Ancient Egypt: Gods and Goddesses

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1. Creator and solar deity. Represented as a scarab or dung beetle, or as a beetle-headed man. Khepri Shezmu Huh/Heh Khonsu

2. Sister of Isis, Osiris and Seth. She was usually depicted in human form wearing the hieroglyphs for "lady" and "home" on her head, but could also be represented as a kite. Protector goddess of the dead. Mut Ammit Wadjet Nephthys

3. Divine personification of the earth. God of fertility. Often depicted as a green-skinned man with plants growing out of him. Osiris Geb Seth Atum

4. A creator god. Represented as a man with the head of a ram, or in entirely ram form. His center of worship was situated on the island of Elephantine. He was connected with the annual inundation and the Nile cataracts. Khnum Re Kuk Sekhmet

5. God of wisdom, scribes and writing. Portrayed as a baboon, an ibis or an ibis-headed man. Frequently represented recording important proceedings, such as the "Weighing of the Heart". Tefnut Imhotep Mafdet Thoth

6. A mother goddess, associated with love, beauty, fertility, sexuality, music and dance. Represented entirely anthropomorphically, in the form of a cow, or as a woman with cow's ears. Neith Nephthys Hathor Isis

7. Personification of law, truth and order. Depicted as a woman with an ostrich feather on her head. Taweret Nekhbet Satet/Satis Maat

8. Goddess of the sky. Sister and consort of Geb. Often depicted as a woman covered with stars arching over the earth. Ammit Nut Nun Mut

9. Chief deity of the city of Memphis. God of architects and craftsmen. Also known as a god of creation of the earth. Represented in human, semi-mummified form, wearing a skullcap and holding a scepter. Osiris Sobek Bes Ptah

10. God of war. Represented as a falcon-headed man wearing a crown with the sun disc and double feather plumes. His main center of worship was the city of Thebes. Son of Re. Renenutet Baal Mnevis Montu