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Egyptian gods

  • HorusHorus looked down from the sky with two eyes: the Sun on his right, the Moon on his left. When this falcon god flew across the heavens, ancient Egyptians…
  • Set (deity)Set, the ancient Egyptian god of deserts, storms, disorder, and violence, is one of the most contradictory figures in the entire Egyptian pantheon.
  • KhnumThe hieroglyphic symbol hnm appears in the name Khnum, derived from the word hnmt meaning well or spring. This linguistic root connects directly to his…
  • PtahPtah is an ancient Egyptian deity whose name gave the world the word Egypt itself. The great temple dedicated to him in Memphis was called Hut-ka-Ptah…
  • ThothThoth is an ancient Egyptian deity whose name, in one interpretation, means "he who is like the ibis." He governed a domain so vast it seems almost…
  • AtumAncient Egyptian priests spoke the word tm to describe a verb meaning to complete or to finish. This linguistic root shaped how they understood Atum, the…
  • Yam (god)Yam, the Ugaritic god of the sea, occupies the thirtieth position in the standard list of deities from Ugarit, sandwiched between the assembly of the gods…
  • RaRa was the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun, and the Egyptians called themselves the "Cattle of Ra." The name fit a strange origin story.
  • AmunHis name, written imn, meant something like "the hidden one" or "invisible." The Pyramid Texts call him "O You, the great god whose name is unknown." That…
  • KhepriThe name Khepri appeared in the Pyramid texts, often accompanied by a scarab hieroglyph to clarify its meaning. This ancient Egyptian verb, written as ́hprj…
  • GebGeb, the Egyptian god of the Earth, was said to laugh earthquakes into existence. According to ancient belief, the trembling of the ground was not a…
  • Heka (god)The ancient Egyptian word for magic was simply heka. This single term described both the abstract force and the practical rituals used to manipulate it.
  • Osiris mythIn the 24th century BCE, a king named Osiris ruled Egypt with his wife Isis. His brother Set murdered him and scattered his body across the land.