Gods and Goddesses

Aker - appears as two lions, back to back; or a track to land - represents the earth/ east and west horizons

AMUN - a man with a double plumed headdress or a ram- centered in Thebes- he is the King of Gods

ANUBIS - jackal or jackal-headed - the god of cemeteries and embalming

Apis- a scared living bull- centered in Memphis- the earthly manifestation of Ptah, only one is alive at a time and after they died they were embalmed

Apophis- snake- represents chaos in the underworld, he is the enemy of the sun god, shown in tomb painting and the book od the dead

ATEN- Sun disc- Akhataten- Solar, he was declared the only god in Akhanaten's religious revolt against the traditional state religion

ATUM- man with Nemes (royal) headdress or double crown- Heliopolis- represents 'totality', the creator

Baal- man with pointed beard and horned helmet, holding a cedar tree, club or spear- Syrian origin- god of storms, the sky

*Duamutef- Jackal-headed- One of the canaopic jar tops, stomach and upper intestines; east

GEB- Man, with goose on head or Red Crown- Heliopolis- Earth, fertility, one of the four elemental dieties,

Hapy- man, usually blue, with aqutic plants headdress- Aswan- Nile inundation

*Hapi- Baboon-headed- One of the canpoic jar tops, lungs, north

Herishef- long-horned ram with Atef-crown and sun disc headdress- Herakleopolis- primeval force, creator, solar

HORUS- Falcon or falcon-headed- Edfu; Hierakonpolis- Sky, kingship, son of Osiris and Isis

Huh/Heh- frog-headed; man holding notched palm-rib- Hermopolis Magna- primeval formlessness, flood force, infinity

IMHOTEP- seated man with skull cap- Memphis; Thebes- wisdom, medicine. Imhotep was once the vizier of King Djoser in the old kingdom, he was the architect of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara and was later diefied

*Imsety- Human-headed- One of the Canopic jar tops, liver, south

KHEPRI- scarab beetle or a man with scarab beetle for a head- creator, Solar, the scarab was the most popular amulet in ancient egypt

KHNUM- ram or ram-headed- Elephantine, Esna- creator, potter; cataract; fertile soil

KHONSU- child with a headdress of full and cresent moon- Thebes- Moon

Montu- falcon or falcon-headed, with sun disc and double-plummed headdress- Thebes- War

Nefertem- man with louts headdress; lion headed- Memphis; Buto- Primeval lotus blossom

NUN- Man; holding a solar barque above head- Heilopolis; Hermopolis- Primordial waters, darkness and chaos

OSIRIS- Mumifies man with Atef (white) crown, holdign a crook and flail- Abydos; Busiris- Death; afterlife; rebirth; fertility; agriculture. Osiris is one of the most famous gods and as the ruler of the underworld, one of the more important in the passage of the dead into the underworld

PTAH- Semi-mumified man with skull cap and was-djed-ankh scepter- Memphis- Creator, craftsman

*Qebehsenuef- Falcon-headed- one of the canopic jar tops, lower intestince, west

RE/RA- Ram or Falcon-headed with sun disc and cobra headdress- Heiolopolis- Creator; solar, later combined with Amun to form Amun-Ra

SETH/SET- 'seth-animal' (unidentified animal)- Ombos Naqada- Chaos, infertility, desert, storms, brother and murderer of Osiris so he could become king, was later defeated by Horus, but managed to wound his eye

Shezmu- Man- Faiyum- underworld demon; wine and unguent-oil presses

SHU- man with feather on head, lion-headed- Heliopolis; Leontopolis- Air; 'Eye of Re'

THOTH/DJEHUTY- baboon; ibis or ibis-headed- Hermopolis Magna- Moon; knowledge; scribes

Wepwawet- Jackal or jackal-headed- Assiut- "Opener of the Ways"