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EGYPTIAN GODS

EGYPTIAN GODS. By D. Bent. AMUN. THE MAJOR DIETY IN THE CITY OF THEBES . HIS TEMPLE AT KARNAK IS THE LARGEST RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE EVER BUILT! THOUGHT TO BE THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE. ANUBIS. SHOWN AS A JACKAL-HEADED MAN. GOD OF EMBALMING (MUMMIFICATION).

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EGYPTIAN GODS

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  1. EGYPTIAN GODS By D. Bent

  2. AMUN • THE MAJOR DIETY IN THE CITY OF THEBES. • HIS TEMPLE AT KARNAK IS THE LARGEST RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE EVER BUILT! • THOUGHT TO BE THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE.

  3. ANUBIS • SHOWN AS A JACKAL-HEADED MAN. • GOD OF EMBALMING (MUMMIFICATION). • EMBALMED OSIRIS, HELPING HIM TO “LIVE AGAIN.”

  4. ATEN • GOD OF THE SUN. • FIRST RECOGNIZED DURING THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. • MADE POPULAR UNDER THE PHARAOH AMENHOTEP IV (A.K.A. ANKHNATON).

  5. BAST • PROTECTOR OF CATS & THOSE WHO CARED FOR THEM.

  6. BAST

  7. GEB • GOD OF THE EARTH. • USUALLY SHOWN WITH BLACK OR GREEN SKIN, THE COLORS OF LIVING THINGS & THE FERTILE NILE SOIL. • THOUGHT TO HOLD WICKED SOULS IMPRISONED, PREVENTING THEM FROM GOING INTO HEAVEN.

  8. GEB

  9. HAPI • GOD OF THE NILE. • PROTECTOR OF LUNGS IN THE AFTERLIFE. • OFTEN SHOWN AS A MUMMIFIED MAN WITH THE HEAD OF A BABOON.

  10. HATHOR • GODDESS OF THE SKY. • USUALLY SHOWN WITH A SOLAR DISK FLANKED BY COW HORNS ON HER HEAD. • ALSO THE GODDESS OF LOVE, DANCE, & FOREIGN LANDS.

  11. HATHOR

  12. HORUS • ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GODS OF ANCIENT EGYPT. • GOD THAT REPRESENTED PHARAOHS ON EARTH. • EARLY GOD OF UPPER EGYPT.

  13. ISIS • GODDESS OF MARRIAGE, MOTHERHOOD, AND HEALING. • ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT GOD OF ANCIENT EGYPT. • WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE MOST POWERFUL MAGICIAN IN THE UNIVERSE!

  14. MA’AT • GODDESS OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE. • ALWAYS PRESENT AT THE “JUDGEMENT OF THE DEAD.” • WIFE OF THOTH, DAUGHTER OF RA.

  15. NUT • ANOTHER GODDESS OF THE SKY. • OFTEN SHOWN AS A WOMEN WITH BLUE SKIN AND A BODY COVERED WITH STARS.

  16. NUT

  17. OSIRIS • GOD OF THE DEAD AND THE AFTERLIFE. • BY THE MIDDLE KINGDOM HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOST WORSHIPPED GOD IN EGYPT. • HE REMAINED POPULAR, EVEN LONG AFTER EGYPT WAS CONQUERED BY THE ROMANS!

  18. PTAH • WORSHIPPED IN MEMPHIS IN EARLY EGYPT, HE WAS SEEN AS ONE OF THE CREATORS OF THE UNIVERSE. • DEPICTED AS A BEARDED MAN, SHROUDED LIKE A MUMMY.

  19. RA • GOD OF THE SUN AND CREATOR GOD. • USUALLY SHOWN AS A HAWK-HEADED MAN OR AS A HAWK. • OFTEN SHOWN IN A BOAT IN ORDER TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE WATERS OF HEAVEN AND THE UNDERWORLD.

  20. SET • PROTECTED EGYPT FROM FOREIGN INVADERS. • BROTHER AND MURDERER OF OSIRIS. • WAS CAST OUT OF EGYPT BY OSIRIS’ SON, HORUS.

  21. THOTH • GOD OF WISDOM. • DEPICTED AS A MAN WITH THE HEAD OF AN IBIS. • CARRIED A PEN & SCROLL ON WHICH HE RECORDED “ALL THINGS.” • MESSENGER OF THE GODS.

  22. THE END!

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