AB
Egyptian grain god.
AMENTI
Egyptian goddess of the underworld and
fertility.
AMON
Egyptian god of wind, fertility, and secrets.
Had thousands of children
including Bast, Neith, Hapi, and Khons. Amon is often shown with the
large, curving horns
of a ram unique to the Nile Valley. Also shown as
the sphinx. Often referred to as Amon-Ra, a combination of Amon and Ra.
AMUMUN
"The Invisible One". One of the most spiritual
of the Egyptian gods.
Symbolizes the element of air.
ANHUR
Egyptian god of the power of the sun. He
was depicted as a warrior
wearing a headdress with four tall, straight plumes. Elements are air
and fire.
APEP
Serpent in egyptian lore that tried to destroy
the sun every day.
APOLLO
Greek god of the sun, light, music, song,
medicine, and healing. Patron
of herdsmen.
Apollo's mother Leto was forced to run from Hera, the jealous wife of
Zeus.
She went to the Island of Delos and delivered her two children-
the twins, Apollo and...
ARTEMIS
Though the god of light, Apollo had a
dark side. Under the name of
Carneios, he is seen as a god of death. He and Artemis slew all of their
mother Leto's
children when Niobe, their grandmother, claimed all of
Leto's children were more beautiful than the gods. Apollo was worshipped
at
the oracle of Delphi, where a priestess who give forth his
predictions. The Greeks believed that the egyptian God Heru
and Apollo
were the same deities. He is the twin brother of Artemis. Apollo's minor
associations include black magic,
blessing, justice, divination,
oracles, prophecy, creativity, fertility, productivity, success.
ATCHET
Egyptian goddess who nurses children.
ATENA
In Egyptian lore, the disk of the sun.
ATHOR
Egyptian goddess of light. Daughter of
Ra.
ATUMA
Egyptian sun god. In some creation myths
he is the creator of the
universe. Father of Shu and Tefnut. Astrologically related to the leo
sign of the zodiac.
BES
Egyptian dwarf god. In contrast to the other
Egyptian deities, who were
usually depicted in profile, Bes was depicted full face. He was
originally the protective
deity of the royal house of Egypt, but came to
be a popular household deity throughout Egypt. He was believed to guard
against
evil spirits, protect children, kill snakes, and ward off
misfortune. Assisted Tawert in childbirth. Associated with fertility
and
human pleasures.
BUTO
The main Egyptian Delta goddess commonly
associated with serpents and
snakes, especially the cobra. She would protect those she favored by
spitting poison into
their face or burning them with her glare. She is
the Queen of the goddesses and a symbol of the pharoah's reign over the
land.
CHONS
Egyptian god of the moon. The best-known
story about him tells of him
playing the ancient game senet ("passage"). against Thoth, and wagering
a portion of his
light. Thoth won, and because of losing some of his
light, Khons cannot show his whole glory for the entire month, but
must
wax and wane.
DUAMUTEL
Egyptian god who protected the stomach
of the deceased, one of the sons
of Horus.
EMULET
Egyptian cobra-headed goddess of the harvest
and agriculture.
GEB
"The Green Man". Egyptian god of the earth,
symbolizes the element fire.
Green skinned man with a goose on his head, often shown lying down
beneath the feet of
Shu with his phallus pointing straight up. He was
said to imprison the souls of the dead, disallowing them to move on to
the
afterlife. His laughter caused the earth to shake.
GENGENVER
Egyptian fowl god in the form of a
goose who laid the Cosmic Egg.
HAPI
Egyptian deification of the blessed river
Nile. Eventually thought of as
the creator of everything. Without the waters of Hapi, all life would
perish. Also known
as Hapy.
HATHOR
"The Beautiful Face In The Boat For Thousands
Of Years". Egyptian
goddess of joy and love. Symbolizes love, beauty, happiness, joy,
element of Air, the moon.
HORUS
"The Mighty One of Transformations". Egyptian
god, the son of Isis and
Osiris. God of the all-seeing eye. His animal is the falcon. To
understand the cycles of Horus'
life, you should know his manifestations.
IMHOTEP
Egyptian god of healing who was raised
from mortality to god status.
IMSETI
Egyptian god who protected the liver of
the dead.
ISIS
Egyptian mother goddess of day and moisture.
It was Isis who retrieved
and reassembled the body of Osiris after his murder and dismemberment by
Seth. Because of
this she took on the role of a goddess of the dead and
of funeral rites. Isis impregnated herself from the corpse and gave
birth
to Horus. She gave birth secretly and hid the child from Seth in
the papyrus swamps. Horus later defeated Seth and became
the first ruler
of a united Egypt. Isis, as mother of Horus, was revered as the mother
and protectress of the pharaohs.
The relationship between Horus and Isis
may have been an influence on the Christian relationship between Jesus
and Mary.
Icons of Isis holding the infant Horus as he suckled are quite
remininscent of such images of Jesus in Mary's arms. Statues
of Isis and
Horus were gradually disallowed by the Christian churches. Oh Isis,
Great Goddess,
Mother of God, and
Creator of Life
You reign over Philae and all other lands. Oh Mighty Goddess, Queen of
Philae
You rule over the
celestial bodies
And give the stars their place.
-A Hymn to Isis
KHEPERA
"The Self-Created". Egyptian god of the
sun. Symbol is the scarab
beetle. Symbolizes the element of air. Also known as Kherpi
KHNUM
Egyptian god of childbirth. Sometimes shown
as a ram-headed human, often
at a potter's wheel forming the child in the womb with his clay.
MA'AT
Egyptian Goddess of truth, justice and
the order of the universe. Her
symbol is the feather. She sits in the underworld, judging the souls
that pass through.
Mary the Egyptian
Love.
MERTSEGER
Egyptian goddess of flowers and death.
Shown with the head of a snake.
MESHKENT
Egyptian goddess of birth. She is to
be present on the judgement day.
MIN
"The Firm One". Egyptian god of fertility,
rain, and agriculture, and
protector of roads and travellers. Symbolizes sexual prowess and
fertility.
MONTU
"Nomad". Egyptian god of war.
MUT
The original Egyptian mother goddess. Wife
of Amun. She had thousands of
children, among them were Bast, Neith, Hapi, and Chons. She lost
importance once Isis
became the primary mother goddess. She symbolizes
the element air.
NEITH
"Lady Of The Sails". Egyptian goddess of
war and weaving. She symbolizes
strength, love, the moon, courage.
NEPTHYS
Egyptian goddess of death and mystery.
A guardian of the corpse of
Osiris along with Isis. Invoke for element of earthk. Also called Nebt
Het, Nebet Het, Nebthet,
or Neb-hut.
NUT
Egyptian goddess of the sky. Air element.
OSIRIS
Egyptian god of life and death. Osiris
ruled the world of men in the
beginning, after Ra had abandoned the world to rule the skies, but he
was murdered by
his brother Set. Through the magic of Isis, he was made
to live again. Being the first living thing to die, he subsequently
became
lord of the dead.
Homage to thee, Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the Gods, whose names
are manifold, whose forms
are holy, thou being of hidden form in the
temples, whose Ka is holy.
-"Hymn to Osiris", The Papyrus of Ani, 240 BCE.
Translated by E.A.
Wallis Burdge.
PLAH
Egyptian creator god of Memphis, created
the cosmos and the bodies in
which man's souls dwelt. Some legends say he created things as Thoth
directed him to. It
is also said that he created the elder deities. His
is shown as a bald man, a scarab beetle, or a hawk. He can be invoked
for
stability.
QEBEHSENUF
Egyptian god who protected the intestines
of the deceased. One of the
four sons of Horus.
QETESH
Egyptian goddess of love, nature, and
beauty. She was depicted as a
beautiful nude woman, standing or riding upon a lion, holding flowers, a
mirror, or snakes.
She is generally shown full-face, which is unusual in
Epyptian artwork. She can be invoked for matters of the heart,
fertility,
beauty, and self-esteem.
RA
Egyptian sun god, can be likened unto the
Christian God, as a supreme
deity and creator. He created the 8 great gods and the human race came
from his tears. Usually
depicted as a human with a falcon or ram head.
The sun was either his eye or his body. He traveled the sky every day,
passing
over the lands and then going into the underworld. Because of
this legend, he is considered to be the god of the underworld.
Ra also
stopped wars between humans because he was too decent to let them
perish. He may be invoked for cat magick.
RENENUTET
Egyptian goddess who took care of children.
Also known as Renenet.
RENPET
Egyptian goddess of the year, youth, and
spring. Portrayed as a woman
wearing a palm shoot on her head.
SATI
Egyptian goddess of the elephantine. Symbolizes
the element fire.
SEBEK
Egyptian crocodile god. Assists in the
birth of Horus in the Egyptian
Book of the Dead. Also known as Sobek.
SEKER
Egyptian god of light and protector of
souls passing to the underworld.
Usually depicted with the head of the hawk, and wrapped like a mummy.
SEKHMET
Egyptian goddess of sunset, destruction,
death, and wisdom. Originally
created by Ra from his fire to be a creature of vengeance who would
punish humans for
their wrongdoings. However, she became a loving
goddess of peace and compassion, and a protectress of the righteous.
Symbols
are the lion and the desert. She symbolizes health, rebirth,
fire, and wisdom.
O Lady, Mightier than the Gods,
Adoration
rises unto Thee!
All beings hail Thee!
O Lady, Mightier than the Gods!
Preserved beyond Death
That Secret Name,
O
Being Called Sekhmet.
At the Throne of Silence even,
shall no more be spoken than Encircling One! I lose myself in
Thee!
-"Hymn to Sekhmet"
SELKET
Egyptian scorpion-goddess and helper of
women in labor, often shown as a
beautiful woman with a scorpion on her head. Her scorpions would strike
death to the
wicked, but she saved the lives of the innocent people who
were stung by scorpions. she was also viewed as a helper of
women in
childbirth.
SET
Egyptian god of darkness and evil. Known
for murdering his brother, but
was also revered as a protector of Egypt. Set was one of the earliest
Egyptian deities,
a god of the night often identified with the northern
stars. He was variously hailed as a source of strength, and a protector,
especially
from the serpent Apep.
Within Egyptian theology, there are conflicting opinions regarding Set's
strength and warlike
resolution. At first, pictures of a god with two
heads- that of Set, as the god of darkness, and that of his brother
Horus,
god of light, appeared. At first this was a symbol of harmony,
the union of polarities. However, later, it was regarded
as a symbol of
the conflict between dark and light. Set is depicted as being untamed
and wild looking with white skin
and fiery red hair. He is symbolized by
barren wastelands and deserts. Also known as Seth, Seti.
SHAI
Egyptian god of destiny and fate. Also known
as Shait
SHU
"The Dry One". Egyptian god of the air represented
in human form.
Personifies the sun's light. Appears as a warrior, lion, or lion-headed
man with a feather. Symbolizes
the element air, and possibly fire.
SOTHIS
Egyptian feminine name for the star Sirius.
TEFNUT
Egyptian goddess of precipitation and
clouds. Her sacred animal is the
lion.
TAURET
"The Great One". Egyptian goddess of childbirth.
She was depicted as
having the head of a hippopotamus, the arms and legs of a lion, the
breasts of a woman, the tail
of a crocodile, and a great swollen belly
like a pregnant woman. Her fierce and strange appearance was supposed to
frighten
away any spirits that were a threat to the safety of the baby.
She is often in the company of Bes, the dwarf god. Pregnant
women in
Egypt used to wear amulets bearing the goddess' head. Also known as
Taweret, Taurt, Apet, Opet.
THOUERIS
Egyptian hippopotamus goddess of fertility,
women and childbirth.
THOTH
Egyptian god of wisdom, considered to be
a messenger between the gods
and the god of the underworld. A vizier to Osiris. His animal symbols
are the ibis and
the baboon. He is a god of the moon, and is associated
with magic, communication, time, mathematics, scholarship, music,
medicine,
astronomy, drawing and writing. Also known as Tahuti,
Djeheuty.
UPUAT
"He Who Opens the Way", jackal or wolf-headed
Egyptian god of the dead.