List of Egyptian gods and goddesses facts for kids
This is a list of Egyptian gods and goddesses from Egyptian mythology. The ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods at different times and in different places. Some gods changed in importance over time again.
| Name | God of | |
|---|---|---|
| Ammit | A demon with the head of a crocodile, the torso of a leopard, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus | |
| Amun | A man with the head of a ram, King of the gods, God of the Wind | Combined with sun god Ra to become more powerful. |
| Amunet | Wife of Amun, one of the creation goddesses. | |
| Anhur | An Egyptian sky god and God of war. His name meant "sky-bearer". | Husband of Mehit |
| Anput | Goddess of the seventeenth Nome of Upper Egypt | Mother of Kebechet |
| Anubis | God of dead, embalming, funerals, and mourning ceremonies Jackal-headed god |
Son of Osiris and Nephthys, helps Osiris |
| Anuket | Goddess of the river Nile | |
| Apis | A live bull worshipped as a god at Memphis | This is a rare case of an animal being worshiped as a god while alive, then mummified when he died |
| Apophis | God of snakes and war and Chaos | He lives in the Duat. Also known as Apep. God of chaos sometimes seen as Apophis the chaos snake |
| Aten | The disk of the sun | Originally an aspect of Ra |
| Babi | God of baboons | |
| Bast / Bastet |
Cat goddess | Known to protect pregnant women and children. She is also involved in celebrations. The protector of Ra, his third eye. |
| Bes | dwarf god | God of Pregnant woman, newborn babies, and family also known to protect from snake and scorpion bites |
| Geb | God of the earth | Husband to Nut and father of Set, Osiris, Memphys, Isis |
| Gengen-Wer | Goose god | |
| Hapi | God of the Nile | |
| Hathor | Goddess of love | "alter ego" of Sehkmet |
| Heket | Goddess of frogs | |
| Horus | God of war, sky, and falcons | He is brother to Anubis and the son of Osiris and Isis |
| Isis | Goddess of magic, marriage, healing, and protection | She is the wife and sister of Osiris and the mother of Horus. |
| Kebechet | Goddess of purification | Also known as the wandering goddess, or the lost child |
| Khepri | God of scarab beetles | Ra's aspect in the morning |
| Khnum | Ram-headed god | Ra's aspect in the evening |
| Khonsu | God of the moon | |
| Kuk | Personification of darkness | |
| Maahes | Egyptian lion-headed god of war | The son of the creator god Ptah, as well as the feline goddess Sekhmet |
| Ma'at | Goddess of justice,truth and of order | Also the daughter of Ra Command for Order |
| Mafdet | God of justice | Executioner of criminals, protector of the King's chambers |
| Menhit | Minor lion goddess | Wife of Anhur |
| Nephthys | Funerary goddess | Consort of Seth, mother of Anubis |
| Nekhbet | vulture goddess | Sister of Wadjet |
| Nut | Goddess of sky and stars | Wife of Geb |
| Osiris | God of the underworld and the afterlife | Husband and brother of Isis, Brother and mortal enemy to Seth, Father to Horus and Anubis |
| Pakhet | A goddess of motherhood and of war | |
| Ptah | God of creation | |
| Qebui | God of the North wind | |
| Qetesh | A mother-goddess of fertility | Adopted into ancient Egypt from Kadesh in what is now Syria. |
| Ra | God of the Sun | Ra was king of the gods until Osiris took over his throne. He is also known as Amun-Ra and Akmun-Rah |
| Raet-Tawy | Female sun goddess of Upper and Lower Egypt | Female counterpart of Ra |
| Sekhmet | Goddess of lions, fire and vengeance | Alter form of Hathor |
| Seker | Falcon god | Primary god of the Memphis necropolis |
| Serqet | Goddess of scorpions | |
| Seshat | Goddess of writing and measurement | |
| Seth | God of chaos/change, deserts, storms, foreigners | Mortal enemy and brother to Osiris, Husband to Nephthys. He killed his brother Osiris because of jealousy. No one can really describe what he is. He is a human hybrid, half human mixed with an unknown creature. It is sometimes called the set animal |
| Shu | God of wind and air | Consort of Tefnut, father of Geb and Nut Greatgrandfather to Anubis and Horus |
| Sobek | God of crocodiles and alligators | Rows Ra's Sunboat throuht the Duat |
| Sopdu | A god of war | Associated with the sun and with the planet Venus |
| Tawaret | hippopotamus goddess goddess of childbirth and fertility |
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| Tefnut | lion goddess of water and fertility | Consort of Shu, mother of Geb and Nut |
| Thoth | scribe god, god of wisdom | Also known as Djehuti |
| Wadjet | Goddess of protection | Sister of Nekhbet |
| Wadj-wer | Personifies the Mediterranean Sea and other lakes. |
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