GODS OF EGYPT

AMÓN

• In the beginning it was considered as the god of the wind.

• Years later he was associated with the god Ra, the god of the Sun. Since then it was named as Amón-Ra, the greatest god of Egypt.

• The most important temple dedicated to Amon was located in the city of Thebes.

• In the most famous temple of Thebes, Karnak, Amon is represented with a ram's head.

HORUS• Horus is identified with a solar

origin as a falcon, “Lord of the Heaven”.

• Horus was the son of Osiris (god of the wind) and Isis (goddess of the Earth).

• His father, Osiris, was killed by her brother Seth. When Horus grew up decided to revenge his father's death.

• Horus faced Seth and he finally won and became the new king of Egypt. So Horus as a falcon is identified with the pharaophs.

ISIS

• This goddess is represented as a woman in a dress and a throne on her head.

• Isis is wife and sister of Osiris.

• When Set killed and dismembered Osiris, Isis looked for and found each of the remains of Osiris.

• Isis was the mother of the god Horus and as such was identified as the protector of the pharaoh.

MAAT

• Goddess of the justice and truth. She was the goddess of the judges and presided over the trial of the dead.

• Later she became god Ra's wife and this was the guarantee of order and justice in Egypt.

OSIRIS • He was the first son of god Nut and god Seth was his brother. Osiris represented the fertility of the land while Seth represented the desert.

• He married Isis, his sister, and eventually became king of Egypt.

• Osiris taught the egyptians how to cultivate the fields and how to make beer.

• Seth hated his brother Osiris and killed him dismembering his body. Osiris's wife Isis looked for his remains.

• Isis finally found his remains and became the first mummy in the history of Egypt.

PTAH• One of the most important gods

of Egypt and most unknown.

• He is represented as a mummy holding a stick that represents vegetation, fertility and life in Egypt.

• He was considered the god of architets and crafstmen.

• As a funerary god, he created the ceremony of opening the mouth. (this ceremony was held in the statues for example so they could drink, eat, walk and breathe.

RA• He represents the Sun at

midday and travels through the sky in a solar boat.

• He became a patron god of the first great pharaohs. In fact, the pharaoh was son of the Sun.

• Later he was associated with the god Amon, forming Amón-Ra.

• He is represented as a falcon-headed man with a sun disk above his head.

THOT• He is the god of wisdom

that watches that the will of the gods is fulfilled. So he was identified with the figure of the Prime Minister.

• He is also considered the creator of the writing and architecture.

• When Isis brought together all the remains of Osiris, Thot cured him and he came alive again.