Egyptians Gods Names

Bastet the form of the name that is most commonly adopted by egyptologists today because of its use in later dynasties is a modern convention offering one possible reconstruction.

Egyptians gods names. Ra atum khepri horus and other deities acted as sun gods. Isis nursing horus calcite and bronze sculpture from egypt c. 11 egyptian gods and goddesses osiris. In the brooklyn museum new york.

Aken custodian of the. Gods could share the same role in nature. Names from egyptian mythology. Osiris one of egypt s most important deities was god of the underworld.

He also symbolized death. Aker a god of the earth and the horizon amun a creator god patron deity of the city of thebes and the preeminent deity in egypt during the new kingdom anhur a god of war and hunting aten sun disk deity who became the focus of the monolatrous or monotheistic atenist belief system in the. A cat or lion headed goddess bastet was a protector of the home and also a goddess of sensual pleasure. Often considered among one of the most important ancient egyptian gods amun was the divine entity who represented the air and the sun.

Sometimes portrayed as the king of gods amun was also the patron deity of thebes the royal capital during the impressive new kingdom era of egypt circa 16th century bc to 11th century bc. Iah iah djehuty iat ibis ienpw ihu ihy imentet imeut imhetep imhotep imiut imset imseti imsety inher inmutef inpu ipet isis iunmutef. Maintaining maat the universal order that was a central principle of egyptian religion and was itself personified as a goddess. Am heh a dangerous underworld.

A ah an early moon god who evolved into iah also known as yah and eventually khonsu. In early egyptian hieroglyphs her name appears to have been bꜣstt in egyptian writing the second t marks a feminine ending but usually was not pronounced and the aleph ꜣ may have moved to a position. Depicted with the head of jackal and body of a man. He became amun ra after being amalgamated with the sun god ra.

Aani a protector ape headed god. Aati one of the 42 judges of the souls of the dead. As zeus was to the greeks the egyptian god amun ra or amon was considered the king of the gods and goddesses. Statue of horus at his temple in.

Ba al storm god originally from phoenicia. God of the dead funerals embalming and tombs. Egyptian gods goddesses 1. Cavern deities a group of nameless gods who.

He was thought to be the father of the pharaohs and his female counterpart amunet was called the female hidden one.