Welcome! The Egyptians were a proud people. They had about 126 known deities, and every god had a female counterpart. Their pharaohs, believed to be the children of Ra, had blue beards and wore lots of gold, because it was considered to be the skin of the gods. Egypt was divided into Upper and Lower Egypt until Menes combined the nations and the crowns (the red crown of Lower Egypt and the white crown of Upper Egypt). Because of the flow of the Nile, Upper Egypt is actual South of Lower Egypt.
Akhekhu |
God of Darkness, serpent with four limbs.
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Ammut |
A creature with the head of a crocodile, the forequarters of a lion, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, that dwelled in the Hall of Ma'at and devoured those whose hearts outweighed the Ma'at Feather with sin and impurities.
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Babi |
Baboon God, said to live off of human entrails, and serves people by defending them against snakes and turbulent waters.
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Bennu |
Deity of sun, creation, a rebirth that gave rise to the phoenix
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Hathor |
"the great one of many names"
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Kehpra |
The primordial scarab beetle god of ancient Egypt. According to the earliest myths, the world was created by the sun god Khepra who created the wind god Shu and the god of water, Tefnut. From these three all of life and the Egyptian gods were created.
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Maka |
Cosmic serpent/lion that chases Ra through the sky in his Sun Boat. Maka eats misbehaving children at night, and featured in popular Egyptian game, Mehen.
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Mehen |
Serpent that wraps itself around the Sun Boat to protect Ra.
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Sekhmet |
Goddess of War
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The Sun Boat |
Also known as the Barque of Ages, it soared through the sky during the day, and at night traveled through the underworld.
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Wepwawet |
The jackal-headed god, or more commonly the wolf-headed god. He was a god of war that would run ahead of the army and scout. He also accompanied the Pharaoh on hunts, scouting ahead for the prey.
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Cat Deities (13)
'Egyptian Mau's
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Bastet:
Bast or Bastet giver of blessings to the good and a deliverer of wrath to the evil. Protector of the domestic, or household, cats. Greeks linked her to Artemis and considered her to be a moon goddess, despite the fact that more than 300,000 mummified cats were discovered when the temple of Bastet at Per-Bast was excavated. Also considered a patron of women. Mihos: was the name of the lion-headed son of Bastet. Sekhmet: the warrior lioness goddess, the "Powerful One". Her son, Nefertem, god of perfumes, also had a warlike aspect and could be depicted as a lion Tefnut: and her twin Shu were also worshipped as a pair of lions at Leontopolis. In addition, they are the children of Ra, andTefnut acts as Shu's consort. Tefnut was the goddess of rain and moisture whereas her brother controlled the air and wind. Mafdet: the first of the cat goddesses. She was ancient Egyptian lynx, lion or cheetah shaped war goddess, a cat goddess of protection, spitting fire at cobras. She was the original cat deity who killed the enemy of Ra, the monstrous serpent Apep. She was called the "Runner" Mau: the ancient Egyptian word for cat, a personification of the sun god Ra, as a cat who killed Apep Mekal: the "fierce devourer" and a goddess of pestilence adopted from Canaan Pakhet: "She Who Scratches", was a big cat goddess who protected the living and the dead from evil Menhit: an Egyptian war goddess, depicted in the form of a lioness who sometimes wore the red crown of Lower Egypt Matit: a funerary cat goddess who had a cult center at Thinis Mut: the great Mother Goddess was merged with Wadjet, Bastet, Menhit and Sekhmet, who were all warrior lioness goddesses. Sesmu: the lion god of slaughter and execution Wadjet: primarily a cobra goddess, similar in some respects to Meretseger, but she was also depicted in her aspect of a lion-headed goddess |
