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WORD BANK EGYPTIAN GODS and GODDESSES Word Bank - Egyptian Gods and Goddesses Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives wq WORD BANK EGYPTIAN GODS AND GODDESSES Word Bank - Egyptian Gods and Goddesses Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives This word bank could be used in multiple ways: 1. Challenge learners to create a family tree. E.g. http://www.veritablehokum.com/comic/the-egyptian-god-family-tree/ 2. Have a list of Egyptian Gods hanging around the room. For special or important gods, learners create posters that depict the god. 3. Share the story of Egyptian Creation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_creation_myths Name God of … Appearance Notes Ammit A demon Head of a crocodile, the torso of a leopard, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus Amun King of the gods, God of the A man with the head of a Combined with sun god Ra Wind ram to become more powerful Amunet One of the creation A woman wearing the red Wife of Amun goddesses crown of Egypt Anhur Sky god and God of war. His A bearded man wearing a Husband of Mehit name meant "sky-bearer" robe and a headdress Anput Goddess of funerals and A woman with some jackal Mother of Kebechet mummification related clothing or head Wife of Anubis Anubis God of dead, embalming, A Jackal-headed god Son of Osiris and Nephthys, funerals, and mourning helps Osiris ceremonies Anuket Goddess of the river Nile A woman with a headdress Daughter of Ra of either reed or ostrich feathers Apis This is a rare case of an A live bull worshipped as a Son of Hathor. animal being worshiped as a god at Memphis god while alive, then mummified when he died. Apophis God of snakes and war and A giant chaos snake He lives in the Duat. Also Chaos. known as Apep. Aten Originally an aspect of Ra. The disk of the sun Atum Atum was a creator god. A man wearing either the The ancient Egyptians royal head-cloth or the dual believed that Atum was the white and red crown of first god to exist on earth. Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Sometimes shown as a snake. Babi God of Baboons A baboon Name God of … Appearance Notes Bastet Cat goddess A woman with the head of a Known to protect pregnant cat. women and children. She is also involved in celebrations. The protector of Ra, his third eye. Bes God of Pregnant women, A lion rearing up its hind Dwarf god newborn babies and family. legs Also known to protect from snake and scorpion bites Geb God of the earth A man with a snake around Husband to Nut and father his head. of Set, Osiris, Memphys, Isis Gengen- Wer Goose God A goose Not much information exists. Hapy God of the Nile An intersex person with a large belly and breasts. Hathor Goddess of love A cow goddess with horns in Alter ego of Sekhmet which is set a sun disk Heket Goddess of frogs A frog Horus God of war, sky, and falcons A man with a falcon head He is brother to Anubis and wearing red and white the son of Osiris and Isis crown Isis Goddess of magic, marriage, A woman, wearing a She is the wife and sister of healing, and protection headdress shaped like a Osiris and the mother of throne Horus. Kebechet Goddess of purification Described as a serpent Also, known as the wandering goddess, or the lost child. Daughter of Anubis Khepri God of rebirth, creation and A scarab or scarab headed Ra's aspect in the morning the rising sun man Khnum God of rebirth, creation and A Ram-headed man Ra's aspect in the evening the evening sun Khonsu God of the moon A human in the style of a Mut was his mother and child Amun his father Ma’at Goddess of justice, truth A woman with a headdress Daughter of Ra and of order with the feather of truth. Nephthys Funerary goddess A young woman, wearing a Daughter of Geb and Nut headdress in the shape of a house and basket Nut Goddess of sky and stars A woman with a headdress Daughter of Shu and Tefnut with a pot. Osiris God of the underworld and A man wearing the Atef Was dissected by brother the afterlife crown with ostrich feather. Set and put together by wife He also carries the crook Isis and flail. Ptah God of creation Ptah, in the form of a Self-created mummified man, standing on the symbol for Ma'at, Ra God of the Sun A man with the head of a Self-created falcon and the sun-disk resting on his head Name God of … Appearance Notes Sekhmet Goddess of lions, fire and A woman with the head of a Daughter of Ra vengeance lion Seshat Goddess of writing and A woman with leopard of Daughter of Thoth measurement cheetah skin Seth God of chaos/change, A man with a beastly head. Son of Geb and Nut deserts, storms, foreigners Shu God of wind and air A human with feathers on Son of Ra-Atum his head Sobek God of crocodiles and A man with a crocodile head alligators Tawaret Goddess of childbirth and A bipedal hippopotamus fertility Tefnut Goddess of water and A woman with a lion head Daughter of Ra-Atum fertility Thoth God of wisdom and scribe A man with the head of an Self-created Ibis Wadjet Goddess of protection A woman with a Snake head Localised Goddess to city Dep Wadj-Wer Personifies the The sea Mediterranean Sea and other lakes..
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