Name
|
Responsibility
|
Form or Sacred Animal |
Aker |
Earth-god helper of the dead |
Two lion heads |
Amon |
Wind-god God of Thebes Helper of the pious |
Human (ram and goose sacred) |
Anubis |
Glorifier of the dead |
Jackal-headed, black skinned |
Apis |
Ensures fertility |
Bull |
Aton |
Sun-god |
|
Atum |
Primordial creature-god |
Serpent-human |
Bes |
Protection at birth Dispenser of virility |
Group of demons |
Edjo |
Goddess of Delta/Lower Egypt |
Uraeus serpent |
Geb |
Earth-god Consort of nut Begetter of Osiris |
Human |
Hathor |
Sky-goddess Goddess of love, dance, alcohol |
Cow |
Heket |
Primordial goddess |
Frog |
Horus |
Sky-god |
Falcon |
Isis |
Goddess of life, healing Daughter of Geb Consort/sister of
Osiris Mother of Horus |
Human |
Khepri |
Primordial god Rising sun |
Scarabaeus |
Khnum |
Giver of the Nile Creator of mankind |
Human with ram’s head |
Khons |
Moon-god |
Human |
Maat |
Justice Daughter of Ra |
Human |
Meskhenet |
Goddess protector of newborns and of destiny |
|
Min |
God of virility and reproduction |
|
Mut |
"Eye of the sun," consort of Amon |
Vulture or human |
Nekhbet |
Goddess of Upper Egypt |
|
Nut |
Sky-goddess Consort of Geb Mother of Osiris and Seth Mother
of heavenly bodies |
|
Osiris |
Dead Pharaohs * Ruler of dead, life, vegetation |
|
Ptah |
Creator-god * Lord of artisans |
|
Ra |
God of sun, earth and sky Father of Maat National god |
Human with falcon head |
Sekhmet |
Goddess of war and sickness |
Human with lion head |
Selket |
Guardian of life Protector of dead |
Scorpion |
Seahat |
Goddess of writing and books |
|
Seth |
God of chaos, desert and storm, crops Brother of Osiris |
|
Shu |
God of air, bearer of heaven |
|
Sobek |
Creator-god |
Crocodile |
Sothis |
God of Nile floodwaters |
|
Thermuthis |
Goddess of fertility and harvest; fate |
Serpent |
Thoth |
God of wisdom, moon, chronology Messenger of gods |
Ibis or Baboon |
Thoueris |
Goddess of fertility and women in labor |
Hippopotamus |