Gods and goddesses

Lotus

Sun god -Ra

Geb Nut

Seth Nephthys Osiris Isis

Anubis Horus Hathor

1. Osiris – god of the Afterlife

“Lord of the underworld”

Husband of Isis 1st Egyptian to be

mummified Represented as a

dead king holding the emblems of his supreme power:

shepherd’s crook flail

2. Isis – favorite goddess

Sister & wife of Osiris

Mother of Horus Associated with

female creative power

Symbolized the perfect mother

Symbol is the throne

3. Horus – god of the sky

Son of Osiris and Isis

Killed Seth Represented

as a falcon-headed god.

Carries an ankh which symbolizes life

4. Seth – god of evil and darkness

Osiris’s brother and murderer

Associated with all evil

Represented as an extraordinary creature with features of different animals

5. Nephthys – goddess of friendship

Sister of Isis, mother of Anubis

Wife of Seth Left Seth to

help Isis Friend to all

women Symbol is a

chalice

6. Anubis – god of the dead

Son of Seth and Nephthys

Presides over funerals and the embalming ritual

Represented with the head of a

jackal, as they haunt cemeteries

7. Amun-Ra (kings of the gods)

Two gods in one; uniting of the local god, Amun with sun god, Ra

Controls time, seasons, wind and clouds

Most powerful god during the New Kingdom

8. Nut – sky goddess

Sister of Geb, the earth god

Often painted blue and covered in stars

Swallowed the sun at night and it was reborn at sunrise

9. Sobek – god of water

Controlled the Nile and its marshes and floods

Helped retrieve Osiris from the Nile

Represented as a crocodile

Followers started in the city of Crocadiloplis

10. Thoth – god of wisdom, writing and learning

Author of the Book of the Dead

Believed to have invented writing, arithmetic and the calendar

Represented with the head of an Ibis bird

11. Hathor – goddess of music, dancing, joy and love

Protects people during the mummification process

Wife of Horus Represented

with the head of a cow, a symbol of motherly love

12. Bastet – cat goddess

Protector of women, children and the sun’s power to ripen crops

Very well loved; people were not allowed to harm cats

Judges (gods & goddesses)

Scales

Anubis checking the scales with a pointer

Deceased entering with head bowed

Feather of Truth

Heart of the deceased in a canopic jar

Thoth recording the report from Anubis

Ammit- the devourer; “Eater of the Dead”

Horus – leading in the deceased

Deceased: “I am pure of mouth and hands, without guilt, without evil.”

Osiris

Isis

Nephthys

Make a foldable to help you remember and

identify the ancient gods and goddesses of Egypt.

Include: All gods that we covered in the notes. Descriptions of their appearance and what they

were the gods of.

Gods and goddesses foldable