List of Egyptian deities

• Aker – A god of the earth and the horizon
• Amun – A creator god, patron deity of the city of Thebes, and the preeminent deity in Egypt during the New Kingdom
• Anhur – A god of war and hunting
• Aten – Sun disk deity who became the focus of the monolatrous or monotheistic Atenist belief system in the reign of Akhenaten
• Atum – A creator god and solar deity, first god of the Ennead
• Bennu – A solar and creator deity, depicted as a heron
• Geb – An earth god and member of the Ennead
• Hapi – Personification of the Nile flood
• Horus – A major god, usually shown as a falcon or as a human child, linked with the sky, the sun, kingship, protection, and healing. Often said to be the son of Osiris and Isis.
• Khepri – A solar creator god, often treated as the morning form of Ra and represented by a scarab beetle
• Khnum – A ram god, the patron deity of Elephantine, who was said to control the Nile flood and give life to gods and humans
• Khonsu – A moon god, son of Amun and Mut
• Maahes – A lion god, son of Bastet
• Montu – A god of war and the sun, worshipped at Thebes
• Nefertum – God of the lotus blossom from which the sun god rose at the beginning of time. Son of Ptah and Sekhmet.
• Nemty – Falcon god, worshipped in Middle Egypt, who appears in myth as a ferryman for greater gods
• Neper – A god of grain
• Osiris – god of death and resurrection who rules the underworld and enlivens vegetation, the sun god, and deceased souls
• Ptah – A creator deity and god of craftsmen, the patron god of Memphis
• Ra – The sun god
• Set – An ambivalent god, characterized by violence, chaos, and strength, connected with the desert. Mythological murderer of Osiris and enemy of Horus, but also a supporter of the king.
• Shu – Embodiment of wind or air, a member of the Ennead
• Sobek – Crocodile god, worshipped in the Faiyum and at Kom Ombo
• Sopdu – A god of the sky and of Egypt's eastern border regions
• Thoth – A moon god, and a god of writing and scribes, and patron deity of Hermopolis
• Wadj-wer – Personification of the Mediterranean sea or lakes of the Nile Delta

• Amunet – Female counterpart of Amun and a member of the Ogdoad
• Anuket – A goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions, particularly the lower cataracts of the Nile
• Bastet – Goddess represented as a cat or lioness, patroness of the city of Bubastis, linked with protection from evil
• Bat – Cow goddess from early in Egyptian history, eventually absorbed by Hathor
• Hathor – One of the most important goddesses, linked with the sky, the sun, sexuality and motherhood, music and dance, foreign lands and goods, and the afterlife. One of many forms of the Eye of Ra.
• Heqet – Frog goddess said to protect women in childbirth
• Hesat – A maternal cow goddess
• Imentet – An afterlife goddess closely linked with Isis and Hathor
• Isis – Wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, linked with funerary rites, motherhood, protection, and magic. She became a major deity in Greek and Roman religion.
• Maat – Goddess who personified truth, justice, and order
• Menhit – A lioness goddess
• Mut – Consort of Amun, worshipped at Thebes
• Neith – A creator and hunter goddess, patron of the city of Sais in Lower Egypt
• Nekhbet – A vulture goddess, the tutelary deity of Upper Egypt
• Nephthys – A member of the Ennead, the consort of Set, who mourned Osiris alongside Isis
• Nepit – A goddess of grain, female counterpart of Neper
• Nut – A sky goddess, a member of the Ennead
• Pakhet – A lioness goddess mainly worshipped in the area around Beni Hasan
• Renenutet – An agricultural goddess
• Satet – A goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions
• Sekhmet – A lioness goddess, both destructive and violent and capable of warding off disease, protector of the pharaohs who led them in war, the consort of Ptah and one of many forms of the Eye of Ra.
• Tefnut – Goddess of moisture and a member of the Ennead
• Wadjet – A cobra goddess, the tutelary deity of Lower Egypt
• Wosret – A goddess of Thebes

• Anubis/Anput – The god/goddess of embalming and protector of the dead
• Heh – Personification of infinity and a member of the Ogdoad
• Kek – The god of Chaos and Darkness, as well as being the concept of primordial darkness. Kek's female form is known as Kauket.
• Nu – Personification of the formless, watery disorder from which the world emerged at creation and a member of the Ogdoad
• Ra – The foremost Egyptian sun god, involved in creation and the afterlife. Mythological ruler of the gods, father of every Egyptian king, and the patron god of Heliopolis.
• Tatenen – Personification of the first mound of earth to emerge from chaos in ancient Egyptian creation myths

• Aani - A protector ape headed god
• Aati - One of the 42 judges of the souls of the dead
• Abu - A god of light
• Am-heh - A dangerous underworld god
• Amenhotep I - The second king of the eighteenth dynasty, deified
• Amenhotep son of Hapu - A scribe and architect in the court of Amenhotep III, later deified for his wisdom
• Amu-Aa - A god who accompanies Osiris during the second hour of the night
• An-a-f - One of the 42 judges of the souls of the dead
• An-hetep-f - One of the 42 judges of the souls of the dead
• An-mut-f
• An-tcher-f
• Andjety - A god of the ninth nome of Upper Egypt
• Ȧnḥert - A bearded sky god
• Ani - A god of festivals
• Anti - A hawk god of Upper Egypt
• Apedemak - A warlike lion god from Nubia who appears in some Egyptian-built temples in Lower Nubia
• Apep - A serpent deity who personified malevolent chaos and was said to fight Ra in the underworld every night
• Āpesh - A turtle god
• Apis - A live bull worshipped as a god at Memphis and seen as a manifestation of Ptah
• Arensnuphis - A Nubian deity who appears in Egyptian temples in Lower Nubia in the Greco-Roman era
• Asclepius - A Greek god worshipped in Egypt at Saqqara
• Ash - A god of the Libyan Desert and oases west of Egypt
• Astennu - A baboon god associated with Thoth.
• Ba - A god of fertility
• Ba-Ra
• Baal - Sky and storm god from Syria and Canaan, worshipped in Egypt during the New Kingdom
• Babi - A baboon god characterized by sexuality and aggression
• Banebdjedet - A ram god, patron of the city of Mendes
• Ba-Pef - A little-known underworld deity
• Bes - Apotropaic god, represented as a dwarf, particularly important in protecting children and women in childbirth
• Buchis - A live bull god worshipped in the region around Thebes and a manifestation of Montu
• Dedun - A Nubian god, said to provide the Egyptians with incense and other resources that came from Nubia
• Denwen - A serpent and dragon god
• Djebuty - Tutelary god of Djeba
• Djefa - God of abundance
• Dionysus-Osiris - A life-death-rebirth god.
• Dua - God of toiletry and sanitation
• Fa - A god of destiny
• Fetket - A butler of Ra
• Gengen Wer - A celestial goose god who guarded the celestial egg containing the life force
• Ha - A god of the Libyan Desert and oases west of Egypt
• Ḥapy - A son of Horus
• Hapy-Wet - God of the Nile in heaven
• Hardedef - Son of King Khufu who was deified after death because he wrote a book considered to be the work of a god
• Harmachis - Sphinx god
• Harsomtus - A child god of Edfu
• Haurun - A protector and healing god, originally a Canaanite god
• Heka - Personification of magic
• Heneb - A god of grain
• Henkhisesui - God of the east wind
• Heru-Khu - A god in the fifth division of Tuat
• Hery-sha-duat - Underworld god in charge of the fields of Tuat
• Heryshaf - Ram god worshipped at Herakleopolis Magna
• Horon - originally a Canaanite god
• Hu - Personification of the authority of the spoken word
• Iah - A moon god
• Ihy - A child deity born to Horus and Hathor, representing the music and joy produced by the sistrum
• Ihu - God of the sistrum
• Imhotep - Architect and vizier to Djoser, eventually deified as a healer god
• Joh - A moon god
• Jupiter-Amun - A Roman influenced god worshipped at the Siwa Oasis in Egypt
• Kagemni - A vizier to Sneferu who wrote the Instructions of Kagemni, later deified
• Khenmu - A ram headed god who formed humans from clay
• Khenti-Amenti
• Khenti-qerer
• Khesfu - A god who carries a spear in the tenth division of Tuat
• Khentamentiu - A necropolis deity
• Khentekhtai - Crocodile god worshipped at Athribis
• Kherty - A netherworld god, usually depicted as a ram
• Kneph - A ram creator god
• Mahes - A punishing god
• Mandulis - A Lower Nubian solar deity who appeared in some Egyptian temples
• Mehen - A serpent god who protects the barque of Ra as it travels through the underworld
• Mestȧ - A son of Horus
• Mihos - A son of Bastet
• Min - A god of virility, as well as the cities of Akhmim and Qift and the Eastern Desert beyond them
• Mnevis - A live bull god worshipped at Heliopolis as a manifestation of Ra
• Nefer Hor - A son of Thoth
• Neferhotep - Son of Hathor
• Nefertum - God of perfume who was an aspect of Atum, but later became a separate deity
• Nehebu-Kau - A protective serpent god
• Nūn - God of the primeval waters
• Panebtawy - A child god, son of Horus the Elder
• Petbe - God of revenge
• Peteese - Brother of Pihor who drowned in the Nile, later deified
• Pihor - Brother of Peteese who drowned in the Nile, later deified
• Ptah-hotep - Writer of a Wisdom Text, later deified
• Qebeḥsenuf - A son of Horus
• Qebui - God of the north winds
• Ra-ateni
• Rā-Ḥerakhty - A beautiful god
• Reshep - A Syrian war god adopted into Egyptian religion in the New Kingdom
• Reshpu - A bearded god wearing a crown resembling the crown of Upper Egypt
• Sah - Personification of the constellation Orion
• Sebeg - Personification of the planet Mercury
• Sebiumeker - Guardian god of procreation and fertility, he was a major god in Meroe, Kush
• Sed - A jackal deity who protected kingship
• Seker - God of the Memphite Necropolis and of the afterlife in general
• Sekhemus - God of the fourth hour of Tuat
• Sepa - A centipede god who protected people from snake bites
• Sepes - A god who lived in a tree
• Sepṭu - A bearded plume wearing god
• Serapis - A Greco-Egyptian god from the Ptolemaic Period who fused traits of Osiris and Apis with those of several Greek gods. Husband of Isis who, like her, was adopted into Greek and Roman religion outside Egypt.
• Seta-Ta - A mummified god in the fourth division of Tuat
• Setcheh - A serpent demon
• Setem - A god of healing
• Shed - A god believed to save people from danger and misfortune
• Shehbui - God of the south wind
• Shezmu - A god of wine and oil presses who also slaughters condemned souls
• Sia - Personification of perception
• Sopd - God of the eastern delta
• Sothis - Personification of the star Sirius, mother of Sopdu
• Ṭuamutef - A son of Horus
• Tutu - An apotropaic god from the Greco-Roman era
• Uneg/Weneg - A plant god and son of Ra who maintains cosmic order
• Wenenu - A protector god
• Wepwawet - A jackal god, the patron deity of Asyut, connected with warfare and the afterlife
• Yah - A moon god
• Yam - A Syrian god of the sea who appears in some Egyptian texts

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