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Egyptian Gods
All The Egyptian Gods
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11/11/2004

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Horus
Definition
:He who is above
:God of the blind
:Pharoahs were considered to be his human manifestation on earth
:He was son of Osiris and Isis
:Killed his uncle in battle
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Isis
Definition
:The great mother goddess
:Had wings and represented the wind
:Goddess of magic
:Taught man-kind the secrets of medicine
:She is sister and wife to Osisris
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Khepr
Definition
:He who comes into existance
:A son god: associated with the sunrise
:He pushes the sun across the sky
:A man with a sacrab head
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Khnum
Definition
:Means to create
:Lord of cold waters
:God of the Nile River
:Seen as a ram headed man
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Moat
Definition
:A goddess of thruth
:Represents law and order
:Her feather was weighed against souls to see if they were worthy of the after life
:Seen as a women wearing an ostrich feather on her head
:Daughter of Ra
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Min
Definition
:Cheif of heaven;God of rain
:Symbol was the thunderblot
:Worshipped only by men
:Seen as a white bull during the New Kingdom
:Son of Ra
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Mut
Definition
:Lady of heaven
:Queen of all gods
:Married to Amut
:Seen as a women with a vulture headress
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Neith
Definition
:Goddess of hunt and war
:Gaurdian of men and gods
:Seen as a women wearing a red crown holding a bow and arrows
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Nut
Definition
:The sky goddess
:Seen as a women with stars on her body
:Only her fingers and toes touched the ground
:Married to Geb
Term
Osiris
Definition
:King of dead
:Judge of the dead
:Seen as a bearded man wearing mummy wrappings
:He holds the flail and crack
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Ra
Definition
:Father of all the gods
:A son god
:Pictured as a hawk headed man; he ofthe wears the double crown of Egypt
Term
Seth
Definition
:Lord of upper Egypt
:God of wind and storms
:Is evil by most accounts
:He kiled his brother of Osiris
Term
Sobek
Definition
:He causes to be fertile
:Admired and feared for his ferecity
:He is at the command of Ra
:Seen as a crocodile or man with crocodile head
Term
Thoth
Definition
:The great measurer
:A moon god
:Inventor of all languages both written and spoken
:Scribe of the god
:He wrote the book of the dead
:Present at all the deaths;he records the judgement of the soul
:Seen as a man with the head of an ibis
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Anubis
Definition
:Guide of the dead
:God of Ebalming
:Keeper of medicine and poisons
:Seen as a jackle headed man
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