Three thousand years of Egyptian religion, from the Pyramid Texts to the temples of the Ptolemies: gods of creation, of the dead, of cities and of sacred animals.
Atuma-tumThe Self-Created — first god of the Heliopolitan cosmogonyGebgebThe Earth — father of the Osirian generationNunnunThe Primordial Waters — formless deep before creationNutnutThe Sky — mother of the godsPtahptahThe Memphite Creator — Lord of CraftsmenShushuThe Air — sustainer of the heavensTefnuttef-nutThe Moisture — sister-consort of ShuAmunah-moonThe Hidden God — Lord of ThebesRaraThe Sun — daily king of heavenThe Hermopolitan Ogdoadthe her-mo-po-li-tan og-doadThe eight primordial powers of Khemenu — the chaos before creationHuhuThe authoritative utterance — divine command made manifestSiasiaThe perceiving mind — divine intelligence made manifest
Osirisoh-sye-risLord of the Dead — slain king and judge of soulsIsiseye-sisThe Great of Magic — wife of Osiris, mother of HorusHorushor-usThe Falcon — avenger and rightful kingSetsetLord of the Red Land — god of disorderNephthysneph-thysLady of the House — sister and helper of IsisAnubisah-noo-bisThe Jackal — Lord of EmbalmingKhentamentiukhen-ta-men-tiuForemost of the Westerners — older lord of the deadApepa-pepThe Chaos-Serpent — adversary of the sunMaatmaatTruth, Order, Justice — feather of judgmentThoththohtThe Ibis — Lord of Wisdom and WritingHekahe-kaMagic Personified — the divine power that makes spells effectiveSokarso-karThe Falcon of the Necropolis — lord of the Memphite cemeteryThe Four Sons of Horusthe foursons of ho-rusImsety, Hapi, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef — guardians of the canopic jarsAmmitam-mitThe Devourer of the Dead — fate of the unjustified soulMeskhenetmes-khe-netGoddess of the birth-brick — fixer of destinies at the moment of birthShaishaiPersonified destiny — the fate that walks beside each soul
Hathorha-thorLady of Dendera — goddess of love, music, and the western mountainKheprikhep-riThe Scarab — the morning sunKhnumkhnumThe Ram — Lord of the First CataractKhonsukhon-suThe Theban Moon — son of Amun and MutMinminThe Fertility God of CoptosMontumon-tuThe Falcon of Hermonthis — Theban war-godMutmutThe Great Mother of ThebesNeithneithLady of Sais — primordial weaver and warriorSekhmetsek-metThe Lioness — Lady of Plague and WarSeshatse-shatLady of the Library — goddess of writing, measurement, and architectureSobekso-bekThe Crocodile God of the FayyumWepwawetwep-wa-wetOpener of the Ways — jackal of AsyutAtena-tenThe Disk of the Sun — sole god of AkhenatenBastetbas-tetThe Cat of BubastisHarpocrateshar-poc-ra-tesHorus the Child — the infant god of silenceApisa-pisThe Sacred Bull of MemphisMnevismne-visThe Sacred Bull of HeliopolisBuchisbu-chisThe Sacred Bull of HermonthisBanebdjedetba-nebd-je-detThe Ram of Mendes — soul of Osiris in the DeltaHatmehithat-me-hitFirst of the Fishes — fish-goddess of MendesWosretwos-retThe Mighty One — old Theban consort of AmunMaahesmaa-hesLion of the Massacre — son of Bastet, wielder of the scimitarPakhetpa-khetThe Tearer — lioness of the desert wadisIhyi-hyThe Sistrum-Player — child-god of Dendera, son of HathorSopdetsop-detThe Sharp One — goddess of Sirius and herald of the inundationSopdusop-duLord of the East — god of the eastern desert and the Sinai approachesMertsegermert-se-gerShe Who Loves Silence — cobra-goddess of the Theban necropolisDedunde-dunLord of Nubia — incense-god of the southern frontier
Akera-kerThe Twin Lions of the HorizonAnuketa-nu-ketLady of the First Cataract — gazelle-goddess of the inundationBesbesThe Household Protector — apotropaic dwarf-godHapiha-piGod of the Inundation — the river itselfHeqethe-qetThe Frog Goddess — patroness of childbirthMehenme-henThe Coiled Serpent — protector of the solar barqueNefertumne-fer-tumThe Lotus God — son of Ptah and SekhmetNekhbetnekh-betThe White Vulture of Upper EgyptRenenutetre-ne-nu-tetThe Cobra of the HarvestSerqetser-qetThe Scorpion Goddess — guardian of the deadTaweretta-we-retThe Hippopotamus Goddess — protector of the pregnantWadjetwad-jetThe Cobra of Lower EgyptBataba-taThe Bull of Saka — hero of a folk-taleImhotepim-ho-tepThe Deified Sage — Old Kingdom architect, god of medicineSatissa-tisMistress of Elephantine — archer-goddess of the southern frontierWadj-Werwadj--werThe Great Green — personification of the sea and the Delta lakesPetbepet-beHe Who Returns — late personification of retribution
