USER:BETHY17 EGYPTIANS DEITIES

Anubis
Anubis
	The Egyptian god Anubis (a modern rendition inspired by New Kingdom tomb paintings)
Name in hieroglyphs
Major cult center	Lycopolis, Cynopolis
Symbol	the fetish, the flail
Parents	Nepthys and Set or Osiris (Middle and New kingdom), or Ra only (Old kingdom).
Consort	Anput
Offspring	Kebechet

Anhur
Anhur
	Anhur was depicted wearing a headdress of two or four tall feathers.
Genealogy
Parents	Ra
Siblings	Tefnut
Consort	Mehit

Amun
Amun
	Typical depiction of Amun during the New Kingdom, with two plumes on his head, the ankh symbol and the was sceptre.
Name in hieroglyphs
Major cult center	Thebes
Symbol	two vertical plumes, the ram-headed Sphinx (Criosphinx)
Consort	Amunet; Wosret; Mut
Offspring	Khonsu
Equivalents
Greek equivalent	Zeus

List of Egyptian deities

Atum

Atum, finisher of the world

Name in hieroglyphs

Major cult center

Heliopolis

Genealogy

Consort

Iusaaset or Nebethetepet

Children

Shu and Tefnut

Geb

Name in hieroglyphs

Symbol

Geese, Snakes, Bulls, Barley

Genealogy

Parents

Shu and Tefnut

Siblings

Nut

Consort

Nut

Offspring

Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys, and sometimes Horus.

Horus
Horus was often the ancient Egyptians' national tutelary deity. He was usually depicted as a falcon-headed man wearing the pschent, or a red and white crown, as a symbol of kingship over the entire kingdom of Egypt.
Major cult center	Nekhen, Edfu
Symbol	Eye of Horus
Genealogy
Parents	Osiris and Isis
Siblings	Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys (as Horus the Elder), Anubis (as Horus the Younger)
Consort	Serket (as Horus the Elder), Hathor (in one version)
Offspring	Imset, Hapi, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef (as Haroeris), Ihy

Khnum

God of the source of the Nile river

the Egyptian god Khnum was usually depicted with the head of a ram.

Name in hieroglyphs

Major cult center

Elephantine

Symbol

the potter's wheel

Consort

Heqet, Satet, Mehet-Weret, Menhit, Nebtu, Neith

Offspring

Heka and sometimes Ra

Khonsu

Khonsu in human form

Name in hieroglyphs

Major cult center

Thebes

Symbol

the moon disk, the sidelock, falcon, crook and flail, was-scepter

Genealogy

Parents

Amun/ Ra and Mut/ Hathor

Siblings

Maat, Apis, Tefnut, Sekhmet, Bast, Shu

Consort

Bast

Khonsu

Khonsu as falcon

Name in hieroglyphs

Major cult center

Thebes

Symbol

the moon disk, the sidelock, falcon, crook and flail, was-scepter

Genealogy

Parents

Amun/ Ra and Mut/ Hathor

Siblings

Maat, Apis, Tefnut, Sekhmet, Bast, Shu

Consort

Bast

Montu, Monthu, Mentu or Menthu

Name in hieroglyphs

Major cult center

Hermonthis, Thebes, Medamud, El-Tod

Symbol

Sun disk, feathers, weapons

Consort

Raet-Tawy, Tjenenyet, Iunit

Nefertem

the Memphite god Nefertem with a water-lily headdress as a symbol of fragrance and beauty.

Name in hieroglyphs

Major cult center

Memphis

Symbol

the water-lily

Parents

Ptah and Sekhmet or Bast

Osiris

Osiris, lord of the dead, the underworld and rebirth. He had green skin because he ruled the dead, who "lived" on in the underworld.

Name in hieroglyphs

Major cult center

Abydos

Symbol

Crook and flail, Atef crown, ostrich feathers, fish, mummy gauze

Genealogy

Parents

Geb and Nut

Siblings

Isis, Set, Nephthys, Horus the Elder

Consort

Isis

Offspring

Horus, Anubis (in some accounts)

Ptah

Ptah, in the form of a mummified man, standing on the symbol for Ma'at, holding a scepter or staff that bears the combined ankh-djed-was symbols

Name in hieroglyphs

Major cult center

Memphis

Symbol

the djed pillar, the bull

Parents

none (self-created or un-created)

Consort

Sekhmet and Bast

Offspring

Nefertem, Maahes

Ra / Re

In one of his many forms, Ra, god of the sun, has the head of a falcon and the sun-disk inside a cobra resting on his head.

Name in hieroglyphs

or

Major cult center

Heliopolis

Symbol

Sun disk

Genealogy

Parents

None (self-created), alternatively Neith (in some accounts) or Ptah (in others)

Siblings

Apep, Sobek and sometimes Serket

Consort

Hathor, Sekhmet, Bastet and sometimes Satet

Offspring

Shu, Tefnut, Hathor, Sekhmet, Bastet, Satet, Ma'at and sometimes Serket

Set

Major cult center	Ombos
Symbol	Was-sceptre, Set animal
Genealogy
Parents	Geb, Nut
Siblings	Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, Horus the Elder
Consort	Nephthys, Anat, Astarte, Tawaret
Offspring	Anubis

Shu

The ancient Egyptian god Shu is represented as a human with feathers on his head, as he is associated with light and air. This feather serves as the hieroglyphic sign for his name. Shu could also be represented as a lion, or with a more elaborate feathered headdress.

Name in hieroglyphs

Major cult center

Heliopolis, Leontopolis

Symbol

the ostrich feather

Genealogy

Parents

Ra or Atum and Iusaaset

Siblings

Tefnut
Hathor
Sekhmet
Bastet

Consort

Tefnut

Offspring

Nut and Geb

Sobek

Name in hieroglyphs

or

Major cult center

Crocodilopolis, Faiyum, Kom Ombo

Symbol

crocodile

Parents

Set/ Khnum and Neith

Consort

Renenutet or Meskhenet

ḏḥwty Thoth
Thoth, in one of his forms as an ibis-headed man
Major cult center	Hermopolis
Symbol	Ibis, moon disk, papyrus scroll, reed pens, writing palette, stylus, baboon, scales
Parents	None (self-created); alternatively Neith or Ra or Horus and Hathor
Consort	Seshat, Ma'at, Nehemtawy
Offspring	Seshat in some accounts