Gods and Godesses of Ancient Egypt

**إبراهيم كامل أحمد** · 21-10-2010, 18:54

Geb : Son of Shu, breath of life and Tefnet, heat. Brother and husband of Nut, the goddess of the sky. Father of Osiris, Horus the elder, Seth and Nephthys. God personifying the earth. Represented as a man lying on the ground

Ha'py : Personification of the Nile river, symbolising inundation, fertility and abundance. Places of worship: he was adored all along the Nile river. Represented as an androgynous spirit with hanging breasts and swollen belly

Hathor : Daughter of Re, considered to be the eye of the sun, wife of Horus (sometimes mother of Horus). Goddess with several functions: celestial deity. Lady of far lands. Goddess of joy. Mistress of the Theban necropolis. Lady of the sycamore. Principal place of worship: Dendera (upper Egypt). Represented as a woman with two horns surrounding a solar disc, a cow or a woman with a cows head or ears

Horus : Son of Osiris and Isis. Husband of Hathor (sometimes son of Hathor). Deity with several functions: celestial and solar god, direct protector of Egyptian royalty, representative of the gods on earth. Other deities assimilated to Horus: Harakhty, Harmakhis, Harun, Harpokrates, Harsiese. Principal place of worship Edfu (Upper Egypt). Represented as a falcon or a man with falcon's head

Isis : Daughter of Geb, the earth, and Nut, the sky. Wife and sister of Osiris. Universal goddess with many roles, who acts in all circumstances, in the world of the living as well as in the other world. Principal place of worship Philae (Upper Egypt). Represented as a woman with a high back chair on her head

**عصام عبدالقادر** · 23-11-2010, 16:00

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**رأفت سعيد** · 15-12-2010, 14:12

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Amun : Associated in a triad with the goddess Mut and with a son Khonsu. A solar god created in Thebes under the name of Amun Re he became a dynastic god for the whole of Egypt under the Middle Kingdom. Principal place of worship Karnak/Luxor. Represented as a man crowned with 2 feathers

Anubis : Illegitamate son of Osiris and Nephthys. He presides over the embalming rituals and is the intermediary between the deceased and the judgement hall: the official guardian of the necropolis.Principal place of worship,Middle Egypt. Represented as jackal or man with head of a jackal

Aten : Solar and creative god at the time of Amenhotep IV. Principal place of worship Tell-el-Armana(middle Egypt). Represented as a solar disc with long rays ended by hands holding crosses of life

Bastet : Daughter of the sun and eye of the star: she incarnates the peaceful features of dangerous deities, such as the lioness Sekhmet. Principal place of worship Bubastis (Lower Egypt). Represented as a cat or a woman with a cat's head

Bes : A familiar god, patron of homes, pregnant women and children. Principal place of worhsip: at home and during the greek period in the temple of Sethos I at Abydos. Represented as a bearded dwarf, with bow legs and an amiable face frontally facing

Sory sir,
you misspelled that word, "Goddesses
The Word has two " d 's". after the O

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