Egyptian gods and goddesses – Flashcards
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Ra

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creator of all things, sun god, later combined with Amun pictured as a man with the head of a hawk, wearing the sun disk
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Amun

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god of air and wind, fertility god, creator of all things sometimes shown with the head of a ram
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Thoth

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god of wisdom, gave medicine, mathematics, and writing man with the head of an ibis, sometimes a baboon
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Isis

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goddess of motherhood, wife of Osiris, mother of Horus has a head dress shaped as a throne
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Osiris

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god of the dead, ruler of the underworld, husband of Isis a mummified man with green skin
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Horus

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god of the sky; man with head of a hawk Egyptians believed Pharaoh was a living version of Horus
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Seth

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god of chaos and storms; brother of Osiris head of an animal
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Nephthys

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protective goddess of the dead, wife of Seth and mother of Anubis
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Anubis

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god of embalming and the dead jackal head
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Ma'at

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goddess of truth, justice and harmony wears the feather of truth in her hair
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Sobek

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god of the Nile; son of Seth head of a crocodile
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Hathor

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goddess of love and joy woman with head dress of horns and a sun disk, has ears of a cow
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Khepri

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god of creation, rebirth, and the movement of the sun. has the head of a scarab beetle
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Bastet

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goddess of protection; daughter of Ra a woman with the head of a cat
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Ptah

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god of craftsmen carried a staff and had a tight white cloak
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Hapy

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god of innundation man with pot belly, shown with water plants
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Nut

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sky goddess woman whose body arches across the sky, wearing a dress decorated with stars
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Geb

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god of the Earth: man lying down under the sky goddess, Nut
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Shu

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god of air man with feather head dress holding up Nut so that earth and sky can be separated
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Aten

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the unique god of Akenaten's monotheistic reform a sun disk with rays which end in hands