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Egyptian Gods & Goddesses

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  • God of the Earth, Husband and brother of goddess Nut
    Geb
  • God of the air
    Shu
  • God of chaos; murdered his brother Osiris
    Seth
  • Goddess of war
    Sekhmet
  • Goddess of truth and justice
    Ma'at
  • Sun god; most important god of ancient Egyptians
    Ra
  • Nile god; represented as a crocodile
    Sobek
  • Protective goddess who used magic spells to help people; mother of Horus
    Isis
  • Goddess of moisture; mother of Nut & Geb
    Tefnut
  • God of the dead and ruler of the underworld
    Osiris
  • Waters of chaos
    Nun
  • Protective goddess of the dead; mother of Anubis
    Nephthys
  • "King of the Gods" , Eventually combined with Ra and become more powerful
    Amun (Amun Ra)
  • Responsible for flooding and was very important to Egyptians
    Hapy
  • Form of the sun god Ra, came about during the reign of Akhenaten
    Aten
  • God of writing and knowledge
    Thoth
  • Goddess who protected women during pregnancy; head of a hippo
    Tawaret
  • Protector of pregnant women, babies, and family
    Bes
  • Sky-goddess; sister/wife of Geb
    Nut
  • God of embalming and the dead
    Anubis
  • God of the sky; most well-known as the protector of the pharaohs
    Horus
  • Creator god and god of floods
    Khnum
  • Goddess of love and joy; wife of Horus
    Hathor
  • God of creation, sun movement, and rebirth; represented by scarab beetle
    Khepri
  • Protective goddess; symbolized as a cat
    Bastet