Egyptian Mythology


Amen
Amen is an alternative spelling of
Ammon.

Ammon
Ammon was an ancient
Egyptian god. He was depicted as a human with a ram's head. He was one of the chief gods, and was adopted by the Greeks as Zeus and the Roman's as Jupiter.

Amset
In
Egyptian mythology, amset was son of horus; guardian of the south. His canopic jar receives the stomach and large intestines of the dead.

Amun
Amun is an alternative spelling of
Ammon.

Ankh
The Ankh was the ancient
Egyptian amulet of life. It was usually employed as a pendant for a necklace.

Anniu
Anniu was an ancient
Egyptian god.

Anubis
Anubis (Anepo) was an ancient
Egyptian god. He was the son of Osiris and Isis. He was depicted as having the head of a jackal. He guided the souls of the dead from this world into the next. He also weighed the actions of the deceased in the presence of Osiris.

Apep
Apep is an evil serpant in ancient
Egyptian mythology.

Apis
Apis were bulls symbolic of
Osiris in ancient Egyptian culture. When they reached 25 years of age they were secretly killed by the priests and thrown into a sacred well.

Asmodai
In ancient
Egyptian mythology Asmodai (Asmodeus) was an evil spirit who killed seven husbands of Sara but was driven away into the uppermost part of Egypt by Tobias. Asmodai is also reprsented as the prince of demons who drove King Solomon from his kingdom.

Athor
Athor (
Hathor, Hat-Her) was an Egyptian goddess symbolised by a cow with a solar disk on its head and haw-feather plumes.

Bast
Bast was an ancient
Egyptian goddess. The cat was sacred to her.

Bes
Bes was the
Egyptian god of recreation, music and dancing. He was represented as a grotesque dwarf wearing a crown of feathers.

Bubastis
In
Egyptian mythology, Bubastis was the daughter of Isis. She was represented as having the head of a cat, the animal sacred to her.

Duamutef
In
Egyptian mythology, Duamutef was son of Horus and guardian of the East. His canopic jar receives the lungs and heart of the dead.

Hapi
In
Egyptian mythology, Hapi was the personification of the Nile. He was son of Horus and guardian of the North. His canopic jar receives the small intestines of the dead.

Harpocrates
Harpocrates was the
Egyptian god of silence.

Hathor
see "
Hathor"

Hekau
Hekau was a term for the magical formulae used on amulets in ancient
Egypt.

Hela
see "
Hel"

Heqt
Heqt was the frog-headed goddess of ancient
Egypt. She was wife of Khnemu. She represented resurrection and was symbolised by a frog.

Horus
Horus was the
Egyptian hawkheaded sun god, son of Isis and Osiris, of whom the pharaohs were declared to be the incarnation.

Isis
Isis was an ancient
Egyptian goddess associated with serpants and the colour red.

Khem
In
Egyptian mythology, Khem was the god of reproduction and generation. He was identified as Pan by the Greeks.

Khepera
Khepera was the ancient
Egyptian god of creation who propelled the sun
across the sky.

Khu
Khu was the ancient
Egyptian term for the soul.

Memphis
In
Egyptian mythology, Memphis was the daughter of Nile. She married Epaphus who founded the city of Memphis and named it after his wife.

Menat
The Menat was an ancient
Egyptian amulet employed to bring joy and health to the bearer. It represented the power of reproduction.

Nefer
The Nefer was an ancient
Egyptian amulet signifying happiness and good luck. It was made of red stone or red porcelain and was worn from a necklace or a string of beads.

Neith
In
Egyptian mythology, Neith was the goddess of the heavens.

Nephthys
Nephthys was an ancient
Egyptian goddess. Daughter of Seb and Nut, she married Set.

Nut
In
Egyptian mythology, Nut was the sky goddess and mother of Osiris by Seb. She was married to Ra, but also took Thoth for a lover.

Osiris
Osiris was the
Egyptian god of goodness. He ruled the underworld after being killed by Set.

Pehrer
Pehrer was an ancient
Egyptian god.

Qebhsennuf
Qebhsennuf was the ancient
Egyptian god of the West. His cannopic jar receives the liver and the gall-bladder.

Ranno
Ranno was the ancient
Egyptian god of gardens. he was represented as an asp.

Sam
The Sam was an ancient
Egyptian amulet for sexual pleasure.

Sati
In
Egyptian mythology, Sati was the goddess of the lower heavens (the air).

Scarab
The Scarab was an
Egyptian amulet associated with Khepera.

Seb
In
Egyptian mythology, Seb was the earth god. He was the father of Osiris.

Serapis
In
Egyptian mythology, Serapis was another name for Osiris, and was known as the judge of the underworld.

Set
see "
Seth"

Seth
In
Egyptian mythology, Seth (Set) was the devil and enemy of Osiris.

Shen
The Shen was an ancient
Egyptian amulet representing the sun's orbit and symbolising eternity.

Sphinx
The Sphinx is a monster which appears in both
Greek and Eyptian mythology. Both sphinx have the body of a lion and the head of a woman. The Greek sphinx has wings, the Egyptian does not. In Greek mythology, the Sphinx posed a riddle to all who seeked to pass. This riddle was at last explained by Edipus, where upon the Sphinx destroyed itself. The Egyptian Sphinx was a goddess of wisdom and knowledge.

Tet
The Tet was an ancient
Egyptian amulet representing the tree trunk in which the goddess Isis concealed the body of her dead husband.

Thoth
Thoth was the ancient
Egyptian god of wisdom. He was a lover of Nut, and playing draughts with the moon won from her a seventy second part of every day which he compounded into five days which he added to the original Egyptian calendar of 360 days.