Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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Directions: Use the information found at http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html to help you complete this chart about ancient Egyptian gods, goddesses, and other mythological symbols.

Name of Visual Description Powers or Meaning God/Goddess Amemet Lion, hippo, Eats hearts of guilty when the arrive crocodile at the afterworld … yum…? Amun Man wearing an He was the King of Gods ostrich plumed hat, Man with a ram- head, a ram

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Amun Re Man wearing an He was the King of the Gods ostrich plumed hat, He was combination of Amun-King Man with a ram- of Gods and Ra- The Sun God head, a ram

Anubis Man with a jackal The god of embalming and the dead. head A jackal QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.

Atum Man with the The Creator god double crown

Bastet Woman with the A protective goddess head of a cat

Bes Dwarf with lion and Protector of pregnant women, human features, newborn babies and the family Dwarf wearing the skin of a lion

Geb Man lying down The god of Earth below the arch of the sky goddess Nut, Man with a goose on his head QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.

Hapi Man with a pot The god of the inundation belly, shown with water plants

Hathor Woman with the A protective goddess also goddess of ears of a cow, a love and joy cow, Woman with a headdress of horns and a sun disk

Horus Man with a head of God of the sky a hawk, a hawk

Isis Woman with Protective goddess, used powerful headdress in the magic spellsfor people in need. shape of a throne, A pair of cow horns with a sun disk

Khnum Man with the head Creator god, and a god of the of a curly-horned inundation ram

Maat Woman with a Goddess of truth, justice, and feather on her head harmony. She was connected with the balance of things on earth.

Nephthys Woman with Protective goddess of the dead headdress showing her name in hieroglyphs

Nut Woman whose Sky goddess body arches across the sky, wearing a dress decorated with stars. QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.

Osiris A mummified man God of the dead and ruler of the wearing a white underworld cone-like headdress with feathers

Ptah Man wrapped in a God of craftsmen tight white cloak carrying a staff

Ra Man with hawk Sun god head and headdress with a sun disk

Sekhmet Woman with the Goddess of war head of a lioness QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.

Seth Man with the head God of chaos of a 'Seth animal'

Shu Man wearing a God of air headdress with feathers, A lion

Sobek Man with the head Nile god of a crocodile and a headdress of feathers and a sun- disk

Taweret Head of a Goddess who protected women hippopotamus with during pregnancy and childbirth. the arms and legs of a lion, the back and tail of a crocodile, and the breasts and stomach of a pregnant woman.

Tefnut Woman with the Goddess of moisture head of a lioness

Thoth A man with the God of writing and knowledge head of an ibis holding a writing palette, an ibis, a baboon