| NAME |
SYMBOL |
REPRESENTATION |
MYTHOLOGY |
| Aker |
sphinx |
double headed lion |
guarded the gates of dawn and sunset |
| Ammut |
head of a crocodile, body of a
lioness, hind of a hippopotamus |
head of a crocodile |
soul eating monster |
| Amon |
bull, ram, goose |
man seated on a throne; sometimes
had a head of a frog or a cobra |
creation god |
| Anubis |
jackal |
black dog who accompanies Isis |
god of mummification |
| Aten
|
sun disk |
sun-disk with rays going to earth |
god of the sun |
| Bastet
|
cat |
woman with the head of a house cat |
goddess of the cats |
| Bes |
lion, bells, knife, and drums |
dwarf with a crown of feathers |
protector of children |
| Geb |
goose and earth |
man wearing a crown of the north and
south |
god of the earth |
| Hapi |
running water |
Male deity |
father of the gods |
| Hathor |
snake |
woman with the head of a cow |
mistress of heaven |
| Horus |
hawk |
child sucking on his mothers breast |
he who is above |
| Isis |
scorpion |
woman wearing a crown |
giver of food and life of the
dead |
| Khepera |
sun |
man with a beetle on his head |
god of the rising sun |
| Khonsu |
moon |
crescent moon, hawks |
god of the moon |
| Ma'at |
scales |
seated or standing woman |
goddess of order and truth |
| Min |
phallus, lettuce |
bull |
god of male fertility |
| Mut |
cobra |
holding the papyrus scepter |
mother of the pharaohs |
| Nephthys |
bones and sculls |
her symbol on top of a pair of horns |
lady of house |
| Osiris |
bull |
green-faced and bearded holding the
flail and crook |
king of the dead |
|
Thoth
|
baboon |
holding scrolls and a pen |
great measurer |
| Seth
|
donkey |
mythical animal |
Lord of upper
Egypt |
| Re
|
falcon |
falcon or hawk-headed man |
father of the gods |
| Sobek
|
crocodiles |
man with head of a crocodile |
he who causes to be fertile |
| Taurt
|
female hippopotamus with the tail of
a crocodile and the hind legs of a lioness |
wore the solar disk and horns
of a cow on her head |
the great lady
|
