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Egyptian Mythology!
Egyptian Mythology and Pharaohs by Tony D.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| God of mummification and the afterlife; has the head of a jackal. | Anubis |
| Goddess of the moon and cats; has the head of a cat as well. | Bast |
| God of the Earth; husband of Nut; one of the first Beings of Creation. | Geb |
| Goddess of the Sky; Wife of Geb; one of the first Beings of Creation | Nut |
| Goddess of fertility and cows; wife of Horus. | Hathor |
| God of the Sun; often had the head of a falcon. Often combined with Amen, as the god Amen-Ra. | Ra |
| God of Wisdom and learning. Often depicted with the head of an ibis. | Thoth |
| God of chaos and deserts. Killed Osiris, his brother. | Set or Seth |
| God of the Sky, Sun, and War. Overcame Set in revenge for his father’s death. Son of Isis and Osiris. Sometimes seen with the head of a falcon. | Horus |
| Green-skinned God of the Underworld and Death, after being killed and torn into 4 pieces by Set. Husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus. | Osiris |
| Goddess of motherhood, crops, simplicity. Instrumental in bringing Osiris back to life. Wife and sister of Osiris; mother of Horus. | Isis |
| Warrior goddess; protector of pharaohs. Has the head of a lioness. | Sekhmet |
| Counterpart of Isis; symbolizes death transition; married to Set. | Nephthys |
| Pharaoh deified into the God of Medicine and Healing. | Imhotep |
| symbol meaning life and rebirth | Ankh |
| sacred beetle symbolizing the sun | Scarab |
| Used as a counter-balance against the heart in the Underworld; represents truth. | Feather |
| Sacred animals in Egypt; said to be avatars of the gods. | Cats |
| symbol representing the sun, after Isis restored Horus’ eye following his fight with Set. | Eye of Horus |
| sacred fire-bird that dies in flames and is reborn; symbol of fire and divinity | Pheonix |
| creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. They enjoy riddles. | Sphinx |
| of the longest-reigning pharaohs; one of even fewer women. | Queen Hatshepsut |
| Famous for escapades with Caesar and Mark Antony. Commited suicide by asp. | Queen Cleopatra |
| promoted the monotheistic Atenism; husband of Nefertiti. | Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) |
| Wife of Akhenaten; step-mother of Tutankhamen. Known for attempts to change polytheistic religion to monotheism. | Nefertiti |
| began rule at 9. Rejected religion of Akhenaten; tomb found intact in the Valley of Kings. | King Tut (Tutankhamen) |
| Led campaigns against Syria, defeated Hittites, and expanded empire. Built monuments in his honor; deified as a god. Attempted to erase the Amarna Period. | Ramses II |
| Builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza. | Khufu |
| A series of Macedonian rulers that succeeded Alexander the Great in Egypt. | Ptolemy |
| first engineer and architect known by name; created or improved papyrus; deified. | Imhotep |
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