Horus
Son of Osiris and Isis
Represented as a falcon
God of the pharaohs
Isis
Wife and sister of Osiris
Horus' mom
Had magical powers
Protector of children
Osiris
Husband and brother of Isis
God of agriculture and ruler of the dead
Wearing White Crown of Egypt and holding flail and crook
Nephthys
Sister of Isis
Protector goddess of women
Friend of the dead
Hathor
Goddess of love, birth, and joy
Associated with the sky
Held the sun between her horns
Ptah
Egyptian national god
Patron of artists and craftsmen
Originally a creator god
Bastet
Goddess of joy and love
Represented as a woman with a cat's head
Anubis
Very ancient god of the dead
Supervised the embalming, performed the "opening of the mouth" ceremony, and guided the dead to the underworld
Weighed souls to determine their fate in the afterlife
Ra
Sun god
Believed that he sailed his boat across the heavens, appearing in the morning as a teenager, at midday as a man, and in the evening as an old man
Considered king of the gods
Amon-Ra
With the shift to Thebes in the south during the New Kingdom, Theban priests combined with local gods.
Amon (creator god) + Ra (sun god) = Amon-Ra
Throughout the land, this god would be worshipped as chief god.
Aten/Aton
Sun god of Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV)
Worship of Aton as only god was a state religion until shortly after Akenaton's death
Thoth
God of writing and wisdom
At the judgment of the dead, he wrote down all the actions of the dead man.
Here seen with a head of an ibus.