EgyptianEgyptian Gods and Goddesses Gods and Goddesses

Amon

The sun god.The sun god.

At the height of At the height of

Egyptian civilization Egyptian civilization

he was called the he was called the

'King of the Gods'.'King of the Gods'.

ShuShuShu was the god of Shu was the god of

the air. Shu held up the air. Shu held up

the figure of Nut so the figure of Nut so

that the earth and that the earth and

the sky were the sky were

separated.separated.

TefnutTefnut

Tefnut was the goddess of Tefnut was the goddess of moisture.moisture.

She was the wife of Shu She was the wife of Shu

and the mother of Nut and the mother of Nut

(the sky) and Geb (the (the sky) and Geb (the

earth).earth).

GebGeb

Geb was the god of Geb was the god of the earth.the earth.

Geb was the husband Geb was the husband

and brother of the sky and brother of the sky

goddess Nut. He was goddess Nut. He was

also the father of also the father of

Osiris, Isis, Nepthys Osiris, Isis, Nepthys

and Seth. and Seth.

Nut Nut Nut was the sky-goddess, Nut was the sky-goddess,

whose body created a whose body created a

vault or canopy over the vault or canopy over the

earth.earth.

AppearanceAppearance: * Woman : * Woman whose body arches whose body arches

across the sky, wearing a across the sky, wearing a dress decorated with dress decorated with

stars.stars.

Nut was the sister/wife of Geb, the god Nut was the sister/wife of Geb, the god

of the earth. She was also the mother of the earth. She was also the mother

of Isis, Osiris, Nepthys and Seth.of Isis, Osiris, Nepthys and Seth.

The ancient Egyptians believed that at The ancient Egyptians believed that at

the end of the day, Nut swallowed the the end of the day, Nut swallowed the

sun-god, Ra, and gave birth to him sun-god, Ra, and gave birth to him

again the next morning.again the next morning.

SethSethSeth was the god of the Seth was the god of the

desert.desert.

He is also known as the god He is also known as the god

of chaos.of chaos.

Seth represented Seth represented

everything thateverything that

threatened threatened

harmonyharmony

in Egypt in Egypt

NephthysNephthys

Goddess of the dead.Goddess of the dead.

Thought to be skilled Thought to be skilled

in magic. Sister of in magic. Sister of

Seth, Osiris & IsisSeth, Osiris & Isis

OsirisOsirisOsiris was the god of the Osiris was the god of the

dead, and ruler of the dead, and ruler of the

underworld.underworld.

Osiris was the brother/ Osiris was the brother/

husband of Isis, and husband of Isis, and

thethe

brother of Nepthys and brother of Nepthys and

Seth. He was also the Seth. He was also the

father of Horus. father of Horus.

IsisIsisIsis was a protective Isis was a protective

goddess. She used goddess. She used

powerful magic spells powerful magic spells

to help people in need.to help people in need.

Isis was the wife of Isis was the wife of

Osiris and the mother Osiris and the mother

of Horus. of Horus.

HorusHorusHorus was a god of the sky.Horus was a god of the sky.

He is probably most well-He is probably most well-

known asknown as

the protector of the the protector of the

rulerruler

of Egypt. of Egypt.

The Egyptians The Egyptians

believedbelieved

that the Pharaoh wasthat the Pharaoh was

the 'living Horus'. the 'living Horus'.

AnubisAnubisAnubis was the god of Anubis was the god of

embalming and the embalming and the dead.dead.

Since jackals were Since jackals were

often seen in often seen in

cemeteries, the ancient cemeteries, the ancient

Egyptians believed that Egyptians believed that

Anubis watched over Anubis watched over

the dead. the dead.

Nun Nun

According to an According to an

ancient Egyptian ancient Egyptian

creation myth, creation myth,

Nun was the Nun was the

waters of chaos.waters of chaos.