Egyptian Gods

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Falcon-headed man wearing the pschent , or a red and white crown, as a symbol of kingship over the entire kingdom of Egypt God of revenge, sky, protection, and war Horus Appearance Function Man with the head of a falcon and the sun-disk resting on his head God of the Sun. Main god of Egypt Ra Appearance Function Man with the head of a fabulous animal with a curved snout and long, rectangular ears God of storms, the desert, and chaos Seth Appearance Function Man with the head of a jackal. Protector of the tombs, guide of souls and embalming Anubis Appearance Function Woman wearing a headdress shaped like a throne. Goddess of health, magic and marriage. Isis Appearance Function

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Page 1: Egyptian Gods

Falcon-headed man wearing the pschent, or a red and

white crown, as a symbol of kingship over the entire

kingdom of Egypt

God of revenge, sky, protection, and war

Horus Appearance Function

Man with the head of a falcon and the sun-disk

resting on his head

God of the Sun. Main god of Egypt

Ra Appearance Function

Man with the head of a fabulous animal with a curved snout and long,

rectangular ears

God of storms, the desert, and chaos

Seth Appearance Function

Man with the head of a jackal.

Protector of the tombs, guide of souls and embalming

Anubis Appearance Function

Woman wearing a headdress shaped like a throne.

Goddess of health, magic and marriage.

Isis Appearance Function

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Man with black-green skin, carrying a crook and a whip,

and wearing the white crown and mommy gauze

God of the afterlife, death, life, and resurrection

Osiris Appearance Function

Woman arched on her toes and fingertips over the earth

and whose great body formed the sky with stars

Goddess of sky and heavenly bodies

Nut Appearance Function

Young woman, wearing a headdress in the shape of a

house and basket

Goddess of house, death, service, lamentation, and

nighttime

Nephthys Appearance Function

Woman wearing a headdress with a sun disk set between

the cow-horns

Goddess of love, beauty, joy, motherhood, music and

fertility

Hathor Appearance Function