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Egyptian Deities
YGK These Egyptian Deities
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The sun god who emerged from the primeval ocean in the form of an egg or flower | Ra (or Re) |
| The four original children of Ra | Geb, Shu, Nut, and Tefnut |
| The collective name for the nine gods worshipped at Heliopolis | Ennead |
| The god of the earth and the goddess of the sky | Geb and Nut |
| The jealous god who murdered Osiris and cut his body into 14 pieces | Set (or Seth) |
| The god of embalming who helped Isis recover and mummify Osiris | Anubis |
| The son of Isis and Osiris who defeated Set to regain the kingship | Horus |
| The three primary components of the Egyptian soul | ba, ka, and akh |
| The object against which the heart of the deceased was weighed in the underworld | Ma’at (ostrich feather) |
| The pharaoh who established a monotheistic religion centered on the sun disk, Aton | Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV) |
| The plumed crown typically worn by Osiris | Atef |
| The serpent demon that Set and Ra fought each day to maintain harmony | Apep (or Apopis) |
| The Greek goddess often equated with Isis | Demeter |
| The god who helped Horus regain his eye during the battle with Set | Thoth |
| The two faces or forms of Horus | Falcon and Harpocrates (child) |
| The local god of Thebes who was later linked with Ra | Amon |
| The wife and son of Amon | Mut and Khon |
| The ibis-headed supreme scribe of the gods and creator of the calendar | Thoth |
| The principal god of Memphis who created the world through act of will | Ptah |
| The cat-headed wife of Ptah | Sekhmet |
| The animal head typically associated with Anubis | Jackal |
| The daughter of Ra who personified truth, justice, and cosmic order | Ma’at |
| The patron of women and daughter of Ra often depicted with the head of a cow | Hathor |
| The Greek and Roman goddesses with whom Hathor was equated | Aphrodite and Venus |
| The goddess known as the “lady of the castle” and guardian of tombs | Nephthys |
| The husband whom Nephthys sided against during his conflict with Osiris | Set |
| The relationship between Nephthys and Osiris that caused conflict with Isis | Mistress (or lover) |
| The action Nephthys took for Set that mirrored Isis’s actions for Osiris | Collecting his body parts to bring him back to life |
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