The 10 Plagues

God’s Power Over the Egyptian gods

1. Nile turned to Blood Hapi – god of the Nile River

2. Frogs infest the landHeket – frog headed goddess of fertility

1. Dust turned to gnats and/or lice Geb – god of the Earth

4. Plague of Flies Khepri – scareb headed god of eternal life

5. Cattle die from disease

Hathor – goddess of love and fertility, especially in nature, often represented as a cow

6. Plague of Boils

Isis – goddess of medicine and peace, also because of the boils, priests were not able to serve the gods and goddesses

7. Plague of Hail

Nut – goddess of the sky

Tefnut – goddess of rain

8. Plague of Locusts Seth – god of storms

9. Three days of darkness Ra – god of the sun

10. Death of the first born sonPharaoh himself – ultimate power, viewed as a god or able to communicate with the gods