A list of the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt. Egyptian Dieties including early inhabitants, the dynastic period, and dieties of foreign origin.
Early Inhabitants
- Beetle(Sacred)
- Bull(God): Apis, Bakhis, Mnevis
- Cat(Goddesses): Bast
- Crocodile(God): Sebek
- Frog(Goddesses): Heqit
- Goose(Sacred)
- Grasshopper(Sacred)
- Hare(God): Un
- Hawk(Sacred)
- Hedgehog(Sacred)
- Hippopotamus(Goddesses): Taurit
- Ibis(Sacred)
- Ichneumon(God): Khatru
- Jackal(God): Anpu
- Lion(God): Mahes
- Lynx(God): Maftt
- Mantis(Sacred)
- Phoenix(Sacred)
- Ram(God): Ba
- Scorpion(Sacred)
- Serpent(Sacred)
- Shrew-mouse(Sacred)
- Swallow(Sacred)
- Turtle(Sacred)
- Vulture(Sacred)
- Wolf (God): Upuat
Dynastic Period
- Afura
- Body of the sun god of night
- Aker
- Earth god of passage
- Benevolent against snake bites
- Am-Heh
- Minor underworld god
- Has the head of a hound
- Inhabits a lake of fire
- Amaunet
- Fertility goddess
- Amen
- Local god of Thebes
- Represented the powers of generation and growth in the unborn child
- Ami-ut
- God of the dead
- Ammut
- Goddess of the underworld
- Sat beside forty-two juror gods
- Amset
- One of the four sons of Horus who protected the viscera of the dead
- Amun
- God of mystery, healing, justice, and welfare of the state
- Husband of Mut
- Amunet
- Goddess of Mystery and fertility
- An-her
- Ancient god of This
- Andjety
- Minor underworld god
- Responsible for rebirth in the afterlife
- Angit
- With Satit and Khnemu, the great triad of Elephantine and the First Cataract
- Ani
- Form of the moon god
- Anpu (Anubis)
- Divine physician
- Guardian of all mummies
- Anti
- God of ferrymen
- Anubis
- God of the dead and embalming
- Protector of tombs
- Son of Osiris
- Anzety
- God of Busiris
- Apep
- Arch enemy of all the solar gods
- Apophis
- Demon of darkness
- As
- Local fertility god
- God of oases and other fertile areas of the desert
- Asar
- (See Osiris)
- Asar-Hapi
- Name of the deified Apis bull
- Ast
- (See Isis)
- Asten
- Companion of Thoth
- Aten
- God of the sun, light, providence, and life
- Atum
- First-born of the gods
- Son of Nun
- Baba (Beb)
- First-born son of Osiris
- Bast
- Mother goddess of the city of Bubastis
- Goddess of life, fruitfulness, and cats
- Bekha
- Bakhis bull
- Bes
- Dwarf god —
- God of music and dancing —
- Protector of women in childbirth
- Protector against terrors
- Buto
- God who guarded Lower Egypt
- Chonsu
- God of the moon
- Geb
- Son of Shu and Tefnut
- Father of Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys
- One early form of the earth god
- Hap
- The Apil bull
- Brother of Amset
- Hapi
- God of the Nile
- Hathor
- Goddess of love, mirth, and joy
- Goddess of the sky
- Protector of infants and consoler of the dead
- Heqit
- One of the oldest mother goddesses of Egypt
- Goddess of fertility and rebirth
- Heh
- God of the immeasurable
- Hehit
- Goddess of the immeasurable
- Her
- God of the sky
- Sun god
- Her-em-aakhut
- One form of the sun god
- Her-khenti
- The unborn Horus, or sun god
- Her-p-khart
- Horus the Child
- Her-sa-Ast
- Horus, son of Isis
- Her-sakhuti
- Sun god in the two horizons
- Herur (Horus the Elder)
- One of the oldest gods
- Personifies the face of the sky
- Hether
- Goddess of love, beauty, and fertility
- Horus
- God of the sky and the sun
- Son of Osiris and Isis
- Imhetep
- Deified native of Memphis
- Great architect and very wise and learned man
- Ini-Herat
- Goddess of mediators, diplomats, statesmen, and conciliators
- Isis
- Sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus
- Patroness of loving wives and mothers
- Kek
- God of darkness
- Keket
- Goddess of darkness
- Khensu
- Moon god
- One of the great triad of Thebes
- Khentimentiu
- God of the destiny of the dead
- Khepera
- Type of manner about to come into a state of activity
- Khnemu
- Builder of the universe and the first man
- Khnum
- God of potters
- Khons
- God of the moon
- Maat
- Goddess of physical and moral law
- Associate of Thoth
- Daughter of Ra
- Meh-urit
- One of the sky goddesses
- Menhit
- One of the lion goddesses
- Mentu
- God of war of Hermonthis and Thebes
- Menu
- God of generation and fertility
- Mer-segerit
- One of the Thebian goddesses
- Merit
- Goddess of inundation
- Merur
- Mnevis bull
- Meskhenit
- Goddess of the birth-chamber
- Month
- God of Thebes
- Mut
- Mother goddess of Thebes
- Wife of Amen-Ra
- Queen of heaven
- Nebthet (Nephthys)
- Sister and the wife of Set and the mother of Anpu
- Nefer-Temu
- Son of Ptah and Sekhmit of Memphis
- Nefertum
- God of the sun
- Nehebka
- Benevolent serpent goddess
- Neith
- Mother of the gods
- Nekhebit
- Old mother goddess of Upper Egypt
- The great protector of pregnant women
- Nenu (Nu)
- Primeval watery mass in which Khepera existed
- Net
- Great mother goddess of the city of Saïs
- Gave virgin birth to the sun god
- Nun
- God of the ocean
- Nunet
- Goddess of the ocean
- Nut (Nent)
- Great sky goddess
- Sister and wife of Geb
- Osiris
- King of the gods
- God of the flood, of agriculture, of law, of learning
- Judge and god of the dead
- Son of Geb and Nut
- Brother and husband of Isis
- Pakhit
- Local cat goddess
- Ptah
- God of law and justice, of metal-workers, and of sculptors
- First member of the triad gods of Memphis
- Assisted in the creation of the world
- Son of Nun
- Ptah-Seker
- Sun god of night
- God of death
- Ptah-Seker-Asar
- Triad of the gods of death
- Triune god of resurrection
- Ptah-Taten
- Creator of the matter of which the world was formed
- Qebhsenuf
- Brother of Amset
- Ra
- Sun god of Heliopolis
- Head of the Company of Gods
- Represented the noonday sun
- Renenutet
- Goddess of abundant harvests
- Snake goddess
- Rennit
- Goddess of birth and the harvest
- Reshef
- God of war
- Sakhmet
- Mother goddess of Memphis
- Goddess of war
- Daughter of the sun god
- Seker
- Ggod of death and the underworld of Memphis
- Sekhmit
- Wife of Ptah of Memphis
- Selkis
- Goddess of scorpions
- Guardian of coffins
- Beauty which would last forever
- Sept (Sothis)
- Goddess of the dog star (Sirius)
- Serapis
- God who cured the sick
- Serqit
- Scorpion goddess
- Seshet
- Goddess of writing and literature
- Associate of Thoth
- Set (Setesh)
- Brother of Osiris and son of Geb and Nut
- Adversary of all the solar gods
- God of chaos, adversity, and destruction
- Shai
- God of luck or destiny
- Shu
- God of light, heat, air, and dryness
- Supported the horizon and the solar disc on his shoulders
- Brother and husband of Tefnut and father of Geb and Nut
- Sobek
- Crocodile god of Faiyum
- Son of Neith
- Tanen (Ta-Tenen)
- One of the cosmic gods
- Taurit
- One of the oldest mother goddesses of Egypt
- Tefnut
- Sister and wife of Shu
- Mother of Geb and Nut
- Goddess rain, dew, heat, and moisture
- Tehuti (Thoth)
- God of time, the moon, writing, science, medicine, and wisdom
- Scribe of the gods
- Inventor of writing, mathematics, alchemy, and magic
- Tem (Atmu)
- Ancient solar god
- Head of the Great Company of Gods
- Theoris
- Goddess of women in childbirth
- Protectress of babies
- Tuamutef
- Brother of Amset
- Uatchit
- One of the oldest mother goddesses of Lower Egypt
- Un-Nefer
- Hare god
- Up-uatu
- Wolf god —
- Associate of Anpu
- Wadj Wer
- Fertility god —
- Associated with the richness of the Nile delta waters
- Wepwawet
- God of passage
- Depicted as a jackal
- Born beneath a tamarisk tree
- Opened the way to the womb
- Wasret
- Localized guardian goddess
- Early consort of Amun
- Yah
- Minor underworld god
- Represented in the form of man, falcon, or ibis
Deities of Foreign Origin
Aasit(Syrian-Hittite) — A goddess of battle
Ahu(Sudani)
Antat(Syrian-Hittite) — A goddess of conception
Anthreta(Syrian-Hittite) — A goddess associated with Sutekh
Astharth (Ashtoreth)(Syrian-Hittite) — The mistress of horses and the lady of the chariot
Bar (Baal)(Syrian-Hittite) — A god of battle
Bes(Sudani)
Kent(Syrian-Hittite) — The lady of heaven
Meril(Sudani)
Qetesh(Syrian-Hittite) –Mistress of the gods
Reshpu(Syrian-Hittite) — A god of war and of lightning
Sutekh(Syrian-Hittite) — Equivalent of Set
Tetun (Sudani)
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