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AncientEgyptGODSAND GODDESES


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RaSun God: Sun worship and

pyramids

The sun was just as important as the Nile in

the Egyptian times. It was believed that the goddess Nut gave birth

to the sun in the morning and swallowed it at

night. The sun was so important in the Egyptian times

that it was known as a god called Ra.

He was the most important god of all gods.


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Anubis

God of Embalming: Mummies

Anubis chief of all the dead. He looked over

all dead mummified Egyptians. He also invented the mummification process.

He had a human body with a black jackals

head. His ears were pointed and prickled. Sometimes embalmers wore Anubis masks

when at work.


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OsirisFirst pharaoh and tamer of the

land: Farming

Egyptians believed that the God known as

Osiris was the first pharaoh. He taught the early Egyptians to farm. He

turned deserts into cropped lands where

animals could graze. Osiris was chief god of the underworld.

In most images he is seen on mummies

bandages

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BesGod of family and health: The

Egyptian home

Bes protected the home and was God of family

life. He was favoured by pregnant woman and

woman who hoped to be pregnant.

His image was painted on to bedroomfurniture to ensure a good nights rest and toprotect you from nightmares.
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Ma at was the patron saint of judges so they

often wore her as part of their uniform. She was known as the woman who wore a

feather on here head and often wore a dress

that was patterned with feathers. Ma at was the one who made sure that the

seasons changed, the stars moved and the

gods and humans were in harmony.

Ma at

Goddess of truth: The weighing of

the heart

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ThothGod of wisdom: Writing and

scribes Thoth was usually shown as a man with the

head of a ibis bird but could be shown as atotal ibis bird or a baboon. Both were sacredto him.

In temples dedicated to him thousands of ibis

were bred in captivity and most weremummified.

At the temple Hermopolis, there is a cemetery

for mummified baboons buried in tunnels.


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AmunKing of the gods: Karnak temple

Amun is one of the greatest gods of theEgyptian era.

By the time the new kingdom had been builthe was king of all gods. His most importanttemple, at Karnak, made lots of money and

soon became the richest in the land.

It was said that Ra and Amun joined forcesand were sometimes called Amun-Ra.

His name means the hidden one.


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Hathor

Goddess of festivals: Music and

feasting Hathor has one of the best loved goddess of

all time. This is because she was associated

with Love, happiness, music and festivals. She was described in three different ways: A

woman wearing a head dress of a sun diskwith two cow horns either side of the sun disk;

A woman with little cow ears sticking out of acurly wig or a cow.

She was mother to pharaohs and they weresometimes called son of hathor

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SethWicked god of the sky: Crime in

ancient

Seth was the most evil Gods of all the Egyptian Gods.

Seth is the god of Chaos, confusion and violent weather.In Egyptian times Seth murdered his brother, Osiris, andthen scattered the pieces all over the land.

He appeared with a forked tail with cloven hooves with

large pricked ears, a snout and a monstrous head.Although he sometimes took the shape of frightening

animals.

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KhnumGod of the river Nile: Religion and

the river The river Nile was essential to the Egyptians for

survival because in the Egyptian times it barelyever rained so it was main source of water.

Every July the Nile would overflow and both sideswould be covered in a thick black mud. This wascalled Inundation and was so vital it had its own

god. Khnum was in charge of the river and Inundation.

Inundation was so important because if it did not

happen all crops would die.

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HorusGod of kingship: Government and

administration Horus had a mother and father called Isis and Osiris and

is often shown as a child.

He became divine protector and god of every pharaoh.

He was closely linked with the pharaohs in whose handsthe administration of the whole land of Egypt was placed.

In a battle a between Horus and his uncle Seth, Horusseye was torn out, shredded and thrown in the sea. Thothretrieved and fixed the eye. He then gave the healed eyeto his dead father. He then tried to heal his father with

the eye. It was a symbol of healing and power.


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There are

many amazingstories about

the gods butI'm just going

to tell youabout myfavourite.

Long ago Seth killed hisbrother so his cousin,Horus, set him a challenge

of racing in stone boats.Seth made a fine but heavyboat which sank

immediately. Horus was abit more clever he made aboat out of wood and made

it look like stone. He wonand Seth was sentenced tothe skies were he becameGod of thunderstorms.


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