Egyptian Deities

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

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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

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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)