Our Ancient Egypt

Nephthys is one of the Egyptian goddesses who seems to have been ignored or pushed into the background, was a sister of Isis,

Her Egyptian name Nebt-het (Neb-hut, Neb-hwt, Nebt-hut, Nebthet) means Mistress of the House

Depictions

Nephthys was depicted with the symbol of her name on top of horns. In the funerary role, Nephthys was also depicted with the head of a falcon or vulture, or as a woman with the bird's wings.

The goddess Mut (Maut) was the mother goddess of Thebes (Waset, in the 4th Nome of Upper Egypt). The ancient Egyptians considered the vulture to be a protecting and nurturing mother.

Depictions

Mut was depicted as a white vulture most often, she also was depicted as a woman sometimes with wings or a vulture,usually Mut goddess wearing the crowns of royalty upon her head, she was often shown wearing the double crown of Egypt or the vulture headdress of the New Kingdom queens, holding an ankh, occasionally she was depicted as a male, in part because she was Mut

The goddess Maat was controlling the movement of the stars and the seasonal flooding of the Nile River, Maat also had codes of tradition and customs,

she was the goddess of the physical and moral law of Egypt (a goddess of justice

Depictions

Maat deity is depicted as a woman wearing an ostrich feather on her head, a symbol of the principles she represents.

Mayet had eight children with Thoth; one of these children was the god Amon. Together with Ammut

When the dead were judged, it is was the feather of Mayet that their hearts were weighed against. If hearts of the deceased are as "light as a feather", they were granted eternal life in the Duat

Thoth (Thuth, Tehuty, Djehuty, Tahuti, Tehuti, Zehuti, Techu, Tetu) was considered one of the earlier Egyptian gods. He was popular throughout Egypt

Depiction

Thoth is considered a lunar god and is often depicted wearing the lunar crescent on his head. There is a story told of how Thoth won a portion of Khonsu's light, and this may be the reason. As a lunar deity his totem animal is the baboon, a nocturnal animal that goes to sleep only after greeting the new day.

The god Set (Seth, Setekh, Sut, Sutekh, Sety) was one of the most ancient of the Egyptian gods and the focus of worship since the Predynastic Period.

Depiction

Seth was mostly depicted as a mysterious and unknown creature (a mythical animal), referred to by Egyptologists as the Set animal or Typhonic beast, known as a Typhon, with a curved snout, square ears, forked tail, and canine body, or sometimes as a human with only the head of the Set animal. It has no complete resemblance to any known creature, although it does resemble a composite of an aardvark, a donkey, a jackal.

who was originally the god of the desert, one of the two main biomes that constitutes Egypt, the other being the small fertile area either side of the Nile. Due to developments in the Egyptian language over the 3,000 years that Set was worshipped, by the Greek period.

As the god of the desert, Set god was associated with sandstorms, and desert caravans. Due to the extreme hostility of the desert environment, Set was viewed as immensely powerful, and was regarded consequently as the chief god.

Osiris was the god of resurrection, The Underworld and The Judge of the dead

Osiris god was not only a merciful judge of the dead in the afterlife, but also the underworld agency that granted all life.

Osiris god was the first child of Geb and Nut,

brother of Seth, Nephthys, and Isis who was also his wife. He was the father of Horus by Isis, the

father of Anubis by Nephthys

Depiction 

He is shown with black skin, representing dark, fertile soil, which brings forth new life, or green skin, representing green growth or sprouts

Osiris once ruled as king of Egypt, he was murdered by his evil brother Seth, and afterward came alive again in the underworld, and ruled as king. Following this pattern of death and rebirth, every dead king became Osiris when he died. Since Osiris came alive again in the underworld, his cult is tied to fertility

The Gods and Goddess of Ancient Egypt
 

The Ancient Egyptians believed in many different gods and goddesses. Each one with their own role to play in maintaining peace and harmony across the land.

Some gods and goddesses took part in creation, some brought the flood every year, Some offered protection, and some took care of people after they died. Others were either local gods who represented towns, or minor gods who represented plants or animals

The Ancient Egyptians believed that gods and goddesses played an important role in maintaining harmony and peace throughout Egypt
It was important to recognize and worship these gods and goddesses so that life continued smoothly



God Horus

Isis is the Egyptian goddess of Magic and Giver of Life

Depictions

Goddess Isis is depicted as a woman wearing the solar disk between a pair of horns and a vulture headdress. Some times she is shown wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt sporting a pair of ram’s horns or the feather of Ma’at. Isis was also shown as a woman, not a goddess, with a simple ordinary headdress and with a uraeus on her forehead.

Isis goddess was the sister of Osiris (who was also her husband), Nephthys and Seth, the daughter of Nut and Geb and the mother of Horus the Child

she is referred to as "The Mother of All Goddesses"

Although Isis was called the Mother of Life, she was also known as a death goddess or a

funerary goddess.

Her awesome powers, which included the resurrection of her husband, were recognized in the titles of "The Giver of Life" and "Goddess of Magic". She is known both as a creator and a destroyer.

The Love of Isis and Osiris

Isis and her brother Osiris, were recognized as husband and wife. Isis loved Osiris, but their brother Set (or Seth) was jealous of Osiris, and planned to kill him. Set tricked Osiris and murdered him, and Isis was highly distraught. She found Osiris' body within a great tree, which was used by the Pharaoh in his palace. She brought Osiris back to life, and the two of them conceived Horus.

The god Horus is one of the most famous gods of ancient Egypt.

Horus is the god of the sky, the creator (whose own birth was thought due to the Ogdoad).

Depiction

Horus may have been known in many forms, but he was always depicted as a falcon, or as a falcon-headed man

In almost all variations, Horus was known as the patron saint of the existing pharaoh. In fact, the pharaoh was often referred to as the 'Living Horus'.

Horus is the son of Osiris and Isis. Osiris was slain by his adversary and brother, Seth, prior to the birth of Horus. Later he was believed to have avenged the death of his father. The war that ensued as a result of Horus' attempts to avenge his father lasted for eighty years, with mutual casualties occurring between the two ancient Egyptian gods. In one scenario, Seth even tore an eye from Horus. It is believed that this incident led to Horus' association with his one eyed symbol.

Unlike most Egyptian gods and goddesses who were worshipped at specific cult centers in Egypt, Horus seems to have enjoyed immense popularity throughout the Egyptian nation.

 The god Nun is mostly associated with the forces of chaos

Nun who suggested that Re should send out his 'eye' to destroy mankind and end the world. However, unlike the water serpent Apep (who was the enemy of Ra and a purely destructive force) Nun had a positive aspect. Nun protected Shu and Tefnut from the forces of chaos, as represented by demonic snakes. According to one myth it was Nun who told Nut to transform herself into a solar cow and carry Ra across the sky because he had become old and weary.

Depiction

Nun was depicted as a frog or a frog-headed man; but could also be depicted as a bearded man with blue or green body (reflecting his link with the river Nile and fertility)
Occasionally he appears as a hermaphrodite with pronounced breasts.). In the latter form he can look fairly similar to Hapi, the god of the Nile, and often appears either standing on a solar boat or rising from the waters holding a palm frond (a symbol of long life).

Following the creation, Nun played a role in the destruction of mankind when humans no longer respected and obeyed Re in his old age.

The God Bes god was a foreign god, an import from the land of Nubia

Bes was the god of music and dance, the god of war and slaughter, and a destroying force of nature. He considered as a protector of children..

He was a popular god who was adopted by the middle classes

Depictions

Bes was usually depicted as a dwarf with a large head. He is bearded with his tongue sticking out. He has a flat nose, bushy eyebrows and hair, large projecting ears. Around his body, he wears the skin of an animal and its tail hangs down behind him and touches the ground. He wears on his head a tiara of feathers, suggesting an African origin. Sometimes he is shown in profile, but he is usually seen full face (highly unusual in Egyptian artistic conventions). As a god of music he is sometimes shown playing a harp. As a warrior he wears a short military tunic and holds a shield and a short sword.

Though there are no temples to Bes, and no formal ritual, shrines to him were found in many homes, especially those with children or pregnant women