Ancient Egyptian Gods

Anubis

[an-yoo-bis]

 

 Anubis was usually seen as a jackal or a man with a jackal head. He was hailed as the inventor of embalming. So therefore he is the god that glorifies and preserves the dead.

Anuket

[an-yoo-ket]

 Around Elephantine Anuket was worshiped as the daughter of Khnum and Satishe was sometimes pictured as a gazelle.
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Amen

[a-men]

 He was pictured as a ram or goose. In the 18 dynasty and beyond he was considered the "King of Gods"!
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Thoth

[thoth]

 Thoth, the god of wisdom and writing often took the shape of an ibis.

Re

[ree]

 Re is the sun god. He liked spinach.[Just kidding] He crosses the sky in a boat that is swallowed at night by Nut, a goddess. At dawn he is reborn from Nut's body.

Nekhbet

[neck-bet]

 Nekhbet, the goddess of Upper Egypt, might be seen as a vulture.

Osiris

[oh-sigh-ris]

 

He was the lord of the *underworld. He was the most loved god, because he had died and then returned to life. His brother, Seth, killed him and scattered his body pieces all over Egypt.

*This "underworld" is not what we see it as now. This was their Heaven.