Egyptian Mythology

Egyptian Mythology


Amen

Amen is an alternative spelling of Ammon.

Ammon

Ammon was an ancient Egyptian god. He was depicted as a human with a ram's head. He was one of the chief gods, and was adopted by the Greeks as Zeus and the Roman's as Jupiter.

Amset

In Egyptian mythology, amset was son of horus; guardian of the south. His canopic jar receives the stomach and large intestines of the dead.

Amun

Amun is an alternative spelling of Ammon.

Ankh

The Ankh was the ancient Egyptian amulet of life. It was usually employed as a pendant for a necklace.

Anniu

Anniu was an ancient Egyptian god.

Anubis

Anubis (Anepo) was an ancient Egyptian god. He was the son of Osiris and Isis. He was depicted as having the head of a jackal. He guided the souls of the dead from this world into the next. He also weighed the actions of the deceased in the presence of Osiris.

Apep

Apep is an evil serpant in ancient Egyptian mythology.

Apis

Apis were bulls symbolic of Osiris in ancient Egyptian culture. When they reached 25 years of age they were secretly killed by the priests and thrown into a sacred well.

Asmodai

In ancient Egyptian mythology Asmodai (Asmodeus) was an evil spirit who killed seven husbands of Sara but was driven away into the uppermost part of Egypt by Tobias. Asmodai is also reprsented as the prince of demons who drove King Solomon from his kingdom.

Athor

Athor (Hathor, Hat-Her) was an Egyptian goddess symbolised by a cow with a solar disk on its head and haw-feather plumes.

Bast

Bast was an ancient Egyptian goddess. The cat was sacred to her.

Bes

Bes was the Egyptian god of recreation, music and dancing. He was represented as a grotesque dwarf wearing a crown of feathers.

Bubastis

In Egyptian mythology, Bubastis was the daughter of Isis. She was represented as having the head of a cat, the animal sacred to her.

Duamutef

In Egyptian mythology, Duamutef was son of Horus and guardian of the East. His canopic jar receives the lungs and heart of the dead.

Hapi

In Egyptian mythology, Hapi was the personification of the Nile. He was son of Horus and guardian of the North. His canopic jar receives the small intestines of the dead.

Harpocrates

Harpocrates was the Egyptian god of silence.

Hathor

see "Hathor"

Hekau

Hekau was a term for the magical formulae used on amulets in ancient Egypt.

Hela

see "Hel"

Heqt

Heqt was the frog-headed goddess of ancient Egypt. She was wife of Khnemu. She represented resurrection and was symbolised by a frog.

Horus

Horus was the Egyptian hawkheaded sun god, son of Isis and Osiris, of whom the pharaohs were declared to be the incarnation.

Isis

Isis was an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with serpants and the colour red.

Khem

In Egyptian mythology, Khem was the god of reproduction and generation. He was identified as Pan by the Greeks.

Khepera

Khepera was the ancient Egyptian god of creation who propelled the sun across the sky.

Khu

Khu was the ancient Egyptian term for the soul.

Memphis

In Egyptian mythology, Memphis was the daughter of Nile. She married Epaphus who founded the city of Memphis and named it after his wife.

Menat

The Menat was an ancient Egyptian amulet employed to bring joy and health to the bearer. It represented the power of reproduction.

Nefer

The Nefer was an ancient Egyptian amulet signifying happiness and good luck. It was made of red stone or red porcelain and was worn from a necklace or a string of beads.

Neith

In Egyptian mythology, Neith was the goddess of the heavens.

Nephthys

Nephthys was an ancient Egyptian goddess. Daughter of Seb and Nut, she married Set.

Nut

In Egyptian mythology, Nut was the sky goddess and mother of Osiris by Seb. She was married to Ra, but also took Thoth for a lover.

Osiris

Osiris was the Egyptian god of goodness. He ruled the underworld after being killed by Set.

Pehrer

Pehrer was an ancient Egyptian god.

Qebhsennuf

Qebhsennuf was the ancient Egyptian god of the West. His cannopic jar receives the liver and the gall-bladder.

Ranno

Ranno was the ancient Egyptian god of gardens. he was represented as an asp.

Sam

The Sam was an ancient Egyptian amulet for sexual pleasure.

Sati

In Egyptian mythology, Sati was the goddess of the lower heavens (the air).

Scarab

The Scarab was an Egyptian amulet associated with Khepera.

Seb

In Egyptian mythology, Seb was the earth god. He was the father of Osiris.

Serapis

In Egyptian mythology, Serapis was another name for Osiris, and was known as the judge of the underworld.

Set

see "Seth"

Seth

In Egyptian mythology, Seth (Set) was the devil and enemy of Osiris.

Shen

The Shen was an ancient Egyptian amulet representing the sun's orbit and symbolising eternity.

Sphinx

The Sphinx is a monster which appears in both Greek and Eyptian mythology. Both sphinx have the body of a lion and the head of a woman. The Greek sphinx has wings, the Egyptian does not. In Greek mythology, the Sphinx posed a riddle to all who seeked to pass. This riddle was at last explained by Edipus, where upon the Sphinx destroyed itself. The Egyptian Sphinx was a goddess of wisdom and knowledge.

Tet

The Tet was an ancient Egyptian amulet representing the tree trunk in which the goddess Isis concealed the body of her dead husband.

Thoth

Thoth was the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom. He was a lover of Nut, and playing draughts with the moon won from her a seventy second part of every day which he compounded into five days which he added to the original Egyptian calendar of 360 days.