Egyptian Pantheon

*Aken – ferryman to the underworld.
*Ammit – crocodile-headed devourer in Duat, not a true deity.
*Amun or Amen – "the hidden one", a local creator deity.
*Amunet – Female aspect of the primordial concept of air.
*Anhur - god of war.
*Ankt - Consort of Anhur.
*Anubis – dog or jackal god of embalming and tomb-caretaker who watches over the dead.
*Apophis – evil serpent of the Underworld and enemy of Ra; formed from a length of Neith's spit during her creation of the world.
*Banebdjedet - ram god of fertility.
*Bastet – Bodyguard of Ra, depicted as a lioness, house cat, cat-bodied or cat-headed woman.
*Geb – god of the Earth, first ruler of Egypt and husband of Nut.
*Hathor – cow or cow-goddess of the sky, fertility, love, beauty and music.
*Hemsut - goddess of fate and protection.
*Horus – falcon-headed god of the sky, pharaohs, war and protection.
*Iah - god of the moon.
*Isis – goddess of magic and consort of Osiris.
*Khonsu – god of youth.
*Maahes – lion-headed god of weather.
*Ma'at – goddess who personified concept of truth, balance, justice and order.
*Meret - goddess associated with rejoicing, singing and dancing.
*Meretseger – cobra-goddess of tomb builders and protector of royal tombs.
*Nefertem - god of healing and beauty.
*Nehebkau - guardian of the entrance to the underworld.
*Neith – goddess of creation, and weaving.
*Osiris - merciful judge of the dead in the afterlife and consort of Isis.
*Petbe - god of revenge.
*Ptah – God of craft.
*Ra – God the sun.
*Satet – goddess of hunting
*Sekhmet – lioness goddess of destruction, and pestilence.
*Seshat – goddess of writing, astronomy, astrology, architecture, and mathematics; depicted as a scribe.
*Set – god of the desert and of chaos.
*Shezmu - god of execution, slaughter, blood, oil and wine.
*Sobek – crocodile god of the military.
*Sobkou - messenger god.
*Tefnut – goddess of rain.
*Wepwawet – jackal god of warfare and hunting.
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