous family in Egyptian mythology. |
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Nut |
– the bird of the sky goddess – Legend has it that this god swallowed the sun at night, and it was reborn at sunrise |
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Osiris |
the god of the afterlife – He was married to Isis and he was 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 the joined after their deaths. |
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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. |
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Set |
the symbol of all evil – He was the brother and murderer of Osiris, shown as an extraordinary creature with features of different animals. |
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Sobek |
the crocodile – Crocodiles lived in the Nile and were sacred to the Egyptians. He had his temple at Korn Ombo, and he was believed to control the river’s water and marshes. |
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Tawert |
– the pregnant hippopotamus – she was the goddess of childbirth and protected both the mother and the baby. |
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Thoth |
the ibis – He was the god of scribes and learning and was thought to have invented writing, arithmetic, and the calendar. |
