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GODS & GODDESSES
! Egyptians believed very strongly in the balance of opposites: light & dark, order & chaos, male & female
! This balance was maintained by the gods, goddesses, and king (Pharaoh)
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! Pharaoh - literally means “Great House” and was originally used to signify the buildings of the court or a palace
! Came to mean the king, himself, in 18th Dynasty (under Akhenaten)
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! Believed that the Pharaoh was a representative of the gods on Earth
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! Amun
! The great god of Thebes
! Man wearing ostrich-plumed hat
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! Anubis
! Jackals always seen in cemeteries, so…
! Jackal-god of embalmers and guardian of cemeteries
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! Aten
! The sun-disk with rays that end in hands
! Until Akhenaten, was referred to as “The Aten”
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! Atum
! A creator god
! Man with a double crown
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! Bastet
! The cat goddess
! Protective goddess
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! Bes
! Weird, bearded, dwarf-guy
! Domestic protector
GODS & GODDESSES! Geb
! The Earth god
! God lying down under the sky
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! Hapy
! The Nile god
! Shown with pot belly and water plants
! Responsible for the inundation - yearly flooding of Nile
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! Hathor ! A feminine cow-goddess
with horned headdress, daughter of Ra.
! Associated with The Milky Way
! Goddess of love and joy
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GODS & GODDESSES! Horus
! Falcon god
! Son of Osiris.
! God of the sky
! Protector of the pharaoh
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GODS & GODDESSES! Isis ! Wife of Osiris ! Mother of Horus ! Headdress is a throne ! Name means “She of the
Throne” ! Protective goddess - used
magic to help people
GODS & GODDESSES! Khnum
! Ram-headed god
! Created people on a potter’s wheel
! Also responsible for inundation
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! Khonsu
! Son of Amun & Mut
! His Name means “Wanderer”
! The Moon god
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! Maat
! Goddess of truth, justice, and order
! Woman with feather on head, or just a feather
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! Menthu
! Ancient god of war.
! Represented strength & victory.
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! Mut
! Wife of Amun.
! Creator goddess
! Name means “Mother”
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! Nekhbet
! Vulture goddess
! Represents Upper Egypt
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GODS & GODDESSES! Nephthys
! Wife of Seth
! Sister of Osiris
! Protective goddess of the dead
! Headdress is her name in hieroglyphics
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GODS & GODDESSES! Nut - the sky goddess
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GODS & GODDESSES! Osiris
! Husband of Isis
! Father of Horus
! God of the underworld
! God of the dead
! Depicted as mummified king/pharaoh
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! Ptah
! God of crafts
! Man with goatee, carrying staff, wrapped loosely in cloak
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GODS & GODDESSES! Ra
! The sun god
! Most important of Egyptian gods
! Later, other gods would embody powers of Ra
!Ra-Horakty, Amun-Ra
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! Sekhmet
! Fierce lioness wife of Ptah
! Goddess of war
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! Seth
! God of chaos, violence, & bad weather
! Unidentified animal
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! Shu
! God of the air
! Man wearing a headdress with feathers, holding up the sky
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! Sobek
! Nile god
! Man with the head of a crocodile
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GODS & GODDESSES! Taweret
! Head of a hippo with the arms and legs of a lion, the back and tail of a crocodile, and the breasts and stomach of a pregnant woman.
! patron of women in childbirth
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! Tefnut
! The goddess of moisture
! Wife of Shu
! Mother of Geb (earth) and Nut (sky)
GODS & GODDESSES! Thoth
! The divine scribe
! Inventor of writing, associated with the Ibis bird
! Gave the Egyptians the gift of hieroglyphics
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! Wadjet
! Cobra goddess
! Represents Lower Egypt