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List of the most important gods:

Apis was worshiped in the era of the early families in the form a calf. In an early stage he took the form of god “ Belah’s ” forms. The calf Apis had distinguishing marks on its skin and was represented putting the disk of the sun between his horns and sometimes was represented by a human figure and a calf’s head symbolizing the strength of the body and the superiority in progeny.

His name means the “ perfect ". The Egyptians believed he created himself from himself on top of the eternal hill and thus he comes the first in the list of the nine gods of Heliopolis. He merged with the god “ Raa ” and was known as “ Atum Raa ".

The disk of the sun was not was hipped before the modern state, the elevated in the time of king. Akhnaton till he became the only god, and was represented in the beginning as a hawks head then as the disk of the sun whose rays ends in a human hand usually holding the sign of life some of His titles were: “ The heat emitted from the disk of the sun, the god o the horizons, which glitters in his ” horizons, the father of “ Raa ” who returned to us in his name as shape.

God of the western desert almost called the “ master of Libya ". He took the form of a human or with a hawk’s head, sometimes with the head of the three gods “ Set ” or with heads of a lioness, a make, and an Egyptian vulture?

An old embodiment of earth and consequently of the after life. He took the from of two lions then backs opposite to each other and between them the sing of the horizon (Akt) or the sun. The lions guard the entrance and the exit of the after life and they represent the god “ shu ” and the goddess “ Tefmnot ".

The goddess whose name means the west she was the guardian of the dead who lived in the west she was convicted to “ Hathur ” the god of the beautiful west.

The “ invisible ” god appeared in the form of a man wearing a crown will two feathers, he took the form of the god “ Meen ” most the time or the form of a ram or a goose. He was first worshipped in Tiba region and was considered one of the eight Ashmoni gods. Then he became the formal god of the modern state and was titled the “ King of Gods ” and he merged with the great gods and became “Amoun-Raa", “Amaoun-Meen” and “Amoun-Khanom ".

The Egyptians represented him in the form of a squatting dog on a bese that represented the front of the tomb, or in the form of two dogs in opposite positions, or in the form of a man with a dog’s head. He was considered the guardian of the tomb. He took the character of the mummified because he mummified the god “ Osiris ” and according to one of the myths his father is “ Osiris ” and his mother is “ Neftis ".

His name means “ one who brings the things ” the Egyptians represented him in the form of a man wearing a crown which consisted of four feathers “ Thina ” city was his birthplace. He merged with god “ shu ” and thus gained a great popularity.

The god that suffused from evils until his death. He took the form of a man without distinguishing organs. He wore the “ Atef ” crown and held in his right hand the shepherd’s stick and in his left the “ Nekhekh ” stick and became the ruler of the world of the dead. Since an early time Abidos became the center of his worship. Yosoris city was south west of Semto city (in the Delta) was the place he appeared in.

They are “ Amsti, Habi, Dowamotif and Kabhasnof ". They guarded Osoris during mummifying and they guarded the four canopic vessels. They represent the four corners of the world.

She is god Osiris’ sister and wife and the mother of the god “ who ” she had protected from many dangers as played an important part as a magician goddess. She was represented as a woman carousing the sign of the “ throne ” on her head. Sometimes she wore a crown which consisted of two hours with the disk of the sun between them. She took the forms and shapes of different gods. She had been worshipped in Europe since the Greek Roman us.

The son of “ Hathur ” the goddess Dandara, and of “ Horus ” the god of Edfo. He took the form of a child shaking the rattles. Dandara was the center of his worship.

The engineer of king “ Zoser ” who built him his architectural group. He was the first one to use stones in a complete building. He was gifted also in medicine. In the twenty sixth dynasty they worshipped him and called him the son of Betah. After wards the Greeks united him with Esclapios their God of medicine.

A goddess worshipped in the form of a woman with a lioness’s head the disk of the sun on top of her head. “ Sepios Artmidos ” was the center of her worship.

A goddess worshipped in the form of a cat. She was merged with the goddess “ sekhmet ” in the modern state in the modern state. The city of popastis (Tal Basta) was the center of her worship.

Took the form of a man without distinguishing organs. Since the early era he was with the god Apis or Sokr and then with the god “ Tatnen ". He was worshipped as the god and the creator of all industries and oils.

A god who had the characteristics of the three gods and guarded the Bes a god in the form of a dwarf who had crooked legs a careful face and a mane of a hion. He sometimes wore a crown of high feathers. He was considered the god of fun and pleasure and the protective of women during ginning birth with goddess “ Towret ".

A god who came from Asia. He was worshipped during the rule of king Ramsis the second.

A god from the city of Armant, he merged with god

“ Monto ” and was connected to the god “ Raa ". The Egyptians represented him in the form of a bull. He had a vast cemetery west of Armant with huge coffins.

A representation of the projecting earth and an embodiment of the depth of the earth. He merged with the god “ Betah ” the god of Manf since the Modern state under the name of “ Betah Tanter ". He took the form of a man wearing a crown with two feathers and two horns of a ram. One of his titles is “ The Master of time ” because he represented the eternal beginning.

Her name means the great. She protects mothers during pregnancy and ginning birth. She and the goddess “ Bes ”had a popular worship. Thus amulets which took her form. She was represented in the form of a female hippopotamus with large female breasts lions claws and a crocodile’s tail. She was rarely represented in the form of a woman’s head.

The god of the moon, the prophet of the gods, the god of the art of writing, and the mediator in the struggle between “ Horus ” and “ set ". He was represented in the form of the bird “ Ibis ” and sometimes in the form of a monkey. The Ashmoniuns’ city was the center of his worship.

“ She and “ Shu ” her brother and her husband were the first creatures “ Atum ” had created on his own from himself. They represented the eyes of “ Horus ” the symbol of the sun and the moon. They took the form of a lion and liontopolis in the Delta the center of their worship.

The god of the earth. He was represented in the form of a man. He was considered a judge, the hereditary, and the father of tgods. He married the system of the “ Not ” the goddess of the sky. They begot “ Osiris, Isis, set Neftis ".

“ The master of the west ", “ the protector of the western desert ". He was mentioned in the form of a the pyramids. He was represented in the form of a man on whose head was holding the symbol of the desert and with a spear in his hand to protect the dead.

The god who pushes the water of the Nile and its flood. The Egyptians imagined him in the form of a human body, a combination of a female and a male body having breasts and a flabby abdomen.

The goddess of the fish ad the goddess of the region of Mondes in the Delta she was represented in the form of a fish or in the form of a woman carrying the symbol of fish on her head.

Her name means “ the house of hours ” or the headquarters of Horus . She considered one of the famous Egyptian goddess . She is the “ eye of Raa ” who destroyed his enemies . In adoration she was worshipped as the goddess in the form of a woman wearing a crown in the for of two horns with the disk of the sun between then or represented in the four of a cow , Sometimes , we see her as a lioness , a snake or a tree . Dandara was the main center of her worship where she formed a trinity with her husband “ Horus ” the god of Edfo and her son “ Ehi ” .

The “ Kid hours ” who was threatened by dangers but he was rescued . He had a special worship in the popular classes in the late era .

“ On whose lake ” a erecting god , in the from of a ram sits , . Herakioplis ( Ahnasia ) was the untre of his worship . He merged with the god “ Raa ” and Osoris during the middle and modem states , and also merged with the god “Amoun”

A goddess in the form of a frog or a woman with a frog’s head she had an effective role in helping women during ginning birth . So is the wife of the god “ Khanom ” The most unimportant centers of her worship was in middle Egypt especially in “ Haror ”

He is a human embodiment of “ magic ” . He was worshipped sine an early me especially in the Delta and in Esna the mostly accompanies the god “ Raa ” in his vehicle .

An embodiment of the utterance by which the erecting god calls the things to be . He forms with “ Sia ” and “ Heka ” the erecting force which accompanies the boat of the god of the sun during its voyage .

The “ far ” an old god the heavens , the Egyptians represented him in the form of a hawk or a man with a hawk’s head and since the beginning of the historic era Horus had been the symbol of the king either dead or alive. He had many titles some of them are : “ Hor Akhti ” ( Hrus of the two horizons ) , “ Horus the son of Isis ” , Horus El-Bohdoti

( the god of Edfo ) , Horus samatawi the unifier of the two lands and Horus the kid . He had a great role in the struggle Bakhard and Horus against evil represented in his uncle

“ set ” who usurped the throne with his father “ Osiris ” which ended by his victory .

 

Is an Asian god who the Egyptians worshipped in the form of “ Sphinx ” the Egyptian god .

“ The one who came to existence on his own ” . He mad the sun appear in the morning , he was usually represented in the form of a scarab and rarely in the form of a man with a scarab on his head or in the form of a man with a scarab’s head . His worship began in Heliopolis . He merged with the god Raa under the title of “ Khabr – Raa ” .

“ The master of the dead ” , the god of the cemetery of old Abidos , he took the form of a dog . Since the end of the old state he became a title of the god “ Osiris ” after he merged with him .

“ The aimless wanderer ” . His name is derived from the verb “ Khens ” which mans to cross referring to the moon crossing the sky . He is the god of the moon . He took the form of a man with the sign of the moon his head. He is the son of Amoun and moot with whom he forms the trinity of Tiba . He appeases like a boy with a plait which symbolizes young age .

“ The ram god ” . His name was derived from the verb “ Khanen ” which means to create , thin shows he was a “ creator ” from the beginning . He was worshipped since the beginning of the families and the center dynasties of his worship was the region of the falls and around the island of A fasten where he formed with his two wives Satel and Anket a trinity . From his titles : “ The creator of mankind ” and the father of the gods from the beginning .

A Nubian god mentioned in the texts of the pyramids . He was described as the young upper Egyptians who came from Nuba carrying incense . He took the form of a man with a beard or the form of a hawk .

An Asian god in the form of a man who has a natal bead wearing a white crown and on his forehead the head of a deer instead of the traditional snake . He was titled the “ great god” and the god of the heavens .

An Asian god in the form of a man who has a natal beard wearing a white crown and on his forehead the head of a deer rusted of the traditional snake . He was titled the “ great god ” and the god of the heavens .

Is the most famous and the most important of the Egyptian gods . He merged with many gods . He took the form of a man and was worshipped as the creator of the world . He travels in his boat across the skies by day and in the after life at night . Heliopolis was the center of his worship where he heads the mine gods of Heliopolis shu , Tefn , Geb , Not , Osiris Isis , set , and Neftis . Since the fourth dynasty . He became the formal god of the country . He merged with Amoun since the modem state under the name “ Amoun – Ra’a ” .

Is an embodiment of the sign of the year . She belongs to the gods of Menf . She took the form of a woman carrying the sign of year on her head .

The “ housekeeper ” goddess of the fate . Her name was connected with the god “ shai ” .

 

The “ housekeeping ” the goddess of the harvest and the mother of the god of the “ rop ” “ Nebri ” . She had a special worship in Fayoum . We see her in the form of a serpent or in the form of a woman with a serpent’s head .

The goddess of so hail , island . A goddess worshipped in the region of AIFanteen and the islands around it . She took the form of a woman wearing the crown of Upper Egypt and two horns of a he goat she formed a trinity with “ Khanom ” and “ Anket ” the trinity of AIFantecr which is responsible for the cool water for the source of the flood she was titled the Mistress of Nuba and the Mistress of Egypt .

He was worshipped in the form of a crocodile or in the form of a man with a crocodile’s head . He is the son of the goddess “ Neit ” the goddess of “ sayes ” . The most important center of his worship was “ crocodile polis ” ( Fayyoum ) and “ Kom Ombo ” . He merged with the god Raa under the name of “ sobek – Raa ” in a later era .

A god from an Asian origin represented in the form of a squatting , hawk with two high feather on his head , or in the form of a man with an Asian beard with two high feathers on his head . “ Ber ” sebed was the center of his worship . He merged with god “ Horus ” under the name of “ Horseed ” .

The Egyptians represented him in the form of a man with a strange animal’s head which looked like a dog head with broad erecting ears and an outstretched tail . He is from the oldest Egyptians gods and one of the nine gods of Heliopolis . Embos cite ( old Nobet ) in the kena governorate was the main center of his worship . He symbolizes “ evil ” in the myth of “ Osiris ” here he killed his brother and usurped the throne from Horus but he was defeated in the end . The Kings of the nineteenth and the twentieth dynasty . glorified him . The Hexos and unified him with their god “ sotekh” .

Her name means the “ strong ” . she has the and the strength of a lioness . She was usually represented in the form of a woman with a lioness’s head . Her worship started in Menf where she , "Betah", and Nefertem formed a trinity . She cured from diseases and acted like the eye of the destructive sun which attacks the evil forces . She is the goddess of war who accompanies the king in his battles . In the myth of extermination of mankind she was the “ eye of Ra’a ” which exterminated mankind . She was also titled the Mistress of magic .

Is the Greek name of the god “ Osiris Habi which the calf “ Apis ” after his death and his transformation into “ Osiris ” . In the Greek era he was represented in the form of man with thick hair , a densely growing beard and a crown on his head. He was the formal god of the state in the Potolemaic era .

The goddess who makes the nostrils and protects the dead . We see her in the form of a woman with a scorpion on her head Isis look her form coffin of the dead together with “ Neftis ” and “ Neit ”

The goddess of writing and knowledge and the friend of god “ Tuhot ” . She classed an important role on the rituals of building the temples . She was represented in the form of a woman who had her symbol on top of her which consisted of seven stars and on them two upside down hours . she was titled “ sefekt Ebo ” is who has seven hors .

The god of grape juice who threatens the dead .

The god of the creations and of the dead . He was worshipped in Menf and was strongly connected to “Betah ” since the old state and later with Osiris and merged with them under the name of Betah sokar Osiris . He is seen in the form of a hawk with a human body without any distinguishing parts . He was the son of Horus in the late eras .

embodies knowledge and intelligence . He was connected to “ Tuhot ” especially in the late eras . He accompanied “ Ra’a ” in his boat with god “ Ho ” ( embodiment of logic ) .

“ fate ” or “ destiny ” . he took the form of a snake . He was usually commented with goddess Arnottet the goddess of fate . He was not worshipped before the modern state .

Is the rescuer who rules to help people in need . He is a young man who takes many of the characters tics of the god “ Horus ” .

Is the god who fills the space between the earth and the sky . He is the light that overwhelms the world , the god of air and life . While separating the earth from the sky he had a remarkable role in creating the world . He was represented in the form of a female human or in the form of a lion .

Is an Asian goddess who came to Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty family and became the wife of the god “ set ” . The Egyptians depreciated her in the form of a woman with the head of a lioness and the disk of the sun on it . She stands in a unmilitary vehicle pulled by form horses . Some of her titles are : “ The Mistress of the hearers and the Mistress of horses and vehicles ” .

An Asian goddess who same to Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty and the Egyptians considered her the daughter of “ Raa ” and the wife of the god “ set ” . She was worshipped in Tanis during the era of the “ Raa mesa ” where she had a favored position that one of queues the in that ear was called “ the daughter of Enat ” . She was represented in the form of woman wearing the white crown with two .

She was equipped with an Armour a spear and an axe .

Is one of the goddesses of the first the water fall region. She puts a crown of feathers on her head . She formed since the Modern State a trinity with the god “ Khanom ” and the goddess “ Satet ” in the region of El-Fanteen . Her sacred animal was the deer .

The Asian goddess of love. She came to Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty era . The Egyptians represented her in the form of a naked girl who holds in her hands flowers and snakes and stands on a standing lion .

His name means “ the stallion of his mother ” . The Egyptians merged him with the god “ Meen ” under the name of “ Meen Motef ” and with the god “ Amoun Raa ” under the name of “ Amoun Kamot EF ” . Before the name was given to the sun which is by the cow of the hearers .

The agitated lion , a god in the form of a lion . Delta was the center of his worship .

Embodies right , justice and order . She is the basis on which the world has been built . She is the dangler of “ Raa ” and her worship was widespread .

The runner is a goddess in the form of a leopard which protects the king .

Is the corn of the heavens who gives birth to the sun and raises it from the water between her horns . Her name means the “ great flood ” and the Egyptians imagined her in the form of a woman with a cow’s head .

“ who loves the silence ” she protects the cemetery of Tiba . She was represented in the form of a triangle taking the shape of a snake or a snake woman . She was often merged with the god Hathur . One of her tilter is “ the mistress of the west ” .

She appeared with the goddess of birth during their work and especially with “ Hekat ” . She was also the goddess of “ destiny” , "fortune", and “ fate ” .

Name means “ the mother ” she took the form of a female eagle or the form of a woman wearing a doubled crown she was worshipped in Tiba as the wife of the god “Amoun ” and the mother of “ Khenso” . she was represented in the form of a woman wearing a crown or the form of a female eagle .

His name means the rapacious . He was a principal god in Tiba since old times . Since the modern era he was worshipped as the god of war and the protector of the king . We see him in the form of a man with a hawk’s head on the top of which the disk of the sun and two feathers . He was also a local god in Armant , Tod, and Madamood .

Is the goddess of presentations . She is one of the forms of the goddess Hathur . Heliopolis was the most important center of her worship .

The symbol of this god was worshipped before the era of the dynasties and this he was considered one of the oldest Egyptian gods . In the historic eras we see him in the form of a standing man wearing tight clothes and raising an arm upward to holding the whip while the other hand is hidden under his clothes the most important places for worshipping him were Akhmeem and kaft . He wore two crowns with two feathers . Feasts were held for him during the harvest season

( feasts of the god mean ) .

Is a goddess in the form of a double headed snake and sometimes he had human legs and hands . He had a temple in Heraclupolis and he is the husband of the goddess Serket. We see him in the book of the god “ Raa’s ” as his guard .

Is the housewife and the wife of “ set ” . She participated with “ Isis ” in gathering the corpse of Osiris but she did not play an evil role by marrying “ Set ” . She guarded the corners of the coffins with “ Isis , Nebit and serket ” . In one of the myths she is Anobis’ mother .

The goddess of El-Kab , the goddess Upper of Egypt . She took the form of a female eagle the protector of the king wearing the white crown . She is Raa’s daughter and the god Khenti Amentio’s wife .

Is the god of the eternal lotus flower which we see on top of his head when he tokes the form of a human . Sometimes he takes the form of a child on this flower . In Menf he formed a trinity with “ Betah ” and “ sekhemt ” .

The goddess of the heavens represented in the form of a woman bending on the ground . Geb is her husband and her brother . She is the mother of “ Osiris , Isis , set and Neftis ” . She was drawn in the coffins to protect the dead with her two wings .

The immortal sea from which every thing originated . Thus he is “ the father of the gods ” . The sun rises form his every day . Together with his feminine part “Nonit ” they form acouple from form which form the eight Ashmonian gods .

The “ dreadful ” goddess , her sacred symbol is a bow and two arrows . She was represented in the form of a woman wearing the red crown of the Delta . She is the protection of the king . The cementer of her worship is the city of sayes delta and Esna in Upper Egypt . She is the mother of “ Sobek” and the daughter of “ Raa ” , she is considered one of the guards with “ Isis , Neftis ” and “ serket ” .

Is a protecting goddess . She took the form of a serpent or the form of a woman with a lioness’s head . She came form lower Egypt and was worshipped in “ Boto ” .

“ The opener of the way ” a god with a jackal’s head standing on his form feet and was never seen squatting . He was worshipped in Asiout and was connected in Abidos to the worship of Osiris . He is the worrier who proceeds the kings to prepare way of victory .

The insists of magic in the form of a serpent . She represents the royal crowns .

He name mans “ the great comes ” . she was worshipped as a friend of Atum . She was the hand with which he created. She was represented in the form of a woman with a scarab on her head she was worshipped in “ Hotbot ” north of own one of her titles was the “ goddess of own ” .

 




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