Name: ______Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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

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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

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Bastet Woman with the A protective goddess head of a cat

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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'

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

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

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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.

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Tefnut Woman with the Goddess of moisture head of a lioness

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

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