# Egyptian Mythology

Amen
Amen is an alternative spelling of Ammon.

Ammon
Ammon was an ancient Egyptian god. He was depicted as a human with a ram's head. He was one of the chief gods, and was adopted by the Greeks as Zeus and the Roman's as Jupiter.

Amset
In Egyptian mythology, Amset was son of horus; guardian of the south. His canopic jar receives the stomach and large intestines of the dead.

Amun
Amun is an alternative spelling of Ammon.

Ankh
The Ankh was the ancient Egyptian amulet of life. It was usually employed as a pendant for a necklace.

Anniu
Anniu was an ancient Egyptian god.

Anubis
Anubis (Anepo) was an ancient Egyptian god. He was the son of Osiris and Isis. He was depicted as having the head of a jackal. He guided the souls of the dead from this world into the next. He also weighed the actions of the deceased in the presence of Osiris.

Apep
Apep is an evil serpant in ancient Egyptian mythology.

Apis
Apis were bulls symbolic of Osiris in ancient Egyptian culture. When they reached 25 years of age they were secretly killed by the priests and thrown into a sacred well.

Asmodai
In ancient Egyptian mythology Asmodai (Asmodeus) was an evil spirit who killed seven husbands of Sara but was driven away into the uppermost part of Egypt by Tobias. Asmodai is also reprsented as the prince of demons who drove King Solomon from his kingdom.

Athor
In Egyptian mythology, Athor (Hathor, Hat-Her) was a goddess symbolised by a cow with a solar disk on its head and haw-feather plumes. She was originally a Nubian war goddess, who took the same lioness form as Sekhmet and drank her enemies' blood.

Ba
In Egyptian mythology, ba was the soul, depicted as a bird or a human-headed bird.

Bast
Bast was an ancient Egyptian goddess. The cat was sacred to her.

Bes
Bes was the Egyptian god of recreation, music and dancing. He was represented as a grotesque dwarf wearing a lion's skin and a crown of feathers.

Bubastis
In Egyptian mythology, Bubastis was the daughter of Isis. She was represented as having the head of a cat, the animal sacred to her.

Duamutef
In Egyptian mythology, Duamutef was son of Horus and guardian of the East. His canopic jar receives the lungs and heart of the dead.

Hap
In Egyptian mythology, Hap was the power of the god Ptah, symbolized by a bull and born when Ptah's thunderbolt made Isis pregnant. Hap acted as a messenger between gods and mortals, carrying the gods messages to Earth in the form of oracles, and travelling beside each soul as it made the perilous journey from this world to the next.

Hapi
In Egyptian mythology, Hapi was a fertility god and the personification of the Nile. He was son of Horus and guardian of the North. He lived in the cave where the river was born, and his job was not to start or control the floods but to ensure that the waters were fertile. His canopic jar receives the small intestines of the dead.

Hapy
In Egyptian mythology, Hapy was the leader of the team of gods who assisted in the embalming of the dead.

Harpocrates
Harpocrates was the Egyptian god of silence.

Hat-Her
see "Athor"

Hathor
see "Athor"

Hekau
Hekau was a term for the magical formulae used on amulets in ancient Egypt.

Heqt
Heqt was the frog-headed goddess of ancient Egypt. She was wife of Khnemu. She represented resurrection and was symbolised by a frog.

Horus
Horus was the Egyptian hawkheaded sun god, son of Isis and Osiris, of whom the pharaohs were declared to be the incarnation.

Isis
Isis was an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with serpants and the colour red.

Khem
In Egyptian mythology, Khem was the god of reproduction and generation. He was identified as Pan by the Greeks.

Khepera
Khepera was the ancient Egyptian god of creation who propelled the sun
across the sky.

Khu
Khu was the ancient Egyptian term for the soul.

Maat
In Egyptian mythology, Maat was the goddess of truth and world order. She was depicted as holding an ankh.

Memphis
In Egyptian mythology, Memphis was the daughter of Nile. She married Epaphus who founded the city of Memphis and named it after his wife.

Menat
The Menat was an ancient Egyptian amulet employed to bring joy and health to the bearer. It represented the power of reproduction.

Nefer
The Nefer was an ancient Egyptian amulet signifying happiness and good luck. It was made of red stone or red porcelain and was worn from a necklace or a string of beads.

Neith
In Egyptian mythology, Neith was the goddess of the heavens.

Nephthys
Nephthys was an ancient Egyptian goddess. Daughter of Seb and Nut, she married Seth.

Nut
In Egyptian mythology, Nut was the sky goddess and mother of Osiris by Seb. She was married to Ra, but also took Thoth for a lover.

Nutpe
In ancient Egyptian mythology, Nutpe was the sister and wife of Seb. She was the mother of Isis and Osiris and presided over births and nursing.

Osiris
Osiris was the Egyptian god of goodness. He ruled the underworld after being killed by Seth.

Pehrer
Pehrer was an ancient Egyptian god.

Qebhsennuf
Qebhsennuf was the ancient Egyptian god of the West. His cannopic jar receives the liver and the gall-bladder.

Ra
Ra was the ancient Egyptian god of the Sun. He was complemented by the moon goddess, Osiris and was identified by the Greeks with their own sun god, Helios. He was represented with a hawk's head, over which is a solar disc. Ra was the son of Neith and married Mut, representing the interaction of earth and sunlight in producing vegetation.

Ranno
Ranno was the ancient Egyptian god of gardens. he was represented as an asp.

Sakhmet
see "Sekhmet"

Sam
The Sam was an ancient Egyptian amulet for sexual pleasure.

Sati
In Egyptian mythology, Sati was the goddess of the lower heavens (the air).

Scarab
The Scarab was an Egyptian amulet associated with Khepera.

Seb
In Egyptian mythology, Seb was the earth god. He was the father of Osiris and the son of Ra. Seb married his own sister, Nutpe.

Sekhmet
In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet (Sakhmet) was consort of Ptah and daughter of Ra. She was lion headed and carried a fire spitting Cobra. Fire arrows darted from her eyes, she breathed flames and the parching desert winds radiated from her body.

Serapis
In Egyptian mythology, Serapis was another name for Osiris, and was known as the judge of the underworld.

Serqet
In Egyptian mythology, Serqet was the scorpion goddess. She was an expert bandager and helped with the embalming of bodies for burial.

Set
see "Seth"

Seth
In Egyptian mythology, Seth (Set) was the devil and enemy of Osiris. Antelope (symbols of Osiris and Horus) were sacrificed to him.

Shen
The Shen was an ancient Egyptian amulet representing the sun's orbit and symbolising eternity.

Shu
In Egyptian mythology, Shu was the son of Atum and the brother of Tefnut. He and Tefnut mated to produce the interlocking twins Geb and Nut, and Shu then separated them, leaving Geb floating in the primordial ocean and arching Nut's body high above as a pathway for the Sun to travel each day from horizon to horizon.

Sphinx
The Sphinx is a monster which appears in both Greek and Eyptian mythology. Both sphinx have the body of a lion and the head of a woman. The Greek sphinx has wings, the Egyptian does not. In Greek mythology, the Sphinx posed a riddle to all who seeked to pass. This riddle was at last explained by Edipus, where upon the Sphinx destroyed itself. The Egyptian Sphinx was a goddess of wisdom and knowledge.

Tefenet
see "Tefnut"

Tefnut
In Egyptian mythology, Tefnut (Tefenet) was the daughter of Atum and sister of Shu. She was often depicted as a pair of spitting lips.

Tet
The Tet was an ancient Egyptian amulet representing the tree trunk in which the goddess Isis concealed the body of her dead husband.

Thoth
Thoth was the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom. He was a lover of Nut, and playing draughts with the moon won from her a seventy second part of every day which he compounded into five days which he added to the original Egyptian calendar of 360 days.

Ubasti
In Egyptian mythology, Ubasti was the goddess of the kindly sun, merriment, mental-health, music and dance. The guardian of pregnant women.

Utchat
The Utchat, or amulet of the eye of Horus was a common amulet in ancient Egypt. Traditionally there were two variations, one facing right and the other left, together representing the two eyes of Horus or Ra and Osiris. The Utchat was generally worn around the neck with the intention of deriving strength, vigour, protection, safety and good health from it.

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