Egyptian Gods & Goddess html

Osiris Archetype: _________________ God of the earth and vegetation Symbolized the yearly drought and flooding of the Nile. Gave Egypt civilization. Married his sister, Isis Osiris rules Egypt and he leaves Isis in charge when he is gone Set and 72 conspirators kill him by chopping him up into pieces Isis found almost all the pieces and put him back together (making the missing part out of clay) King of the afterlife Usually shown as a bearded, mummified human with green skin and wearing the atef crown. His hands come out from the mummy wrappings and hold the flail and crook.

Isis Archetype: _________________ Isis was the sister/wife of Osiris Shown as a a woman wearing a vulture head-dress and the solar disk between a pair of horns Isis suckles the pharohs May be one of the judges of the dead Has great magical powers Created the cobra and uses the cobra bite to make Ra reveal to her his secret name The purest example of the loving wife and mother

Set Archetype: _________________ God of evil, the desert, storms, and chaos A devil figure Antelopes are sacred to him Hates Osiris (jealous) Kills Osiris and becomes king before he is killed by Horus Part pig and part donkey

Horus Archetype: _________________ Falcon headed The Pharaoh was supposed to be his earthly embodiment. Son of Osiris (after his resurrection) Set is always trying to hurt him Stunted from his waist down In art, he is often shown standing on crocodiles His sons are born from Isis. Each take care of the organs during the mummification process Duamutef (stomach) Imsety (liver) Hapi (lungs) Qebehsenuef (intestines)

Ra / Re / Amen-Ra Archetype: _________________ King of the Gods Sun god Falcon head with a sun on top. Sometimes seen as the creator of men (Egyptians called themselves "the cattle of Ra”) Since heaven and the underworld have water, Ra uses a boat (Madjet (“strong”) while rising and Semektet ("becoming weak") when setting. He often has help from other gods to successfully navigate his boat. He constantly had to fight monsters (Sebau, Nak, and Apep) The phoenix is one of his symbols

Aten Archetype: _____________ The actual disk of the sun His hands are the sun’s rays May be the creator of men

Hapy Archetype: ______________ God of the Nile floods Keeps the land and river fertile He has long hair, large breasts, and a protruding stomach (all symbols of fertility) and also a beard and is blue In some areas, he was worshipped over Ra

Hathor Archetype: _________________ Usually depicted as a cow or as a beautiful woman wearing a horned headdress She is both wife/ daughter of Ra Also married Horus Suckled Horus when he was young and took care of him after Set blinded him Her milk is food of the gods She offers food and drink to the dead Women aspire to be her

Bast Archetype: ____________ Cat-headed Goddess of love, sex, and childbirth Cats are sacred (many cats were mummified in her honor

Neith Archetype: ____________ A mother goddess Invented childbirth Created gods, humans, and animals Warrior goddess Once she spit into the Nile and this spit turned into Apep, a serpent who lives in the underworld and tries to eat Ra each night

Sekhmet Archetype: ___________ Lion headed Wife of Ptah (an early creator god) Breathes fire against her enemies Delivers punishment to the gods

Bes Archetype: ____________ Popular, household god Dwarf Frightens evil spirits away Hangs out with Taweret, a goddess of childbirth (she is scary looking) Roman soldiers wore amulets with his likeness for protection