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Atum Bast Bes Duamutef Edjo Geb Hadit Hapi Hathor Harpocrates

All The Gods Egyptian

Name	God Of..	Name	God Of..
Amen		Amen-Ra
Amset	protector of the liver	Anubis	preserve all the dead
Anuket	dispenser of cool water	Apis	deity of fertility
Aten	the sun	Atum
Bast		Bes	entertainer of children
Duamutef	protector of the stomach	Edjo
Geb	the earth	Hadit
Hapi	protector of the lungs	Hathor	goddess of the dead
Harpocrates		Heqet
Heru-ra-ha		Horus
Horus of Behedet		Imhotep
Isis		Khepri
Khnum		Khons
Maat		Min
Month		Mut
Nefertum		Neith
Nekhbet		Nephthys
Nut		Osiris
Pharaoh		Ptah
Qebehsenuf		Qetesh
Ra		Ra-Horakhty
Sati		Seker
Sekhmet		Selket
Serapis		Set
Shu		Sobek
Sothis		Tefnut
Thoth		Thoueris

Atum

A primordial creator god, worshipped as the head of the Heliopolitan family of gods. Father of Shu and Tefnut, and in later times believed to be one with the sun god Ra.
See also Ra.

Bast (Bastet)

A cat-goddess, worshiped in the Delta city of Bubastis. A protectress of cats and those who cared for cats. As a result, an important deity in the home (since cats were prized pets) and also important in the iconography (since the serpents which attack the sun god were usually represented in papyri as being killed by cats).
She was viewed as the beneficient side of the lioness-goddess Sekhmet. See also Sekhmet.

Bes

A deity of either African or Semitic origin; came to Egypt by Dynasty XII. Depicted as a bearded, savage-looking yet comical dwarf, shown full-face in images (highly unusual by Egyptian artistic conventions). Revered as a deity of household pleasures such as music, good food, and relaxation. Also a protector and entertainer of children.

Duamutef (Tuamutef; Golden Dawn, Thmoomathph)

One of the Four Sons of Horus, Duamutef was represented as a mummified man with the head of a jackal. He was the protector of the stomach of the deceased, and was protected by the goddess Neith.

Edjo

A serpent goddess of the Delta, a symbol and protrectress of Lower Egypt, the counterpart of Nekhbet in Upper Egypt, worn as part of the king's crown.
See also Nekhbet.

Four Sons of Horus

The four sons of Horus were the protectors of the parts of the body of Osiris, and from this, became the protectors of the body of the deceased. They were: Amset, Hapi, Duamutef, and Qebhsenuef. They were protected in turn by the goddesses Isis, Nephthys, Neith, and Selket. See also Amset, Duamutef, Hapi, Qebehsenuf.

Geb (Seb)

The god of the earth, son of Shu and Tefnut, brother and husband of Nut, and father of Osiris, Set, Isis, and Nephthys. Sacred animal and symbol was the goose. He is generally represented as a man with green or black skin - the color of living things, and the color of the fertile Nile mud, respectively. It was said that Geb would hold imprisoned the souls of the wicked, that they might not ascend to heaven. Note Geb is masculine, contrasting with many other traditions of Earth being female.
See also Nut.

Hadit

See Horus of Behedet.

Hapi (Golden Dawn, Ahephi)

One of the Four Sons of Horus, Hapi was represented as a mummified man with the head of a baboon. He was the protector of the lungs of the deceased, and was protected by the goddess Nephthys.
The name Hapi, spelled with different hieroglyphs, in most but not all cases, is also the name of the god who was the personification of the River Nile, depicted as a corpulent man (fat signifying abundance) with a crown of lilies (Upper Nile) or papyrus plants (Lower Nile).

See also Four Sons of Horus, Nephthys.

Hathor (Het-heru, Het-Hert)

A very old goddess of Egypt, worshiped as a cow-deity from earliest times. The name "Hathor" is the Greek corruption of the variants Het-Hert ("the House Above") and Het-Heru ("the House of Horus"). Both terms refer to her as a sky goddess. She was frequently equated with Isis. She was worshipped at Edfu as the consort of Horus. At Thebes, she was considered the goddess of the dead. She was also the patron of love, dance, alcohol, and foreign lands.
See also Isis.

Harpocrates (Hor-pa-kraat; Golden Dawn, Hoor-par-kraat)

"Horus the Child", the son of Isis and Osiris as a little suckling child, distinguished from Horus the Elder, who was the patron deity of Upper Egypt. Represented as a young boy with a child's sidelock of hair, sucking his finger. The Golden Dawn attributed Silence to him, presumably because the sucking of the finger is suggestive of the common "shhh" gesture. See also Horus.

Rewritten and reformatted from the original "Frequently Asked Questions and Information about Egyptian Mythology", 8 May 1994 revision, by Shawn C. Knight.
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