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Egyptian Religion:

The Deities

By Tony Escobar

God/Goddess: Appearance

Aker (god): Two lions back-to-back; tract of land with lion or human heads at either end.

Amaunet (goddess): Snake-headed.

Amenhotep Son of Hapu (god): Man.

Ammit (goddess): Head of Crocodile; front part of panther or lion; rear of hippopotamus.

Amun (god): Man with double-plumed headdress; ram or ram-headed; goose; frog-headed.

Anat (goddess): Woman with lance, axe & shield.

Anubis (god): Jackal or jackal-headed.

Anuket/Anukis (goddess): Woman with tall plumed headdress & papyrus sceptre.

Apis (god): Bull.

Apophis (god): Snake.

Arensnuphis (god): Man with plumed crown.

Astarte (goddess): Naked woman with Atef-crown or bull's horns, riding horse.

Aten (god): Sun disc.

Atum (god): Man with Nemes headdress or Double Crown; snake.

Baal (god): Man with pointed beard & horned helmet, holding a cedar tree, club or spear.

Baba (god): Baboon.

Banebdjedet (god): Ram.

Bastet (goddess): Cat or cat-headed.

Bat (goddess): Human head with cow's ears & horns, & body in shape of necklace counterpoise.

Benu (god): Heron.

Bes (god): Leonine dwarf.

Buchis (god): Bull.

Duamutef (god): Jackal-headed.

Geb (god): Man (smtms ithyphallic), smtms with goose on head or Red Crown.

Hapi (god): Man with pendulous breasts & aquatic plants headdress.

Hapy (god): Baboon-headed.

Hathor (goddess): Cow; woman with cow ears, or horns & sun disc on head, or falcon on perch on head.

Hatmehyt (goddess): Lepidotus fish.

Hauhet (goddess): Snake-headed.

Heket (goddess): Frog or frog-headed.

Herishef (god): Long-horned ram with Atef-crown & sun-disc headdress.

Horus (god): Falcon or falcon-headed.

Hu (god): Man.

Huh/Heh (god): Frog-headed; man holding notched palm-rib.

Ihy (god): Child.

Imhotep (god): Seated man with skull cap & papyrus roll.

Ipy/Ipet (goddess): Hippopotamus.

Ishtar (goddess): Woman.

Isis (goddess): Woman in throne headdress.

Imsety (god): Human-headed.

Kauket (goddess): Snake-headed.

Khepri (god): Scarab beetle or man with scarab beetle for head.

Khnum (god): Ram or ram-headed.

Khons(u) (god): Child with headdress of full and crescent moon.

Kuk (god): Frog-headed.

Maat (goddess): Woman with single feather headdress.

Mafdet (goddess): Woman; panther.

Mandulis (god): Man with headdress of ram horns, plumes, sun discs & cobras.

Mehen (god): Coiled serpent.

Mehet-Weret (goddess): Cow.

Mer(e)tseger (goddess): Cobra.

Meskhen(e)t (goddess): Brick with human head; woman with bicornate uterus headdress.

Mihos (god): Lion.

Min (god): Man with erect phallus, & double-plumed headdress.

Mnevis (god): Bull.

Montu (god): Falcon or falcon-headed, with sun disc & double-plumed headdress.

Mut (goddess): Vulture.

Naunet (goddess): Snake-headed.

Nefertem (god): Man with lotus headdress; lion-headed.

Neith (goddess): Woman with Red Crown of Lower Egypt holding shield & crossed arrows.

Nekhbet (goddess): Vulture.

Neper (god): Man.

Nephthys (goddess): Woman with headdress of a basket & enclosure.

Nun (god): Man; holding solar barque above head; frog-headed baboon.

Nut (goddess): Woman; cow.

Onuris (god): Man; beard; four plume headdress.

Osiris (god): Mummified man with Atef-crown, holding crook & flail.

Pakhet (goddess): Lioness.

Ptah (god): Semi-mummified man with skull cap and was-djed-ankh sceptre.

Qadesh (goddess): Naked woman standing on lion.

Qebehsenuef (god): Falcon-headed.

Re/Ra (god): Ram-headed or falcon-headed with sun disc & cobra headdress.

Renenutet (goddess): Cobra.

Reshef/Reshep (god): Man with beard & White Crown with gazelle head at front & ribbon behind.

Sah (god): Man.

Satet/Satis (goddess): Woman with White Crown & antelope horns.

Sekhmet (goddess): Lioness or lioness-headed.

Selket/Serket (goddess): Woman with scorpion headdress.

Seshat (goddess): Woman with panther-skin robe, & seven-pointed star on head.

Seth (god): Unidentified quadruped or 'Seth-animal' headed.

Shay (god): Man.

Shezmu (god): Man.

Shu (god): Man with feather on head; lion-headed.

Sia (god): Man.

Sobek (god): Crocodile or crocodile-headed.

Sokar (god): Mummified man with crown of horns, cobras, atef, & sun disc; hawk-headed.

Sopdet/Sothis (goddess): Woman with star on head.

Tatenen (god): Man with double-plumed crown & ram's horns.

Taweret (goddess): Hippopotamus (with lion & crocodile parts).

Tayet (goddess): Woman.

Tefnut (goddess): Woman; lioness-headed; cobra.

Thoth/Djehuty (god): Baboon; ibis or ibis-headed.

Wadjet/Edjo (goddess): Cobra; lioness.

Wepwawet (god): Jackal or jackal-headed.


Credit for this page also goes to Lucia Gahlin.


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