Egyptian+Pantheon

Egyptian Pantheon By: Emma Burke __Ament__  The Goddess of the Dead also known as the personification of the West. She was aloso the goddess of fertility and rebirth. He sacred place was the Netherworld.  __Ammit__ The demoness known as the Eater of Hearts, The devourer of the wicked and Great death. she appeared in a form with the head of a crocodile, the body of a leopard and the backside of a hippopotamus. ( these are all highly held animals in Egyptian society.)  __ Anubis__ The god of embalming. He had the head of a jackal. Anubis would weigh your heart against Ma'at. His symbol showed up in the heart. He is where the terms heavy hearted of light hearted came from. He seemed to be as if he was a messenger.  __Anuket__ The goddes of The nile and Inundation she was the nouriser f fields and agriculture which was very important to the ancient egyptians  __Apep__  The great destroyer he was an evil that dwelled in the darkness each night he tried to devour Ra. he controlled an army that plagued mankind He was portrayed as a snake.  __Bast__ The daughter of Ra. She was the goddess of cats and beauty. She protected her father from the snake Apep daily. Cats were held high in egyptian society because they killed the mice and rats which tried to eat the crops. Cats were even mummified in her honor.  __Geb__  The god of the earth, he was the color of plants and nile mud. He was forbidden to have children due to Ra's anger with him.(see Nut)  __Hathor (sekhmet)(AKA Hetepes-Sekhus)__ <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> When she was reffered to as Hathor she was known as the goddess of love, music, and dance, her sacred hat was of cowhorns and a sun disk. She took special care to look after all women. When She was reffered to as Sekhme She was the eye of Ra. She turned into a destructive goddess, She drank the blood of men and appeared as a woman with a lions head. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> __Horus__ <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The kind of the gods on earth and the prince of all gods. He is depicted as having a falcon, lion or sphinx head. He is always resting on the neck of the pharoh. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> __Isis__ <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> The Queen of the gods, Mother to Horus. Appears with the baby Horus on her lap. She also wears horns with a sun disk. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> __Ma'at__ <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> The wife of Thoth and the goddess of justice, truth and harmony. She only wears one ostrich plume in her hair. The feather was a sign of who had won court cases in ancient egypt. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> __Nephthys__ <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> The wife of set and believed to be the mother of Anubis. She is the goddes of the dead, funerals, women and the home. She appeared as a woman with the hieroglypics of basket and house on her head. She protects women who are the head of the house. she also comforts when a woman is giving birth <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> __ Nut__ <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The goddess of the sky, she was the color blue embellished with golden stars. The sky is her body. Married to Ra, but in love with Geb. Ra would travel along her body day and night and would leave at the edge of her fingertips. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> __Osiris__ <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The husband of Isis and the Father of Horus. He is know as the God of the dead, he is pictated as a living mummy with a beard, and a white crown with red feathers surrionding it. He was green in color to represent Vegeitation. He Carries the Flail and crook, The crook is what shepeards used to catch sheep, and a flail is a tool used in threshing. Osiris passes judgement over the dead. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__Ra(atum)__ The sun god and also the king of the gods. He traveled across the heavens in a boat called "Barque of Millions of Years" Ra died everyday personifying the night, and would travel through the 12 hours of the underworld until dawn when he was born again. His symbol was a sundisk on his head that had a cobra around it. He was also a father of the Pharos.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__Set__ <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The god of evil, chaos, darkness, strenght, war, and conflict. At first set was good and was the god of wind and desert storms. He changed to evil over time and betrayed the gods by helping Apep.He appeared half human with am animal hear that had a long curved snout. He carries a sacred sceptre which has his head on the top and his tail on the other. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> __Thoth__ <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> The husband of Ma'at, he is the god of wisdom time the moon and hieroglyphics he was also known as the recorder of all knowledge. His sacred bird was the ibis.The book of Thoth had two spells one in which you could understand everything and everything and the other in which you could bring the dead back to life. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">__The Ennead__ __:__ <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The nine great Osirian gods included Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Osiris, Isis, Set and Nephthys.

The patron of cool dry air and the creator of wind, He was responsible for holding up the earth. <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The sister of shu patron of moisture and warm air she was the goddess of the moon. <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">( as seen above) (as seen above) <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">( as seen above) <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">( as seen above) <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(as seen above)
 * __Shu__**
 * __Tefnnut__**
 * __Geb__**
 * __Osiris__**<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
 * __Isis__**
 * __Set__**
 * __Nephthys__**

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