This is a list of Egyptian gods and goddesses from Egyptian mythology. The ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods at different times and in different places.[1] Some gods changed in importance over time.
| Name | God of | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ammit | a demon with the head of a crocodile, the torso of a leopard, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus | Also known as Ammit, Ahemait, the "Devourer of the Dead" and Ammit the Devourer. Ammut helps Anubis with carrying out Judgements by eating the heart of those who do not pass the scale test. |
| Amun | A man with the head of a ram, King of the gods | Combined with sun god Ra to become more powerful. |
| Anput | goddess of the seventeenth Nome of Upper Egypt | Mother of Kebechet |
| Anubis | god of dead, embalming, funerals, and mourning ceremonies Jackal god | Son of Seth, Helps Osiris |
| Anuket | goddess of river Nile | |
| Apophis | god of snakes and war and Chaos | He lives in the Duat. Also known as Apep. God of chaos sometimes seen as Apophis the chaos snake |
| Aten | the disk of the sun | Originally an aspect of Ra |
| Babi | god of baboons | |
| Bast / Bastet | cat goddess | known to protect pregnant women and children. She is also involved in celebrations. The protector of Ra, his third eye. |
| Bes | dwarf god | God of Pregnant woman, newborn babies, and family also known to protect from snake and scorpion bites |
| Geb | god of the earth | Husband to Nut |
| Gengen-Wer | goose god | |
| Hapi | god of the Nile | |
| Hathor | goddess of love | "alter ego" of Sehkmet |
| Heket | goddess of frogs | |
| Horus | god of war, sky, and falcons | He is the son of Osiris and Isis |
| Isis | goddess of magic, marriage, healing, and perfection | She is the wife and sister of Osiris and the mother of Horus. |
| Kebechet | goddess of purification | Also known as the wandering goddess, or the lost child |
| Khepri | god of scarab beetles | Ra's aspect in the morning |
| Khnum | ram-headed god | Ra's aspect in the evening |
| Khonsu | god of the moon | |
| Ma'at | goddess of justice,truth and of order | also the daughter of Ra Command for Order |
| Mafdet | god of justice | |
| Menhit | minor lion goddess | Wife of Onuris |
| Nephthys | funerary goddess | Consort of Seth, mother of Anubis |
| Nekhbet | vulture god | Sister of Wadjet |
| Nut | goddess of sky and stars | Wife of Geb |
| Osiris | god of the underworld and the afterlife | Husband and brother of Isis, Brother and mortal enemy to Seth, Father to Horus |
| Ptah | god of creation | |
| Ra | god of the Sun | Ra was king of the gods until Osiris took over his throne. He is also known as Amun-Ra and Akmun-Rah |
| Sekhmet | goddess of lions, fire and vengeance | Alter form of Hathor |
| Serqet | goddess of scorpions | |
| Seshat | goddess of writing and measurement | |
| Seth | god of Evil deserts, storms, | Mortal enemy and brother to Osiris, Husband to Nephthys. He killed his brother Osiris because of jealousy. No one can really describe what he is. He is a human hybrid, half human mixed with an unknown creature. It is sometimes called the set animal |
| Shu | god of wind and air | Consort of Tefnut, father of Geb and Nut Greatgrandfather to Anubis and Horus |
| Sobek | god of crocodiles and alligators | Rows Ra's Sunboat throuht the Duat |
| Tawaret | hippopotamus goddess goddess of childbirth and fertility | |
| Tefnut | lion goddess of water and fertility | Consort of Shu, mother of Geb and Nut |
| Thoth | scribe god, god of wisdom | Also known as Djehuti |
| Wadjet | goddess of protection | Sister of Nekhbet |