All Egyptian Gods Names
The following is a list of the names of egyptian gods and their roles.
All egyptian gods names. Some of these deities names are well known. Babi a baboon god characterized by sexuality and aggression. The godchecker holy database currently contains 437. Judie anderson encyclopædia britannica inc.
Astennu a baboon god associated with thoth. Egyptian name which means god of light. A cat or lion headed goddess bastet was a protector of the home and also a goddess of sensual pleasure. When amun was combined with the sun god ra he was even more powerful.
Egyptian name which means the one who is humble. Neper a god of grain. Egyptian name which means. Scholars have suggested that the greek word aiguptos the source of the name egypt may have started as a corruption of hwt ka ptah the name of one of ptah s shrines.
Egyptian name which means prophet s name. Many legendary characters have more than one name. The gods and goddesses of ancient egypt were an integral part of the people s everyday lives. The complete alphabetical list of egyptian gods and goddess names.
Isis osiris horus amun ra hathor bastet thoth anubis and ptah while many others less so. Egyptian goddess list names a z. Asclepius a greek god worshipped in egypt at saqqara. Depicted as a dwarf.
Depicted with the head of jackal and body of a man. Ash a god of the libyan desert and oases west of egypt. Egyptian name which means morning sun. We have 162 individual gods listed in the egyptian pantheon of gods and spirits.
Ra the sun god. Amaunet the ogdoad goddess of the north wind this carried the rain she was the female form of the originally androgynous god amun. Bastet was a popular goddess in egypt and was a daughter of ra and isis. Osiris god of death and resurrection who rules the underworld and enlivens vegetation the sun god and deceased souls.
Amun is the ancient egyptian god of the air and sun. The sun god re ra one of the creator gods of ancient egypt. Ra the god of the sun ra was the first pharaoh of the world back in the days when gods inhabited egypt. Each day ra s golden sun ship would sail across the sky and each night it would travel through the underground world of the duat sailing the river of darkness and fighting off monsters.
Baal sky and storm god from syria and canaan worshipped in egypt during the new kingdom. Ptah a creator deity and god of craftsmen the patron god of memphis. Egyptian name which means the one who resembles golden treasures. God of the dead funerals embalming and tombs.
It is not surprising then that there were over 2 000 deities in the egyptian pantheon. He was then called amun ra. One of several deities associated with the sun the god re was usually represented with a human body and the. If you include nicknames official titles and honorifics some gods have hundreds of names.
Please select a name from the list below to view the egyptian god s description. Ba a god of fertility. Nemty falcon god worshipped in middle egypt who appears in myth as a ferryman for greater gods.