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“If History Were Taught in the Form of Stories, It Would Never Be Forgotten”

and that’s how Egypt achieved immortality. The Ancient Egyptians believed in cause and effect,

for every action, there is a reaction as stated by Newton third law,

the Egyptians believed that the primary action had to come from

a source and that’s why the ancient Egyptians believed in the existence

of divine creations that can create, reshape, and control everything around them even themselves.

The ancient Egyptians looked at the stars, the flooding of the Nile, the sunrise & sunset,

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and more to seek an explanation that came in the shape of a vast pantheon of gods.

Great tales, temples, and valleys were built in the honor of these heavenly creatures

that they came to know as Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses who were

responsible for all the gifts and pleasures of every single soul in Egypt.

The Ancient Egyptians saw that the ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses

were celestial beings that can unlock the wonders of the milky way, perform

miracles and great acts of wonder, that’s why they decided to honor them

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by embodying them into a physical form that can be found all over Egypt in Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, & Aswan.

Their entire life focused on the worship of the Egyptian gods which became

an integral part of their daily lives. Egypt had over 2000 deities that each represented

and controlled an aspect of the environment and had a deep & vital role in

the immortal quest of every human being. One key component of their

spiritual awareness was the magic or what they called “Heka” which was

a divine power that holds everything together in the mortal and divine life.

Egypt has enjoyed a massive number of stories and myths that affected their life deeply;

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most of these Egyptian mythology gods’ stories were discovered on the walls of

their temples in Luxor or passed down from one generation to another.

The deities of ancient Egypt provided the people with everything they needed.

The gods had names, unique powers, special features & transformations,

individual personalities, traits, characteristics, style of clothing,

personal sacred objects which had an impact on the infinite sphere of Egyptian society.

The gods were known to take the physical form of a human and an animal like a phoenix, bull,

cat, crocodile, lioness, falcon, and more. Here are the top 30 Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses:

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1. Amun “The Creator God”

2. Ra (Atum) “God of Sun”

3. Nut “Goddess of Earth”

4. Shu “God of Air”

5. Tefnut “Goddess of Moisture”

6. Osiris “God of Justice”

7. Isis “Goddess of Motherhood”

8. Horus “God of Sky”

9. Set “God of Deception”

10. Ma’at “Goddess of Balance”

11. Anubis “God of Death”

12. Nephthys “Goddess of Funerals”

13. Hathor “Goddess of Drunkenness”

14. Bastet “Goddess of Beauty”

15. Thoth “God of Intellect”

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16. Ptah “God of Memphis”

17. Khonsu “God of Lunar”

18. Khnum “God of Potters”

19. Hapi “God of Fertility”

20. Sobek “God of the Nile”

21. Bes “God of Entertainment”

22. Tawaret “Goddess of Childbirth”

23. Neith “Goddess of Arrows”

24. Serket “Goddess of Scorpions”

25. Nekhbet “Goddess of Vultures”

26. Wadjet “Goddess of Kingship”

27. Kherty “God of the Underworld”

28. Nefertum “God of Perfume”

29. Renenutet “Goddess of Nursing”

30. Heka “God of Magic”

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1. Amun (Amun-Ra) “The Creator God”

He is the god of all gods, creator of existence, the supreme leader of gods

and humanity in both the world of the living and the dead. He was the patron

of the city of Thebes and even when the god Ra rose to Power since the days

of the old kingdom of Egypt (2686-2181 BCE), Amun’s position was untouched

as he even merged with him to become the supreme god Amun-Ra “The Hidden

One” during the 16th to the 13th centuries BC during the new kingdom of Egypt

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(1570 – 1050 BC) who was worshipped with his wife goddess Mut and son Khonsu

the moon god as the Theban triad? The position of the priestess wife of Amun

was very powerful to the point where it can rival the position of a pharaoh.

H can be seen as a human wearing a double plumed crown and sometimes

depicted as a ram or a goose as shown by his time in the Karnak.

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2. Ra (Atum) “God of Sun”

The great sun god. He is the personification of this mighty star and everything in

Egypt including the pyramids of Giza. Ra was one of the first celestial beings who

created the universe, life, and order instead of chaos. Ra was the supreme creator who

ruled over the land of both the living and the dead. He is the father of the deities of

Shu the air god and the Tefnut goddess of moisture and rain.  He was the one celestial

divine being to stand on the primordial mound of chaos and create life BenBen and

order and create the universe. He looked like a child in the morning, an adult almost

high noon, and an old man in the evening, he wears a crown with a solar disk upon

which a sacred asp rested. He was the most powerful god who would protect other

gods and souls from the primordial serpent “Apophis” as shown by his time in the Karnak.

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3. Nut “Goddess of Earth”

Nut was the primordial sky goddess who was the wife of the Geb the god of Earth and

the mother of Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. She was created by her father Atum

and she & bother god of the earth Geb fell in love and had the four original gods despite

Amun’s refusal. Each limb represented a cardinal point when her body stretched

over the earth. She was often depicted swallowing the sun in the evening and giving birth to the sun at night.

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4. Shu “God of Air”

Shu was one of the first two gods ever created by Atum with his sister-wife

Tefnut. Shu was the god of the air, sunlight, and dry air and his wife was the goddess

of moisture. He was depicted as a man wearing a headdress in the form of a plume,

which is also the hieroglyph for his name. His job was to separate the sky from the earth.

5. Tefnut “Goddess of Moisture”

Tefnut was the goddess of moisture, corrosive air, and was depicted either as a lioness

or a woman with a lioness’s head. She was the wife of Shu and the mother of Nut and Geb

. She and her husband were the first gods created by Atum.

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6. Osiris “God of Justice”

He is one of the early gods of creation and the five original gods, the great-grandson

of Amun, and the ruler of the Underworld. He was the god of fertility who grows in fame,

popularity, and influence because of the Osiris Myth in which he is killed by his evil

brother Set “God of the Desert” then brought back to life by his sister-wife Isis

“Goddess of Motherhood and Healing” and Horus the Elder, then descend to

the underworld and became a lord and judge of the dead. In the afterlife,

he is the main judge in the hall of Truth who weighs the souls of the dead against

a white feather of the goddess Maat “Goddess of Truth and Justice“.

He is depicted as a mummy with usually green or black skin, two ostrich feathers,

holding a crook and flail of kingship, and a beard. Many ancient Egyptians chose to be buried near his cult in Abydos.

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7. Isis “Goddess of Motherhood”

Isis is also known as Mut-Netier “Mother of the Gods” and West- Kekau

“The Great Magic” has become a super deity that had a connection with

virtually every aspect of humanity in time, life, and death. She was the wife

of Osiris the ruler of the underworld and the mother of Hours the falcon sky god.

She was known as Eset which means “Goddess of the Throne“. She became the

most powerful and famous Egyptian mythology goddess due to the Osiris myth

and her true care for other gods and humans as she appeared to them after death

to guide them to paradise. She was depicted with a tail and a throne on her head

and sometimes breastfeeding infant Horus. She had a massive cult that was

extremely powerful that was worshiped in every part of the world from

Britain through Europe in Greece and Rome to Asia.

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8. Horus “God of Sky”

The legendary deity of the sky, the son of Osiris the ruler of the underworld,

and Isis the goddess of motherhood and healing Horus is an avian God who is

directly connected to the sky, the sun, and the divine power of the heavens.

He is very famous and well-known because of his relationship with the kings of

Egypt, as he’s a symbol for victory and order and all the kings, believed that they

were the incarnation of Horus in life and his father Osiris in death because of the

Osiris Myth which he challenges and defeats his evil uncle Set to avenge his father

and restore order and peace to Egypt. His symbol is the Hawk and the famous

Eye of Horus the Wadjet eye which he sacrificed to save his father. Many

confuse him with Hours the ELDER one of the early gods of creation.

He takes the shape of a giant hawk or a falcon and usually features as a man with the head of Hawk

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9. Set “God of Deception”

Set was known as the God of chaos, pestilence, and war, depicted with

a tail and a beastly head plus was translated as The Destroyer & the Instigator

of Confusion. He is considered a symbol of evil for killing his brother Osiris the

ruler of Egypt who then became the ruler of the underworld and bringing

a new age of darkness to Egypt. He is a desert god who brought devilish

winds to the Nile River in order to steal the throne and take control.

He accompanied Ra on his solar boat to battle the serpent Apophis.

For eight years he battled his nephew the sky god Hours on the place

which became known as the Edfu Temple and in the end, Horus won and

declared king of Egypt. He is depicted as a red beast like a fox with cloven hooves and

a forked tail that spreads catastrophes like storms, tsunamis, volcanoes, and any kind of disaster.

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10. Ma’at “Goddess of Balance”

Ma’at is the goddess of justice, truth, and most importantly harmony.

She is considered to be one of the most important deities as the concept

of balance & harmony and was a central focus to the culture and every aspect

of the ancient Egyptian and an important component to all of time and space within existence.

She put the stars in the sky and regulated all four seasons.

She also took part in the afterlife as she transforms into the feather

of truth that weighed against the hearts to make the right judgment to enter paradise

or fade into the void by Ammut. She was presented as a woman wearing an ostrich plume and sitting on her heels.

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11. Anubis “God of Death”

One of the most famous and recognized ancient Egyptian gods is Anubis who

is the god of the dead and judgment. He is the son of Osiris and Nephthys.

He is known to be the original god of the dead, who guides the souls of the

dead to the hall of Truth in the underworld to take part in the ritual of weighing

of the heart to the feather of Ma’at in the afterlife to determine their fate.

He’s depicted as a man with the head of a jackal carrying a staff featured on temples all over Egypt.

12. Nephthys “Goddess of Funerals”

Nephthys is a funerary goddess, the twin of Isis, the wife of Set, and the mother of Anubis.

She is considered to be a dark goddess opposite to the light of her sister Isis the goddess

of healing and motherhood. Her name means the mistress of the house and depicted

as a woman with a house on her head.  known to be friends of the dead as

she cares for the souls in the afterlife.  played a key part in the Osiris Myth

as she loved Osiris as she transformed herself in the form of Isis to seduce

him and that’s how Anubis came to be. betrayed the location of Osiris’s

corpse to Set but later on helped Isis revive his soul from the underworld.

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13. Hathor “Goddess of Drunkenness”

Hathor is one of the most famous and important ancient deities in Egyptian

Mythology is known as the lady of Drunkenness and lady of the sycamore.

the goddess of Drunkenness, joy, celebration, women, childbirth, and love.

also associated with gratitude and being thankful.  the daughter of Ra,

who defends paradise from Apep, She also helps guide the souls in the afterlife to Paradise.

She is depicted as a woman with a cow’s head or simply a cow.

14. Bastet “Goddess of Beauty”

Bastet is a beautiful goddess of cats, fertility, and a protector of evil & misfortune,

and the daughter of Ra who was adored by all and everyone who carried her

talismans and amulets. She was so revered as in 525 BCE the Persians used

the Egyptian devotion to Bastet against them when they painted images of

Bastet on their shield and drove cats in front of their armies and as a result,

the Egyptians lost the battle of Pelusium instead of offending their gods.

She was depicted as a cat or a woman with a cat’s head.

Her myth was used to create the DC character “Catwoman“

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15. Thoth “God of Intellect”

Thoth was the god of wisdom, knowledge, and truth who was credited as

the inventor of writing and the record-keeper of the gods. He is also the patron

of libraries and scribes and the Lord of time and Reckoner of years due to his

control of time through his powerful divine knowledge of words as he was able

to give Nut five days of moonlight so she can be able to give birth to original

five gods without disobeying Amun. He is also known to be a benefactor of

humanity as he gave them the gift of the written word. He also kept records

in the Hall of Truth during the Weighing of the heart. He is depicted as a man

with the head of an ibis holding a writing implement and his wife or daughter

was Seshat who was his female counterpart and the goddess of libraries and books.

16. Ptah “God of Memphis”

Ptah is the god of the city of Memphis, lord of truth, creator of the god, and one

of the oldest ancient Egyptians since the first dynastic period (3150-2613 BC),

known also as Ptah-Nun or Ptah-Naunet. He is one of the oldest gods in Egyptian

mythology; he is even confused with the sun god Ra. He is depicted as a mummified

man wearing a skull cap and holding the Was scepter combined with the ankh and

the Djed forming the scepter of authority. He is the patron god of sculptors,

craftsmen, builders, or any artists of any kind. One of the most remarkable facts about

Ptah is that the name Egypt was derived from the Greek word Aigyptos which corresponds

to the word Hat-Ka-Ptah which means “Temple of the Soul of Ptah” located in Memphis.

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17. Khonsu “God of Lunar”

Khonsu is the God of the moon and vengeance, his name means the Traveler.

He is shown as a mummy holding a crook and a flail with a moon disc on his

head and uraeus. He was a part of the Theban triad with his father Amun and

Mother Mut. He was very popular, revered, and worshiped as one of the

greatest gods especially during the days of the new kingdom (1570-1050 BC)

because of his miraculous abilities like the instant healing of the sick. His story

is also used for Marvel’s superhero “Moon Knight“.

18. Khnum “God of Potters”

Khnum is the patron god of potters and everyone who worked in ceramic

plus the main source of the Nile. It is known he came from the Nubia in Upper Egypt.

He’s the one who created the humans from the clay of the Nile River then held them

to Ra the sun god, to give them life. He is shown as ram-headed god who represents fertility and virility.

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19. Hapi “God of Fertility”

Hapi is fertility and a Nile silt god which is associated with the inundation

which was the main source of the Nile that the ancient Egyptian farmers relied on

for growing their crops. Hapi is shown depicted as a man with

a large belly and breasts signifying success and fertility.

20. Sobek “God of the Nile”

Sobek is the Crocodile God, the lord of wetlands and marshes, and unexpected

death with a connection with medicine and surgery. He is a very famous god

in Egyptian mythology especially in the old kingdom, who is associated with procreation,

fertility, medicine, and the Nile which was considered to be the sweat of Sobek.

He is dedicated as a man with a crocodile’s head and his cult was known to

have live crocodiles. He lived on a mythical mountain at the horizon where he

ruled with absolute power and was linked with Ra to form what is known

to be Sobek-Ra. He had a great connection with the Nile as it was considered to be his sweat.

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21. Bes “God of Entertainment”

A famous Dwarf god that symbolizes fertility, childbirth, humor, and who is the

protector against evil spirits, the guardian of women, children, the common man,

and the fighter of divine order and justice. His consort is the hippopotamus goddess

Taweret of fertility and childbirth. Bes is seen as a bearded dwarf with a lion-like mane,

large ears, and a pug nose. His amulets and sculptures were considered a source of good luck.

22. Tawaret “Goddess of Childbirth”

The goddess of hippos Tawaret is associated with fertility and childbirth.

She was very famous across the history of ancient Egypt as the guardian of

children and an essential helper of women during birth and pregnancy.

She is called a follower of Horus as she is closely associated with Hathor.

She is the consort of the god Bes of children, humor, and entertainment.

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23. Neith “Goddess of Arrows”

Neith is one of the earliest and most important Egyptian goddesses of Lower Egypt

who was worshipped during the predynastic period (6000 – 3150 BC) all the way

to the Ptolemaic dynasty (323 – 30 BC). She is depicted as a war, funerary, mother,

warrior, and creator goddess plus she was the patron of the city of Sais in the Nile Delta.

She is dedicated and seen with a bow and arrows which explains why she gained

the name Mistress of the Bow. She is famous as the Grandmother of the gods

because she is known to be connected with the waters of chaos Nun, and known

to be the inventor of birth plus the process of living and growing all sorts of things.

She is depicted as a judge in the Hall of Truth and the protector & helper of the dead.

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24. Serket “Goddess of Scorpions”

She is known as the scorpion goddess who was worshipped in the first dynasty

(3150 – 2890 BC) all the way across the history of ancient Egypt as her golden

statue was found in the tomb of Tutankhamen. She is an early mother goddess

who protected children and people from the dangers of the scorpion and all kinds

of venoms. Serket is known to follow Isis’s example and be a symbol of forgiveness

and protection after Isis healed a boy from the venom of a scorpion whose mother

insulted Isis then was forgiven by her. All of her priests were physicians who

used her name and teaching in the healing of the ill and wounded. She also

played a part in guiding the souls of the dead to Paradise and protecting them from any danger.

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25. Nekhbet “Goddess of Vultures”

She is a unique goddess of the vultures, known to be one of the oldest goddesses

of Egypt that dates back to the first dynasty (3150 – 2890 BC). She is the patron

of the Pharaoh and is often shown spread over the king with her wings. She comes

in the shape of a vulture who was the guardian of Upper Egypt. Her shrine

was in the city of the dead Nekheb. She was associated with her sister

Wadjet where they were called “The Two Ladies“.

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26. Wadjet “Goddess of Kingship”

One of the most famous and oldest protective goddesses in the history of Ancient

Egypt starting from the predynastic period where it worshipped as a goddess

of lower Egypt. Like her sister, she one of the daughters of Ra. She played an

important role in creation which involved the planting of the first Papyrus in

the swamps of the Nile delta and helped Isis hide & raise Horus to total safety away

from Set. She is known as West-Hekau which means “Great of Magic” as she

offered protection against bad luck, evil spirits, demons, and ghosts. She

represented as a rearing Cobra known as the King’s Uraeus.

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27. Kherty “God of the Underworld”

An important god who ferried the dead into the afterlife, He a ram-headed god

of the underworld who ruled the underworld during the old kingdom before Osiris

becoming the Ruler of the Underworld. He took control of the entrance and the

hallways leading to the hall of truth and the fields of reeds which was a ruler by Osiris.

He is shown as the protector of the kings but also as an enemy of the order

who threatened the deceased kings on the way to the underworld.

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28. Nefertum “God of Perfume”

He the beautiful god of perfume and sweet aromas was born from the

essence of a blue lotus at the dawn of creation. His name means beautiful Atum

who associated with enchanting & sweet-smelling flowers. He represented

the concepts of transformation and rebirth due to his connection with flowers and gods.

He played a role in providing healing aromas to cure disease and wounds.

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29. Renenutet “Goddess of Nursing”

A very special and unique goddess who depicted as a cobra or a rearing

cobra on the head of a Queen, her name means “Snake Who Nourishes” as she

the goddess of raring children and nursing. She had the power to determine

the length of a person’s life and their entire destiny. She  viewed as Atum’s

wife or consort, and the mother of Osiris. In the afterlife, she was known as the lady

of justifications due to her link with Ma’at. She is known as the lady of the fertile

fields and the lady of granaries who protected the harvest of the grains with Hapi.

She would appear as a fire-breathing cobra protecting the pharaoh from his enemies.

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30. Heka “God of Magic”

One of the most important ancient Egyptian gods, who is the Patron of medicine

and magic and the primordial source of knowledge and power in the universe

the Heka. He  depicted as a man carrying a knife and a staff plus his physicians

known as the priests of Heka who can practice magic and medicine which explains

why it became a very famous god among doctors. believed that he killed two serpents

then entwined them to staff as a symbol of his power which later passed to

the Greeks who created the caduceus that found in the hands of Hermes.

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