#Ihy Son of Horus

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The Temple of Dendera Egypt

Pondering the Ceiling at Dendera Temple Yesterday I visited Dendera – the Temple of Hathor, a one-hour drive from Luxor. Dendera lies along the Nile River near the small Egyptian town of Dendera. The temple was “inhabited in prehistory as an oasis on the west bank of the Nile, south of Qena”. The complex was less crowded than the tours I’ve taken in Luxor. Aerial View Dendera Temple – Viator It’s…

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Egyptian gods: Hathor

Bastet might be a very famous Egyptian goddess today, but in Ancient Egypt she was definitively not as popular as the great goddess Hathor. This goddess was so famous, so popular and so beloved that, with time, she fused with many other goddesses – for example, she shares numerous attributes and domains with her “sister” Bastet, and she also ended up absorbing inside her the figure of Wadjet. I explained before how Isis took several attributes of Hathor, but in return Hathor also took the place of Isis in many ways. In fact, during the New Kingdom, the two “universal goddesses” were depicted in identical ways, and they could only be differentiated if their name was written alongside their portrait! Finally, Hathor was considered by many to be the “appeased” side of Sekhmet, instead of Bastet. In this alternate version of the Sekhmet myth, Hathor-Sekhmet originally came from Nubia, and after the almost-genocide of humanity and the “let’s get her drunk” episode, Ra decided that Hathor would live in Egypt rather than Nubia, ordering Shu and Thoth to bring Hathor to the country and help her settle down in her sanctuary of Dendera.

Hathor is the goddess of love, dance, music, sexuality and beauty. She was the cow-goddess who appeared sometimes as a woman with cow horns (and between said horns, a solar disk), other times as a cow covered in stars, and other times as a cow-headed woman. Her celebrations were all done in frenetic dancing, incessant music and joyful laughter: her iconic musical instrument was the sistrum, that often had in its handle the carving of a woman’s face with cow ears in her honor – it was believed that through its sounds, she could keep away wicked genies. Hathor was for a good portion of Ancient Egypt’s history the wife of Horus, and thus queen of the heavens and the gods alongside him – who had one son, to complete their triad, Ihy the god of music. Every year, Egyptians celebrated a religious holiday to commemorate the “beautiful meeting” or “beautiful encounter” – the wedding of Hathor and Horus, which ensured the fertility of the land. During this celebration people sang and danced to celebrate the beauty and joyfulness of Hathor, and she was offered a LOT of alcohol – as with Bastet, that I described before, a prominent element of the cult of Hathor was to keep her drunk so that Sekhmet would not wake up. However, what is truly interesting with Hathor’s relationship to Horus is that in the beginning of the Egyptian religion, in the oldest Egyptian myths, she wasn’t at all his wife… she was his mother. This is why her name actually means “House of Horus” – it was only later that Isis took her place as Horus’ mother, and she went down one level in the family tree, becoming his wife.

Nicknamed “The Golden One”, Hathor was a goddess of fertility, of life and of motherhood. She protected women and weddings, and she was the one girls prayed to in order to find a husband. She helped women by easing the pains of the labor, and she protected the newborns by banishing away the evil spirts that could threaten them. A very common motif in Hathor’s depictions is the “seven Hathors” – Hathor was said to have seven daughters, who all looked like her and shared her name, and their role was to be present at every human’s birth, and around the baby’s cradle tell those present what they knew about the fate and destiny of the newborn. Yep, exactly like fairy godmothers in fairytales! Hathor was also a nursing figure – as a motherhood deity and a cow-goddess, Hathor was considered to be the nurse of the pharaohs themselves, not only being depicted shielding them from above with her cow body, but also letting them drink her milk to feed them her divine power.

Hathor had a secondary role to play during the endless fights between Horus and Seth. At first, during the endless trials and debates concerning Horus’s right to the throne: when some of the gods became tired of Ra’s constant siding with Seth and his dragging of the trial, a deity named Baba insulted the sun-god by claiming his sanctuaries were empty, nobody worshiped him anymore and mankind had forgotten about him. Ra left the court and the company of gods, and isolated himself to sulk. Since without Ra nothing could be going on anymore, Hathor decided to give him back his good disposition and make him return among his peers – she went to him, and suddenly lifted up her dress, showing him her genital organs. This sudden display of exhibitionism made Ra laugh out loud, and this brought back joy in his heart, convincing him to forget the insult and return to the divine court. Later, when Seth removed the eyes of Horus as a punishment for him beheading his own mother Isis, it was Hathor that healed his wound and eased his suffering, by using either gazelle’s milk, or her own cow-milk.

The reason why Hathor is sometimes depicted as a cow covered in stars is because she became a sky goddess, and thus fused with Nut, the feminine embodiment of the sky who was also said to transform into a cow from time to time. Her star-covered belly became the sky through which Ra, the Sun itself, travelled during the day, making her somehow the “creator goddess” of the world, since she literally “gave birth” to the Sun every day. Her role as a sky deity also played in her function as the “House of Horus”, since Horus was a heavenly and solar deity – so his house/wife/mother would of course be the sky in which the sun resided. Hathor was thought to be the guardian of the four cardinal directions (East, West, North, South), and when depicted as the “celestial cow”, her four hooves were placed in these four directions. This role as a “cardinal goddess” resulted in her being depicted many times as a four-part goddess, with each cardinal direction having a different “animal” or “avatar” of the goddess: the lioness-Hathor that embodied the Eye of Ra destroying the enemies of the sun (a la Sekhmet), the cow-Hathor that embodied love and rebirth, the cat-Hathor that protected homes and was the royal nurse breast-feeding baby pharaohs (a la Bastet), and the cobra-Hathor who personified beauty and youth. Later in her cult, she received a role that was until now given to the goddess Tefnut – the role of the mistress of far-away country, of the goddess of foreign lands. She was thought to be the patron of the Land of Put, of Byblos, of the Sinai… This notably tied in her title of “Lady of the Turquoises”, since she was thought to protect the miners that dug the turquoise stone out of the Sinai.

Hathor’s final role in Egyptian mythology is, without a doubt, a funeral one. This aspect of her appeared on the left rive of the Nile, between Thebes and Memphis: she became the patron of the Mountain of the Dead. Hathor was thought to stand on top of this mountain, at the frontier between the world of the living and the world of the dead, to welcome with care and compassion all the newly deceased before they entered the Underworld. It was only upon her orders that the stone of the mountain would open up, so that the deceased could begin their travels – all the while being escorted by Hathor, that fed and encouraged them all the way to the court of the dead. A dead that knew the proper prayers and incantations to convince Hathor to carry them on her cow-back would be protected from all the dangers of the Underworld. This is why she, as the “Queen of the West”, often had statues of her in the various necropolises, so as to bring safety and peace to the dead. Hathor was also thought to give back to the deceased the ability to feel a sexual desire – and the texts describe how, for the deceased to reach eternal life and thus be “reborn”, he (because of course this applies to only men here) will need to impregnate the goddess using his returned sexual power…

This all is however more tied to the Theban cult of the dead, since it was the Theban necropolis that focused a lot on the Mountain of the Dead. In other parts of Egypt, her funeral role was rather the one of the “Lady of the Sycamore Tree” – this tree that often grew at the border of the desert was thought to be where the dead rested before entering the Underworld, and the plant from which Hathor emerged to welcome the dead. Again, if the proper prayers and religious formulas are pronounced, Hathor will offer the dead bread and water, which will allow them to receive a place alongside the gods in the afterlife – because accepting the food of Hathor means being a friend of the gods, and accepting to follow them everywhere, without ever returning to the human world. Though, very interestingly, the same way Hathor has a whole fusion and confusion with other goddesses in her role of “music, dance and joy” goddess or as the “divine mother/nurse”, her funeral role as the Queen of the West is also shared (or taken over) by various other female goddesses: Nut the sky-goddess, as I mentioned, but also Maat, Neith, or Imentet. But of all these goddesses, Hathor represented the best the idea of the renewal of life, of finding back hope and joy after death, of pleasure and beauty being given back to the one that lost their body and was about to travel a world filled with demons and monsters.

Some final notes. When the Ancient Greeks decided to make correspondences between Egyptian and Greek gods, they decided that Hathor was the Egyptian Aphrodite. The current temple of Hathor in Dendera we see today was actually built by the last Ptolemaic pharaohs, and seems to date from the Roman era of Egypt – but, according to the text, the place the temple was built on has been a sanctuary of Hathor for a much older time than that. Indeed, the temple we see today was apparently built according to plans and architectural indications that date back to the Old Kingdom, under the rules of Cheops and Pepi the First. And a last trivia: Hathor is considered to be one of the oldest Egyptian goddesses we know of, since her name appears in the oldest text in the history of Egypt (at least at the time of my sources) – the Narmer Tablet, a document that describes how the two kingdoms of Egypt (Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt) were united by Narmer, first pharaoh of the first dynasty. Hathor appears on this text as the patron-goddess, protectress and mother-figure above the pharaoh – which makes sense since, if you recall, in these early times Hathor was seen as the mother of Horus (more specifically of Horus the Young, Horus the Child), and thus, since the pharaoh was Horus embodied as a human, Hathor was the pharaoh’s mother.

#egyptian goddess #egyptian gods #hathor #egyptian mythology

[blackrainbowblade]

I found this pylon particularly interesting because (in the middle band), Khons is shown with a goddess standing behind him, in the position usually reserved for a gods consort. Her headdress is unusual: a shrine, with a rearing cobra deity, surrounded by clumps of vegetation and flowers. However, I'm almost certain it's Hathor since she is shown, in Hatshepsut's mortuary temple, with the same headdress, and it is also her headdress on several examples of sistra handles. This identification is reinforced by the band above, which shows the king making offerings to Hathor, with her regular headdress, and her son, Ihy, wearing the hemhem crown.

I found this interesting since I hadn't really come across an official consort for Khons. Although all the gods are pretty fluid, I tend to associate Hathor with Horus (she's shown as both his consort and, at times, his mum, because…yeah…Egyptian gods 🤷‍♀️). Of course, Khons himself sometimes appears in a similar role to Horus - he's the moon to Horus' sun, and he is sometimes associated with the king (Horus's) placenta. In such a way, he is like a nocturnal, more chthonic, twin to Horus' solar form. That he is shown with Hathor as a consort shouldn't really surprise me. I just couldn't recall seeing them depicted in this way anywhere else.

#Khons #Khonsu #Hathor #Egypt #Egyptian #ancient Egypt #ancient Egyptian #Amun #ihy #egyptian gods #egyptian mythology #temple #karnak #Kemet #Kemetic #Kemeticism

[avengingsoranus]

@thegodhorus location: um, the fairy forest ofc, just after the wedding. notes: it's like if the meadow from twilight was enchanted and for elves

Soranus had loved a great deal, he loved the elves for everything that they were, everything they had become, and everything he hoped they might be. In the past he had loved humanity and its many faults and failings; Soranus saw them as the children of the earth, the children of the garden, and in his adoration he'd allowed it to fan out and to spread. He'd love another's son like he was his own, and romantically, Soranus had loved that child's father. Unique in the romanticism of it all, the dawn elf had fallen short in truly protecting either. Ihy had died in the fires of the seraphim's rebellion and from that moment on things had forever changed between himself and Soranus. For the elf, this marked the beginning of the end.

Meryasek deserved happiness, that was the very least that Soranus could hope for him; that the daemonfey had found it at long last. The ceremony had been beautiful, one that scribes would be echoing for thousands of years to come. Here in the forest though, as Soranus often did, he found himself alone. Nearly alone, anyways, because thanks to Justice he never truly was.

His love for the elves remained, but as Horus' name was appropriated and put at the forefront of a league of hunters, Soranus saw his own people driven back. Eventually driven from this realm entirely; Horus was of the Seldarine, elven though he might have begun the breadth between himself and the God was as far as the land and the stars. That was what it meant to love a God though, to know that at any moment you stood in the presence of something greater, and at any moment they might deem you unworthy.

The elven realm was beautiful, but somehow it felt cruel. He was happy for the future of the elves, it looked bright, but Soranus could not help but live in the past. The world that he remembered as a child, torn apart by war as it was, the world that had been promised to them, the world they'd rebuilt, and then the world that Titania had built for them in the Otherworld. How long would this last? Forever? Unlikely. Cynical as Justice was, Soranus was often inclined to believe him.

"You're awake." Soranus muttered, "I'd heard you-" so much had happened, so much loss, pain and grief. This love that Soranus had once held for mortals had festered into something ugly, something that had polluted Justice's purpose. Corrupted it the moment that Soranus had brought the spirit within - but he didn't want to be alone, he couldn't stomach anymore losses. He couldn't stand to lose anyone else. Soranus cleared his throat. "I heard you placed yourself into Uthenera." It was true that Soranus didn't know what to say to the God, or how to say it for that matter. Where one had left, the other had remained, and now here they both were; many years between them.

#horus #horusstarter

[zaktours]

Ancient Egyptian Gods: A Pantheon Wrapped in Mystery

Ancient Egyptian Gods: A Legacy of Divine Influence

The land of Egypt stands as a timeless testament to a civilization deeply immersed in a world where gods and goddesses reigned supreme. Amidst the golden sands and monumental pyramids, the Ancient Egyptians cultivated a rich polytheistic tapestry, serving an array of deities that shaped every aspect of their existence. The epoch of polytheism thrived save for Pharaoh Akhenaten's fleeting call to monotheism, which ultimately returned to the traditional worship of a multitude of divine entities, roughly totaling 2000 recognized gods and goddesses.

The Divine Hierarchy and Their Influence on Society

In the lives of the Ancient Egyptians, the gods were ever-present. Interacting with the divine was a part of daily life, influencing everything from fertility to the passage into the afterlife. The divine hierarchy was tiered with local gods associated with specific towns and national gods revered across the empire. Rituals of adoration and grand festivals honored the deities, seeking their favor and goodwill.

Deities of Renown: The Core of Egyptian Belief

Among the revered, Amun stood tall as a creator deity, ascending to the status of a national god when Thebes rose to capital prominence. Merging with Ra, the sun deity, he formed Amun-Ra, embodying creation, wind, and hidden mysteries. Ra, with his falcon head, fathered the pantheon, a ruler amongst gods.

Geb: Geb, the god of the earth, was a pivotal figure in the Ancient Egyptian pantheon. Revered as the husband of the sky goddess Nut, he represented the fertile lands and was often depicted with green skin symbolizing vegetation. Geb could be both a benevolent provider, offering the nutrients necessary for agriculture, and a destructive force during earthquakes. He was a key player in the grand cosmic order, forming the foundation upon which the gods, humans, and all of creation existed.  

Ihy: Ihy was a youthful deity, a god of music and joy within the Egyptian pantheon. He was often celebrated as the son of Hathor, the goddess of love and beauty, and Horus, the god of kingship and the sky. Ihy was depicted as a child with the sidelock of youth, playing a sistrum. He brought merriment to the gods and humans alike, symbolizing the vivacity and pleasures that music and dance bring to life.  

Nut: Nut was the goddess of the sky, her body arching protectively over the earth. Every day, she would give birth to the sun in the morning, swallowing it again at dusk. As the mother of Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys, Nut played a central role in many of the Ancient Egyptians' most sacred myths. She was often portrayed in tomb paintings as a star-speckled woman, offering the souls of the dead safe passage to the heavens.  

Sobek: Sobek, with his commanding crocodile form, was a deity of strength and power. His influence was dual-natured; he could incite fear due to the crocodile’s natural ferocity yet was also seen as a protective force, warding off evil and providing guidance for the Egyptian army. Sobek was honored in regions where crocodiles were prevalent, seen as both a creator and guardian deity.  

Anubis: Anubis was the jackal-headed god of mummification and the afterlife. His presence was key in the process of death and burial, presiding over embalming and guiding souls to the judgment hall of Osiris. Anubis was also a protector of graves, ensuring that the spiritual journey to the afterlife for the deceased was secure.  

Seth: Seth, also known as Set, was the god of chaos, storms, and war. As the embodiment of discord, he murdered and dismembered his brother Osiris, only to be challenged by Horus, the avenger. In spite of his malign associations, Seth was also revered as a defender against outside forces, suggesting an appreciation for his strength and the necessary balance of chaos within the order.  

Osiris: Osiris was revered as the god of the afterlife, resurrection, and fertility. This benevolent deity was central to Egyptian mythology as a symbol of rebirth, and he presided over the judgment of souls. The cyclic nature of his story, mirroring the rise and fall of the Nile, established him as a paramount figure in the understanding of life, death, and the promise of eternal life.  

Ma'at: Ma'at personified truth, balance, and cosmic order. She was the foundation upon which society and the universe were predicated. Ma'at was not just a goddess to be worshipped but a principle to be lived, her feather symbolizing the criterion against which the hearts of the dead were weighed. Justice and harmony were her offerings to the world of gods and mortals alike.  

Isis: Isis, known as the goddess of a thousand names, was venerated for her magical prowess and her role as a divine mother, wife, and healer. She was pivotal in the story of Osiris, aiding in his resurrection, and was a protective figure for Horus. Her worship transcended borders, and she became one of the most widely revered deities in the Mediterranean world.  

Horus: Horus, the falcon-headed god, was the epitome of kingship and the sky. He was the son of Isis and Osiris, and his battles against Seth to avenge his father's death underscored the theme of rightful rulership and balance. Pharaohs identified themselves with Horus in life and with Osiris in death, signifying the perpetual role of the king in Egyptian ideology.  

Hathor: The cow goddess Hathor was a multifaceted deity of love, motherhood, and music. As the Eye of Ra and the celestial mother of the pharaohs, she held a nurturing aspect. Temples dedicated to Hathor celebrated her benevolence and her aspects as the patroness of women, fertility, and the festivities that were integral to Egyptian social life.  

Ra: Ra was the sun god, the supreme deity of the Egyptian pantheon. Each day he sailed across the sky in his solar boat, a journey fraught with battles against the serpent Apep, symbolizing the triumph of light over darkness. Ra was a creator god, his eminence unrivaled, as he brought forth life with his very tears, a testament to his generative power.  

Amun: Amun, initially a local Theban deity, rose to national prominence, eventually merging with Ra to become Amun-Ra, an emblem of ultimate authority and the creative force. His hidden nature stood in parallel with his visible power and might. As the "King of the Gods," Amun held a central role in state rituals and the articulation of royal power throughout the New Kingdom period and beyond.  

Divine Representations: The Gods in Art and Culture

The depiction of gods in Egyptian culture was distinct, a blend of human and animal traits that embodied their divine roles. Common symbols like the ankh, the atef crown, and the double crown communicated the traits and authority of the deities. These icons defined their divine narrative, each a visual testament to their presence and power.

The Creation Saga and The Cycle of Day and Night

The genesis of the world began with Nun, from which Ra emerged, bringing forth existence itself. The saga unfolded with tearful reunions and the birth of the first humans, setting the stage for the daily dance of the heavens as Ra traversed the sky.

Devotion in Everyday Practices

The average citizen engaged in daily rituals, giving offerings at temples or home altars. Festivals were communal celebrations where gods paraded and devotees received a share of the sacrificial bounty. Votive offerings left by worshippers were tangible petitions for divine favor, while familial piety was expressed through gifts to the deceased, made in hopes that Osiris would extend his benevolence to souls beyond the mortal coil.

Intercession and Ritual Authority

Oracles served as a bridge between the mortal and the divine, as prayers and hymns permeated temple walls, uplifting the deeds of the gods. While the king was the principal ceremonial figure, high priests and powerful priestesses like the 'god’s wife of Amun' assumed roles of ritual importance, sustaining the intricate web of worship that ensnared the hearts of Ancient Egyptians.

#tourisim #egypt #hurghada

[naserina]

Ancient Egyptian deities

Ra:

   - father of Hathor, Sekhmet, Mafdet, Bastet, Satet, Anhur, Ma'at, Mut    - god of order, the sun, kings, sky    - represents life, warmth, growth, the midday sun    - rules in the sky, earth, underworld    - depicted as a falcon    - sent his eye as the goddess Sekhmet to punish mankind for having plotted against him

Anubis:

   - son of Nephthys, Set    - father of Kebechet    - god of death, mummification, embalming, tombs, cemeteries, the afterlife, underworld    - protector of graves, cemeteries    - dictates the fate of souls    - depicted as a black canine    - wore the flayed skin of Set as a warning against evil-doers who would desecrate the tombs of the dead

Sekhmet:

   - daughter of Ra    - mother of Nefertem    - goddess of healing    - breathes fire    - depicted as a lioness    - attempted to slaughter all humans, but failed to do so as a result of extreme drunkenness, which Ra had caused by fooling her into drinking beer

Nephthys:

   - daughter of Geb, Nut    - mother of Anubis, Wepwawet    - goddess of divine assistance, protective guardianship, the Mansion of the Sistrum    - protector of the Bennu bird, mummy, canopic jars of Hapi    - represents health, childbirth, night, beer, magic, mourning, embalming, the experience of death    - depicted as a woman with falcon wings or as a kite    - assisted Isis in reassembling the dismembered portions of Osiris' body after his murder by the envious Set

Neith:

   - mother of Sobek, Tutu, Serket    - goddess of wisdom, fate, creation, childbirth, mothers, war, hunting, weaving, rivers, water, the limitless sky, cosmos    - protector of the dead, the Royal House    - represents the full ecliptic circle around the sky    - reweaves the world on her loom daily    - depicted as a uraeus or as a woman nursing a baby crocodile    - interceded in the kingly war over the Egyptian throne, recommending that Horus rule

Ma'at:

   - daughter of Ra    - mother of Seshat    - goddess of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, justice    - regulates the stars, seasons    - depicted as a woman with an ostrich feather on her head or with wings on each arm

Isis:

   - daughter of Geb, Nut    - mother of Horus, Min, Four Sons of Horus, Bastet    - goddess of magic, wisdom, maternity, the world, universe, sky, cosmos    - protector of deceased souls as they face dangers in the Duat    - determines the length of human lives, fate itself    - judges souls' moral righteousness before admitting them into the afterlife    - depicted as a woman wearing a throne-like hieroglyph on her head, as a sow, as a cow, as a scorpion, as a tree, or as a woman emerging from a tree    - used a spell to briefly revive Osiris so he could impregnate her

Heqet:

   - goddess of the final stages of childbirth    - depicted as a frog    - breathed life into the new body of Horus at birth

Hathor:

   - daughter of Ra    - mother of Ihy, Neferhotep    - goddess of music, dance, joy, love, sexuality, maternal care, femininity    - crosses boundaries between worlds, welcoming deceased souls into the afterlife    - leads the deceased into a place where they receive aliments for eternal sustenance    - depicted as a cow bearing the sun disk between her horns, as a woman wearing a headdress of cow horns with a sun disk, as a woman with the head of a cow, as a lioness, as a uraeus, as a sycamore tree, or as a human face with bovine ears    - healed Horus' mangled eyes with gazelle's milk after Set attacked him

Bastet:

   - daughter of Ra, Isis    - mother of Maahes    - goddess of pregnancy, childbirth, protection against contagious diseases    - protector of Lower Egypt    - depicted as a domestic cat or as a cat-headed woman

Set:

   - son of Geb, Nut    - father of Anubis, Wepwawet, Serket, Sobek, Maga    - god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, foreigners    - represents a manifestation of evil    - depicted as an enigmatic creature not identified with any known animal, as a donkey, or as a man wearing a donkey's-head mask    - damaged or tore out one of Horus' eyes

Ptah:

   - father of Nefertem, Maahes    - god of craftsmen, architects    - represents the divine essence with which the sun god was fed to come into existence    - causes earthquakes    - depicted as a deformed dwarf or as a young man wearing a crown with two tall plumes that surround the solar disk

Osiris:

   - son of Geb, Nut    - father of Horus    - god of vegetation, agriculture, fertility, life, resurrection, the dead, afterlife, underworld, moon    - depicted as a partially mummy-wrapped pharaoh with a complexion of either green or black wearing the distinctive Atef crown    - revived by Isis' use of magic after having been killed by his envious brother Set

Nefertem:

   - son of Ptah, Sekhmet    - god of beauty, fragrance, the lotus flower    - represents the first sunlight, having arisen from Nu    - depicted as a beautiful young man having blue water-lily flowers around his head

Khepri:

   - god of protection, resurrection, the sun    - represents rebirth, the morning sun    - restores the sun's existence every morning    - depicted as a scarab beetle, as a man with a scarab as a head, or as a scarab with a male head emerging from the beetle's shell    - came into existence in the same manner a young scarab beetle emerges, already fully formed, from its dung ball

Horus:

   - son of Osiris, Isis    - father of Ihy, Four Sons of Horus    - god of kingship, the sky    - depicted as a falcon or as a man with a falcon head    - battled with Set brutally before winning the throne of Egypt

Geb:

   - son of Shu, Tefnut    - father of Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys, Heru-ur    - god of the Earth    - represents fertile earth, barren desert    - allows crops to grow    - creates earthquakes with his laughter    - depicted as a man with green plants on his body    - became a judge in the Divine Tribunal of the gods

Bennu:

   - god of rebirth, creation, the sun    - represents rebirth    - depicted as a grey heron with a two-feathered crest    - enabled the creative actions of Atum

Atum:

   - father of Shu, Tefnut    - god of pre-existence, post-existence, the sun    - represents the evening sun    - depicted as a man wearing the royal head-cloth, as a serpent, as a mongoose, as a lion, as a bull, as a lizard, or as an ape    - created everything in existence, including himself, by saying his own name

Amun:

   - father of Khonsu    - god of the wind    - protector of the road    - depicted as a man with blue skin

#kemeticism #kemetism #kemetic

[thegodhorus]

Date: January, some time Location: Audele, by the tree Characters: @avengingsoranus [for JUSTICE] & @thegodhorus Notes: o hi again

Horus hadn't seen such a view in very long. Ihy had died by the roots of the gold tree in Eden when the seraphim first struck. However, his son had always loved to play and train by the glow and comfort of its magical branches and Horus couldn't find much reason to be solemn as he looked up and remembered the avariel's joy. There was a melancholy in his heart but it was also a good feeling to stand under such a tree again. He didn't look away up until the air nearby shifted around a familiar body. But the gait and breath of this familiar body was not the one of the man he'd loved. He'd long since learned the distinction well.

"Justice," Horus greeted, turning to look at the Revenant. "It's good to see you again."

#interaction ☉ (my heart's a hieroglyph; it talks in tongues.) #& justice #& justice 001

[echoes-of-kemet]

Trying to figure out. How tf to incorporate Ihy and/or the Four Sons of Horus. I Do Not Remember who is the Elder's and who is the Younger's (if any) and I cannot find much of an answer either way

#kirby's yelling

[scarletarosa]

List of Egyptian Gods

Not a complete listing, but this is the majority of them and their rulerships:

Primordial gods:

Atum - god of the Sun; the All-Maker of the Universe, gods, and life

Ptah - god of wisdom, creativity, pottery, artwork, architecture, rebirth, and craftsmanship

Nun - god of the primordial waters

Naunet - goddess of the primordial waters; counterpart to Nun

Tatenen - god-personification of the mound of earth on the waters of Nun at the beginning of time 

Tefnut - goddess of wet air, moisture, dew, and rain

Shu - god of dry air, wind, light, and peace; twin brother/consort of Tefnut

Nuit - goddess of the sky, cosmos, astronomy, motherhood, and the Universe; wife of Geb

Geb - god of the earth and fertility; husband of Nuit

Significant gods:

Amun - god of the Sun, generosity, and air; synchronized with Ra to become Amun-Ra, King of the Gods

Ra - god of the Sun, sky, order, and kingship; King of the Gods; said to be a form of Atum

Osiris - god of the Underworld, death, fertility, agriculture, vegetation, and rebirth; husband of Isis; King of the Dead

Isis - goddess of magic, life, compassion, death, rebirth, fertility, motherhood, childbirth, devotion, royalty, knowledge, protection, abundance, healing, and the elements; Queen of the Gods, wife of Osiris

Horus - god of the sky, war, hunting, and kingship

Set - god of chaos, mischief, storms, deserts, battle, danger, virility, and foreign lands

Hathor - goddess of love, compassion, beauty, women, motherhood, childbirth, fertility, joy, music, dance, alcohol, festivity, and the cosmos

Sekhmet - goddess of war, destruction, blood-lust, plagues, healing, the Sun, and divine wrath

Nephthys - goddess of death, mourning, darkness, childbirth, burial, and air

Anubis - god of death, mummification, embalming, tombs, cemeteries, and the Underworld

Thoth - god of knowledge, wisdom, writing, magic, truth, integrity, time, and the Moon

Ma’at - goddess of truth, justice, harmony, wisdom, morality, balance, and divine order Seshat - goddess of knowledge, wisdom, writing, languages, books, mathematics, science, astronomy, astrology, calculations, architecture, and surveying; daughter of Thoth and Ma’at

Bast - goddess of domesticity, cats, family, children, pregnancy, women’s secrets, fertility, pleasure, sex, music, the arts, protection, perfume, fire, sunrise, and war

Taweret -  goddess of childbirth, fertility, and protection

Ammit - goddess of retribution

Sobek - god of sovereignty, military prowess, strength, fertility, medicine, surgery, protection, and water

Serqet - goddess of protection, healing, and venomous creatures

Neith - goddess of creation, war, weaving, wisdom, motherhood, childbirth, hunting, water, fate, and the cosmos

Qetesh - goddess of maidens, beauty, and nature

Khonsu - god of the Moon and healing

Wepwawet - god of war, hunting, and death; brother of Anubis

Additional gods:

Aken - ferryman god of the dead

Anat - goddess of war, sex, beauty, fertility, and hunting; originated from Canaan

Astarte - goddess of sex, passion, war, beauty, fertility, and the stars; sister of Anat, originated from Canaan

Aker - god of the horizon

Am-Heh - the “eater of eternity” god who lives in the Underworld’s lake of fire 

Amunet - goddess of air and invisibility; female counterpart of Amun

Amunhotep - god of healing and wisdom

Andjety - god of fertility

Anhur - god of war

Anqet - goddess of fertility

Anti - hawk god of Upper Egypt

Anuket - goddess of war, fertility, lust, and Nile cataracts

Apedemak - god of war

Asclepius - god of healing

Ash - god of the Libyan desert and oases

Aten - god of the Sun

Apep - snake-god of evil

Ba’al - god of storms, war, fertility, weather, and seasons; originated from Canaan

Babi - god of virility

Ba-Pef - god of terror, especially spiritual terror

Bat - goddess of fertility and success

Bennu - god of the Sun and rebirth

Bes - god of childbirth, fertility, sex, humour, and war

Denwen - dragon god of fire and destruction

Fetket - god of bartenders; assistant of Ra

Duamutef - protective god of the canopic jar of the stomach; son of Horus

Hapi - god of fertility and the Nile; protected the canopic jar of the lungs 

Imsety - protective god of the liver canopic jar    

Qebehsenuef - protective god of the canopic jar of the intestines

Heh - god of eternity; feminine counterpart is Hauhet

Heqet - frog goddess of fertility and childbirth

Heka - god of magic and medicine

Heset - goddess of food, drink, beer, and merriment

Hu - god of the voice; personification of Ra’s first words of creation

Ihy - god of music and joy; son of Hathor and Horus the Elder

Kek - god of obscurity, night, and darkness; feminine counterpart is Kauket

Khnum - ram god of pottery, fertility, and virility

Maahes - lion god of the Sun and war; son of Sekhmet

Mafdet - feline goddess of justice and protection against venom

Merit - goddess of music who conducted the symphony of cosmic order

Meskhenet - goddess of childbirth and destiny who created the ka (spirit)

Nefertem - god of the blue lotus, perfume, aromatic healing, and the dawn

Nehebu-Kau - god who units the ka with the ba at one’s death

Neper - god of grain and the harvest

Renenutet - cobra goddess of nursing, fertility, and childbirth

Reshep - god of war and pestilence; originated from Canaan

Sepa - centipede god of protection

Serapis - a Greco-Egyptian god of fertility, vegetation, and the afterlife 

Shentayet - goddess of widows

Shezmu - god of drunkenness, wine, perfume, and abundance 

Tenenit - goddess of beer, brewing, and childbirth 

Wadjet - cobra goddess of protection 

#egyptian gods #kemetic gods #kemeticism #egyptian polytheism #kemetic polytheism #deity list

[mamamoon92]

Minor Egyptian deities✨

Male✨

☆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 (Amenhetep 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 (Anedjti, Anezti) - 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 Nubiawho appears in some Egyptian-built temples in Lower Nubia

☆Apep (Apepi) – 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 (Dedwen)– 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

☆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 (Hapi) - 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 (Heru-em-akbet) - Sphinx god

☆Harsomtus - A child god of Edfu

☆Haurun - A protector and healing god, originally a Canaanite god

☆Heka (Hike) – 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

☆Hu – Personification of the authority of the spoken word

Iah (Aah) – 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

☆Ishtar – The East Semitic version of Astarte, occasionally mentioned in Egyptian texts

☆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 (Khnum) - A ram headed god who formed humans from clay

☆Khenti-Amenti

☆Khenti-qerer

#deities #egyptian gods #green witch #lunar witch #gemini #witchyvibes #witchy blog

[pagan-omen]

Lesser Known Kemetic Gods:

Aet (Amentet) - A goddess who welcomed the dead to the afterlife with food and drink. Known as "She of the West", Amenet was the consort of the Divine Ferryman. She lived in a tree near the gates of the underworld. Daughter of Hathor and Horus.

Ba'alat Gebal - Phoenician goddess of the city of Byblos, a protector deity, incorporated into Egyptian worship through her association with papyrus, which came from Byblos

Bat - An early cow goddess associated with fertility and success. She is one of the oldest Egyptian goddesses dating from the early Predynastic Period (c. 6000-3150 BCE). Bat is depicted as a cow or a woman with cow ears and horns and is most probably the image at the top of the Narmer Palette (c. 3150 BCE) as she was associated with the king's success. She blessed people with success owing to her ability to see both past and future. Eventually, she was absorbed by Hathor who took on her characteristics.

Bes Aha or Bisu) - God of childbirth, fertility, sexuality, humor, and war, popularly known as the Dwarf god. He is one of the most popular gods in Egyptian history who protected women and children, fended off evil, and fought for divine order and justice. He is often represented as more of a spirit (a 'demon', though not at all in the modern-day understanding of that word) than a deity but was worshipped as a god and featured on a number of everyday items in the homes of the Egyptians such as furniture, mirrors, and knife handles. 

Beset - The female aspect of Bes invoked in ceremonial magic. As a protective god, Bes also fended off dark magic, ghosts, spirits, and demons. His feminine aspect was called on to combat these forces

Four Sons of Horus - Four deities, Duamutef, Hapy, Imset, and Qebehsenuef, who watched over the viscera or the dead in the four canopic jars placed in the tomb. Each had his own cardinal point to guard, his own internal organ to protect, and was watched over by a specific goddess.

Heh and Hauhet - God and goddess of infinity and eternity. Heh was depicted as a frog and Hauhet as a serpent. Their names mean "endlessness" and they were among the original gods of the Ogdoad

Heka - One of the oldest and most important gods in ancient Egypt. He was the patron god of magic and medicine but was also the primordial source of power in the universe. He existed before the gods and was present in the act of creation although, in later myths, he is seen as the son of Menhet and Khnum and part of the triad of Latopolis

Ihy - God of music and joy, specifically the music of the sistrum. Son of Hathor and Horus the Elder. He was worshipped with Hathor at Dendera and invoked at festivals. His birth is honored in wall inscriptions at birth houses in Dendera in the belief that joy and music should welcome children to earth at their birth. Depicted as a child with a sistrum.

Kherty (Cherti) - He was a ram-headed god of the underworld who ferried the dead on their last journey into the afterlife. In the Old Kingdom (c. 2613-2181 BCE) he was said to rule the afterlife with Osiris. Kherty reigned over the entrance and hallways leading to the Hall of Truth while Osiris had reign over the Hall and the Field of Reeds. 

Khonsu (Kons, Chonsu, Khensu, or Chons) - His name means "The Traveler" and he was god of the moon. He formed one of the most important and influential triads at Thebes along with his father Amun and mother Mut. He is depicted as a mummy holding the crook and flail with a uraeus and moon disc on his head. Khonsu replaced the earlier god Montu as son of Mut and also took on his protective qualities.

Maahes (Mahes, Mihos, or Mysis) - He was a powerful solar god and protector of the innocent depicted as a lion-headed man carrying a long knife or a lion. His name is linked to the goddess of harmony and truth, Ma'at, and may mean "True Before Ma'at". This interpretation is likely as his other names include "Lord of Slaughter" and "The Scarlet Lord" referring to his punishment of those who violated the sacred order life presided over by the goddess

Mafdet (Mefdet) - She was an early goddess of justice who pronounced judgment and meted out execution swiftly. Her name means "She Who Runs" for the speed with which she dispensed justice. She is the earliest feline deity in Egypt, pre-dating both Bastet and Sekhmet. 

Mehen - The serpent god who wrapped himself around Ra in the sun barge to protect him from Apep's attacks. In early myths he is shown protecting Ra while Set fights off the serpent.

Meretseger - A protector goddess in the form of a cobra venerated at Thebes. Specifically, she guarded the necropolis of the Valley of the Kings.

Mut - An early mother goddess who most likely had a minor role during the Predynastic Period (c. 6000-3150 BCE) but who later became prominent as the wife of Amun and mother of Khonsu, part of the Theban Triad. Mut was a protector deity associated with Bastet and Sekhmet. She guarded over people in life and, in Spell 164 of the Book of the Dead, is depicted as a savior of souls trapped by demons in the afterlife. She was also the divine protector of the king and state who roasted conspirators and traitors in her flaming brazier.

Nehebkau (Nehebu-Kau) - "He Who Unites the Ka", was a protector god who joined the ka (aspect of the soul) to the body at birth and united the ka with the ba (winged aspect of the soul) after death. He is depicted as a serpent and, like Heka, has always existed. Nehebkau swam in the primordial waters at the dawn of creation before Atum rose from the chaos to impose order.

Nephthys - A funerary goddess, one of the first five gods born of Geb and Nut after the creation of the world, wife of Set, twin sister of Isis, and mother of Anubis. Her name means "Mistress of the Temple Enclosure" or "Mistress of the House" referring to a heavenly house or temple. She is depicted as a woman with a house on her head. Nephthys is widely, and incorrectly, regarded as a minor deity when actually she was worshipped throughout Egypt from the earliest periods to the last dynasty to rule Egypt. She was considered the dark goddess to the light of Isis but this carried no negative connotation, only balance.

Ptah - One of the oldest Egyptian gods who appears in the First Dynastic Period (c. 3150-2613 BCE) but most likely dates from the Predynastic Period (c. 6000-3150 BCE). Ptah was the great god of Memphis, creator of the world, lord of truth, and chief god of the city of Memphis and its surrounding area c. 3000 BCE. Ptah was originally the figure who stood on the primordial mound of the ben-ben at the creation of the world. He was probably an early fertility god and is associated with the moringa tree which, in an early myth, he liked to rest beneath. 

Renenutet (Renenet or Ernutet) - A very important goddess depicted as a cobra or a rearing cobra with the head of a woman. Her name means "Snake Who Nourishes" and she was goddess of nursing and rearing children. In time, she became closely associated with Meskhenet, goddess of childbirth and destiny, and even superceded her to determine the length of a person's life and significant events which would befall them.

Sah - An astral god, personification of the constellation Orion, usually paired with Sothis (Sopdet) as representations of the astral forms of Osiris and Isis. He is referred to as "Father of the gods" in the Pyramid Texts and was an important aspect of funerary rites where he welcomed the king to the afterlife. 

Sed - An ancient jackal deity who name first appears on the Palermo Stone from the Fifth Dynasty (2498-2345 BCE) but who was most likely much older. He was the protector of kingship and the individual king. He presided over the Sed Festival (also known as the Heb-Sed Festival) which was held every thirty years of a king's rule to rejuvenate him. He was eventually absorbed by Wepwawet or it could be that Wepwawet (whose name means "Opener of the Ways") was simply one of Sed's epithets which became more popular. As protector of the divine king, Sed was associated with justice and so linked to the goddess Ma'at.

Serket (Selket, Serqet or Serkis) - She was a protective and also an important funerary goddess probably originating in the Predynastic Period (c. 6000-3150 BCE) and first mentioned during the First Dynasty of Egypt (c. 3150-2890 BCE). She is best known from her golden statue found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. Serket was a scorpion goddess depicted as a woman with a scorpion on her head and arms outstretched in a protective pose. 

#witches #pagan #awakening #wicca #witch #witchesoftumblr #witchcraft #witchtok #kemetic

[satsekhem]

Despite enjoying music very few deities actually play an instrument. Hathor's son with Horus the Elder, Ihy, personified the jubilation which came from listening to the sistrum. His name means 'sistrum player' and he sometimes holds a sistrum and menat necklace. Bes, who had close ties with Hathor, was the only god who was frequently depicted playing an instrument; usually a tambourine or a harp. However, a text from the temple of Edfu tells how 'the gods play the sistrum for her (Hathor), the goddesses dance for her to dispel her bad temper'.

P 98, Hathor: A Reintroduction to an Ancient Egyptian Goddess by Lesley Jackson

#kemetic #kemetic book quotes #jackson #hathor #heru-wer #ihy #bes

[imagine-organization-xiii]

Organization XIII - Egyptian Deities

My information came from here. Large pictures below the cut!

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Xemnas - Atum (Ra) - The sun god, supreme lord of the gods, first god of the Ennead, creator of the universe and human beings. Atum is the first divine being who stands on the primordial mound in the midst of chaos and draws on the magical forces of Heka to create all the other gods, human beings, and life on earth.

Xigbar - Sah - An astral god, personification of the constellation Orion, usually paired with Sothis as representations of the astral forms of Osiris and Isis.  He is depicted as a man holding the ankh and was sceptre standing in a boat surrounded by stars in a night sky.

Xaldin - Set - God of war, chaos, storms, and pestilence. He was a desert god who brought the evil winds of the dry lands to the lush Nile Valley and was associated with foreign lands and people.

Vexen - Imhotep - The vizier of king Djoser who designed and built the Step Pyramid. After his death, he was deified as a god of wisdom and medicine. He was identified by the Greeks with Aesculapius and was invoked in spells for healing.

Lexaeus - Tatenen - An earth god who personified the primordial mound at creation and symbolized the land of Egypt. Tatenen was a bisexual god, referred to as "Mother of All the Gods" in one text.

Zexion - Thoth - God of writing and wisdom, truth and integrity. He was the patron god of libraries and of scribes. In every story told of him, Thoth is the divine friend and benefactor of humanity who gave people understanding through the gift of the written word.

Saix - Iah - A god of the moon who figures prominently in the Egyptian calendar. he assumed the lunar aspect of Thoth, who was the god of knowledge, writing and calculation. The segments of the moon were also used as fractional symbols in writing.

Axel - Denwen - A serpent deity in the form of a dragon surrounded by flames. He held power over fire and was strong enough to destroy the gods.

Demyx - Ihy - God of music and joy, specifically the music of the sistrum. His birth is honored in wall inscriptions at birth houses in Dendera in the belief that joy and music should welcome children to earth at their birth.

Luxord - Shed - A protective god who guarded against personal harm from wild animals or mortal enemies. Known as “The Enchanter,” he was also sought in protection against magic spells cast by one's enemies and possibly against demons or ghosts.

Marluxia - Nefertum - God of perfume and sweet aromas. Nefertum was born from the bud of the blue lotus flower at the dawn of creation and was originally an aspect of Atum. He was later considered his own deity and became associated with sweet-smelling flowers

Larxene - Hathor - One of the best known, most popular, and most important deities of ancient Egypt. She was the patron goddess of joy, inspiration, celebration, love, women, women's health, childbirth, and drunkenness.

Roxas - Panebtawy - The child god, personification of the king as divine son of Horus and also of Horus as a child. He was depicted as a young boy with his finger to his lips, representing silence and confidentiality.

Xion - Bastet - The beautiful goddess of cats, women's secrets, childbirth, fertility, and protector of the hearth and home from evil or misfortune. She was the daughter of Ra and closely associated with Hathor.

#image headcanon #organization xiii #organization xiii headcanons #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts headcanons

[psyentifically-minded]

Heket: Heket/Heqet (depicted top left) was a frog-headed Goddess associated with fertility since the anual flooding of the Nile brought fertile land and frogs. Heket was sometimes depicted as a frog on top of a phallus. Heket was the consort of Khnum and was a Goddess of child birth often depicted as a frog on a lotus on Egyptian talismans, her priestesses were also trained as midwives known as “servants of Heket”. Khnum was said to create new bodies out of clay on a potters wheel and Heket was said to breath vital spark or Ba into them, since she also did this for the dead Osiris she also became associated with resurrection.

Hemsut: Hemsut refers to a collective of Goddesses who preside over fate and were said to embody the creative potential of the primordial waters. In one myth Hemsut are said to have been created by Ptah while in another they are drawn out from the primordial waters (Nun) by the Goddess Neith. The Hemsut were depicted as women baring a shield with two crossed arrows above it (the symbol of Neith) or they were depicted we kneeling women holding a child between their arms.

Herishef: Herishef was a ram-headed God thought to be associated with the Nile as his name means “He who sits upon the lake”, Herishef is therefore also associated with the sacred water lily and the God Nerfertem just as the lotus adorns or sits ontop of the Nile. Herishef is often depicted with an elaborate crown compossed of serpents anf sun-discs. In some mythologies Herishef is said to be born of the blood of Osiris when Osiris wore the divine crown of Ra while in others he is considered an aspect of the Ba of Osiris - the ram-headed God Banebdjedet or an ascended form of him.

Hesat: Hesat is the cow form of Hathor and was said to be the Goddess of milk and nourishment, milk was therefore called the “beer of Hesat” and was seen as life giving, thus Hesat is also mother of the death God Anubis in a divine parallel. Hesat was closely related to Hathor and also Isis.

Horus: Horus (depicted top row and central) was depicted as a falcon-headed man and repreaented the divine child of Isis and Osiris (although originally of Hatmehit and Osiris). In some mythologies Hathor is considered the mother of Horus while in others she is considered his consort and wife. Horus was a solar deity representing the light of the sun God Ra and also the sky. Horus was associated with war and hunting as well as of resurrection and divinity. The pharoah was said to embody Horus in the flesh when securing his right to rule having completed the king making ritual (Hieros Gamos). Since Horus was the sky his eyes were said to be the sun and moon, as a God of light he was opposed to the God of darkness Seth it was explained that the moon is less bright than the sun since the (left) moon-eye of horus was scratched out by Seth in battle while Horus wounded Seth’s testicles, since Horus represented lower Egypt and Seth upper Egypt this explained why the desert was barren. The eyes of Horus became one as the eye of Ra in an alchemical marriage of sun and moon, of unifying opposition. Horus had many forms including a child sucking his thumb and as a lotus or otherwise Horus the elder who was depicted holding up Ma’at but also as a falcon with outstretched wings with the sun and moon eyes in the form of Kemwer meaning “great black one”. The struggle between Horus and Seth for the throne of Egypt lasyed eighty years and many contests until unification of the two lands was achieved however as Seth was a deification of darkness and Horus the light they were said to battle with Horus winning through each day and Seth winning through each night.

Hu: Hu was the deification of the first word, the word of creation, that Atum was said to have exclaimed upon ejaculating or alternatively his self-sexualisation or castration in an act of sacred marriage in creating the Ogdoad. Along with Heka and Sia, Hu was thought to be a principle form of magic as spoken words were seen as utilising the magic of Heka and Sia to manifest the will of the magician. Hu was also associated with Ptah in his role as a creator deity. Hu is often depicted as ram-headed or as a falcon. Eventually Hu was merged with the God Shu and the two became the same being.

Huh: Huh is depicted as a kneeling man holding in each hand a palm branch, although sometimes he is also crowned by a third branch. Huh is one of the primordial Gods of the Ogdoad and was therefore symbolised by a frog in contrast to his consort and sister Hauhet who was his feminine form depicted as a snake. Huh was the God of limitlessness and of the potential creative-forces in the primordial waters.

Iah: Iah is a moon deity of Egyptian mythology who was increasingly assimilated into both Osiris and Khonsu. Iah was at one point known as the God of the new moon and is sometimes seen as the adult version of Khonsu in a longer wig and wearing a crown.

Iat: Iat is the Goddess of milk and therefore of nurturing and child-birth, Iat was spawned from the udders of Meht-Urt and probably refers to milk drawn in ritual such as “drawing down the stars of heaven” - meaning to suckle milk from the breast of a Goddess or mortal woman invoking a Goddess.

Ihy: Ihy is the cow God of the sistrum (rattle) and was therefore seen as the son of Hathor. Ihy was said to have been fathered by Ra or Horus and was the God of the music produced by the sistrum. Ihy was depicted as a child holding a sistrum or as a nude child with his finger in his mouth which would come to influence the later Greek God of silence Harpocretes.

Imentet: Imentet (depicted second row and central) was a Goddess of death representing the necropolis and west of the Nile. Imentet lived in a tree overlooking the entrance to Duat and therefore possibly represents and Egyptian version of the tree of death/Qliphoth or inverted tree of life and thus a Kabbalistic mystery. Imentet would offer food to the dead to help them in their journey. Imentet is titled “She of the West” since the sun sets in the west symbolically entering the underworld.

Imsety: Imsety was a human form God and one of the four sons of Horus. Imsety was therefore depicted on canopic jars where he stored the liver and was said to be protected by Isis. Imsety was said to represent the South and was one of the four rudders of heaven or four pillars of Shu.

Ishtar: Ishtar was a Sumerian Goddess who was also sometimes worshiped in Egypt.

Isis: Isis (depicted top row and right) was the Egyptian Goddess of life, nature and magic. Isis was said to be first born of Nut and Geb and is the twin sister of Nelhthys, Osiris and Seth. Isis means “throne” and the Goddess is often depicted by a throne and has a throne on her head, she is also depicted as having a scepter and ankh and often with wings. Isis is often depicted nursing her infant son Horus, an image which influenced later Christian depictions of Mary breastfeeding Christ. Isis was known as a protector of the dead as she was consort of her brother the death God Osiris. Isis is often depicted as a lotus or sycamore tree and particularly is shown as a tree with breasts which is likely an early Egyptian tree of life Kabbalistic mystery. After Seth destroyed Osiris splitting his body into thirteen pieces Isis gathered them up and put him back together although she could not find his phallus which had been swallowed by a fish, Isis then poisoned the sun God Ra with a snake made of his own drool and healed him only once he had revealed the secret of resurrection and his own true name then with the aid of a golden phallus Isis resurrected Osiris using the golden phallus to impregnate herself in a sacred marriage with him after which Horus was born. In another mythology Isis went into hiding while pregnant with Horus and was protected by seven scorpions, she arrived in a town called the twin sisters and sought lodgings however a local rich woman refused to house them forcing them to lodge with the poor, six of the scorpions then added their venom to the seventh who stung the child of the rich woman who ran into town seeking help, Isis cured the womans son by uttering the names of all seven scorpions in turn. The myths of Isis elaborate on the Egyptian belief in the power of names as an instrument of magic. The myth of the solar deity Ra and the serpent could also be interpreted as a kundilini/serpent energy mystery. Isis is also said to have given birth to four sons after being impregnated by her own son Horus who eventually became her husband since Isis eventually was merged with Hathor adopting all her symbolisms including as the “mansion of Horus”. Originally Isis is formed from the myths of three older Goddesses Hatmehit, Ma’at and Selket/Hedetet while also related to Meht-Urt/Hathor Nekhbet and Iusaaset.

Iusaaset: Iusaaset is a primordial Goddess refered to as the “Grandmother of all Gods” as she was often seen as the female side of Atum. Iusaaset appears as a woman wearing the horned vulture crown with the Uraeus and solar disc ontop, she carried a scepter in one hand and an ankh in the other. The vulture was sacred to the Egyptians and was thought to reproduce from virgin birth/parthenogenesis it was related to the deity Nekhbet, vultures were seen as great mothers. Iusaaset became Hathor and later Isis as evidenced by the vulture crown each wears. Iusaaset is the owner of the sacred Acadia tree where the Gods were born often equated with the Egyptian Kabbalistic tree of life. Iusaaset is also associated with sacred marriage or Hieros Gamos since she forms an androdgyny with Atum.

Kauket: Kauket was the female version of Kuk and also his consort, both were one androdgynous being and part of the Ogdoad, as a female Kauket was therefore represented as a snake. Kauket was also a representative of darkness and chaos and was said to be the one who “brought in the light” since the darkness bares the light, this may be an early form of “light-bringer”/Lucifer.

Kebechet: Kebechet was the daughter of Anubis and Anput she was depicted as a serpent and her name means “cooling waters” as she was a Goddess of embalming said to give water to the dead it is often thought that she is the deification of embalming fluid.

Khepri: Khepri (second row on the left) was seen as an aspect of the sun God Ra in the mornings when the sun had risen above the horizon. Khepri was symbolised as a winged scarab with the sun above him or as a scarab-headed man holding a scepter and ankh. As the scarab rolls balls of dung around so too was Khepri said to do the same with the sun, moving it across the sky. Since scarabs lay their eggs in dungballs the Egyptians percieved them to give birth through putrification or death and thus they came to symbolise rebirth and resurrection.

Kherty: Kherty is a God in the form of a mummified ram his name means “to slaughter” possibly related to sacrificial lambs. Kherty was the deification of heart attacks and acted as a psychopomp guiding the souls of the dead. These associations suggest Kherty may actually depict rams sacrificed to prevent heart attacks or for some curative property found in the carcass of rams.

Khnemu: Khnemu was a ram-headed God of the Nile, since the anual flooding brought clay and life with it Khnemu was thought to create the original bodies of humans out of clay before placing them into their mothers womb to be born in a flood of water, he did this on a special potters wheel giving him the title “divine potter”. Khnemu was also the consort of Heket who breathed Ka (vital spark) into the clay bodies he would form, giving them life. These mythologies of clay may relate to the Sumerian clay wombs or later Hebrew/Christian stories of Adam and Eve being created from Adamah clay. Khnemu is also an aspect of the sun God Ra and represents the setting sun. Khnemu was often depicted at a potters wheel crafting children out of clay or pouring water from a vessel. Khnemu probably influenced the ram-headed Nile deity Herishef.

Khonsu: Khonsu was a God of the moon and time, he was also part of a trinity of deities with his mother Mut and his father Amut (not the devourer Amut). Khonsu was also the God of lunar light and of fertility as well as healing. Khonsu is often depicted as a green-skined and therefore mumified man with a moon on his head and armed with a staff, a crook and a flail, he also has the hair-style known to depict children in Egyptian art-work while in other images he appears as falcon-headed with a moon above the hawk head distinguishing him from Horus. At times he is shown with a full moon and crescent moon containing it. Khonsu’s sacred animal was the babboon because it was considered a luna animal in ancient Egypt.

Kuk: Kuk was the male version of Kauket and also her consort, both were an androdgynous being that were part of the Ogdoad. Since Kuk was male he was represented by a frog. Kuk symbolised darkness and alongside Kauket was said to be the “one who brought the light” which may be an early version of “light-bringer”/lucifer.

Maahes: Maahes the red lion-headed war and protection deity born of the union of Ptah and Bastet. Maahes was also a God of the weather, bladed weapons, lotuses and cannibalism. Maahes had the titles “crimson lord” and “lord of slaughter” because his name contains the first hieroglyph for “Ma’at” he is often associated with Amut the devourer. Maahes was the brother of the blue lotus God Nefertem and was thus sometimes depicted as surrounded by lotuses, Maahes was often depicted as a lion-headed man wearing a crown and holding a knife, he was also shown as a lion devouring a man.

Ma’at: Ma’at (depicted second row and right) represented truth, order, morality, harmony, unity, justice and balance. Ma’at was also personified as a Goddess regulating the stars, seasons and the actions of both mortals and divine beings. Ma’at was the principle of order of the universe distinguishing order from chaos. Since Ma’at represents order she was oppossed to chaos deities such as Apophis. Ma’at was often said to be the daughter of Ra or Atum. Ma’at was depicted as a winged Goddess with a blue feather on her head or as a set of scales. Ma’at utilised the feather of truth (the God Shu) - a blue ostrich feather (since ostrich feathers are perfectly balanced) against the Ib (heart) of the deceased souls in the hall of judgement known as Ma’ati, she would weigh the Ib and feather by help of Anubis with the other Gods in precession, Thoth would record the results, if the Ib was true it would ascend to the paradise of the Gods while if the Ib was heavy it would be fed to the monster Amut causing the soul to walk Duat as a shade. In order to pass this test the soul had to truthfully answer the 42 commandments of Ma’at since Ma’at as the deification of order was also divine law. Ma’at is said to be made up of 42 lesser deities who are personifications of truth, law and order, each of these deities represents an area of ancient Egypt and one of the confessions of Ma’at. Ma’at is the third eye of the Goddess Hathor and Ma’at is thought to be related to Isis and Nephthys who share the winged Goddess depiction. Ma’at is thought to be an influence on modern Freemasonry and is likely to be the earliest influence on the star sign of Libra.

Mafdet: Mafdet was an early Egyptian Goddess in the form of either a lion or a mongoose. Mafdet was the deification of execution and legal justice and was seen to protect against scorpions and snakes which were seen as transgressors against Ma’at thus Mafdet is linked to Ma’at and was also a protector of the pharoah and held the title “slayer of serpents”. Mafdet is often depicted as a woman with the head of a lion or a lion with the head of a woman. Mafdet was also depicted as a feline running up the side of an executioners staff. It was said that Mafdet ripped out the hearts of wrong-doers, delivering them to the pharoahs feet, in a similar manner as domestic cats would present dead mice or birds. Mafdet was seen as ruling over the hall of judgement Ma’ati in Duat where the enemies of pharoah were depicted with Mafdets claw. Mafdets cult was eventually replaced by that of Bastets.

Mehen: Mehen is the serpent God who coils around Ra in his journey at night. Mehen is protective of Ra and is thought to be an Egyptian varient of the Ouroboros. Mehen is also a board game played by ancient Egyptians but the relationship (if any) between the deity and game is unknown.

Mertseger: Mertseger means “she who loves the silence”. Mertseger was a Goddess known to be both dangerous and merciful and was closely related to Hathor. Mertseger was depicted as a woman holding a scepter and ankh with a cobra head or sometimes as a coiled cobra, a woman-headed cobra or rarely as a three-headed snake with a cobra, vulture and womans head. Mertseger was the Goddess of tomb builders and was known to spit venom and cause illness to those who defile the tombs while she was also a healing deity to the tomb builders themselves helping to cure illnesses. Mertseger’s association with building may link her to the Egyptian builder cults her name meaning “she who loves silence” may relate to closely guarded secrets such as the vows of silence taken by modern Freemasons.

Meshkhenet: Meshkhenet was a Goddess of childbirth and protection said to have created the Ka (vital spark) that Heket would breath into the clay creations of Khnemu. Meshkhnet was the consort of the God Shay who was associated with destiny which also made Meshkhnet a Goddess of fate especially in relation to her role in creating the Ka. Mashkhenet was often depicted as a woman holding an ankh with a cows uterus on her headress which may link her to Hathor and fertility. Meshkhenet was a divine mid-wife and in ancient Egypt women gave birth by squatting over “birthing-bricks” thus Meshkhenet was often depicted as a brick with a womans face sometimes with the cows uterus still on her headress. Meshkhenet features in the weighing of Ma’at where she may represent reincarnation for souls undergoing judgement to be reborn in the flesh.

Min: Min was also known as “Khem” meaning “black” in relation to the “black work/art” or alchemy (Al Khem). Min was able to take a lesser form as Khnemu. Min was said to be the offspring of Isis and Osiris and was depicted as a man with pitch black skin wearing white and with a long erect penis held in his left hand while in his right hand he holds a flail, he wore a dual-plumed headress like Amun-Ra and a red ribbon that trails to the ground wrapped around his forehead which represents sexual energy. The symbols of Min were the white bull, a barbed arrow and a bed of lettuce. As the erection indicates Min was a fertility, sexual and reproduction deity associated with bulls and the fertile black soil of the Nile. The Egyptian lettuce is associated with Min since it is tall, straight and releases a milky substance making it represent a phallus and semen thus it is associated with Min, fertility and aphrodisiac properties. Min was later a lion-headed war God.

Montu: Montu was a war God depicted as a falcon-headed or bull-headed man who wore the sun-disc with two plumes on his head, the falcon represents the sky and the bull represents strength and war. Montu would hold various weaponry including scimitars, bows and knives. Montu had several consorts including the Goddesses Tenenet, Iunit and the female version of Ra - Raettawy. Montu was only said to take the face of the bull when enraged.

Mut: Mut represents the primordial waters of creation that through a process of virgin birth/parthenogenesis caused matter to come into existence. Mut is closely associated with Iusaaset and may be an early form of her thus it could be said that Mut was a female counterpart to Atum. Mut was known to be a trinity Goddess including Wadjet and Bastet or later when associated with war Sekhmet and Bastet. Just as Mut became Iusaaset who became Meht-Urt who became Hathor who became Isis this Goddess has a long history of transformation and connections to other deities. Mut was depicted as a woman with the wings of a vulture, holding an ankh wearing the united crown of upper and lower Egypt and often with the vulture crown and usually depicted wearing a dress of red or blue with the feather of the Goddess Ma’at at her feet. Due to her various associations and transformations Mut is sometimes depicted as a cobra, cat, cow, lioness or vulture. Mut was known to have priests, oracles and priestesses at her sites of worship and it is likely that the cult practiced sacred prostitution due to Mut’s associations with Hieros Gamos and virgin births.

Naunet: Naunet is the female form of Nun and repressents the abyss or primordial waters of creation making her possibly interchangeable with Mut and Iusaaset. As one of the eight members of the Ogdoad and being female she is represented as a snake or as a blue or green skinned woman representing the waters. Naunet’s name means “Abyss”. The ancient Egyptians envisioned the oceanic abyss (possibly space) of Nun and Naunet as a bubble in which the sphere of life is encapsulated representing the deepest mystery of their cosmology and better known as the “circumpunct” which represents the soul and sun in Alchemy.

Nebethetepet: Nebethetepet’s name means “Lady of the offerings” and thus she may have been a Goddess of sacrifices, she was the deification of Atums right hand of creation. Nebethetepet was often depicted as a woman with a vase on her head with Uraeus and holding a staff.

Nefertem: Nefertem (depicted third row down and left) was the deification of the sacred Egyptian water lily, he was depicted as a man with blue skin and a blue water lily on his head and holding an ankh and a staff. Nefertem was said to have spawned from the primordial waters of creation just as the lotus appears each day from below the water, the lotus embodied Nerfertem when closed and the sun God Ra when open. Nefertem was said to be born of the primordial waters of creation or the sky while sometimes also the son of Ptah, Bastet or Sekhmet. He was sometimes depicted as lion or cat headed like his red brother Maahes. Nefertem was given the title “water-lily of the sun” and his associations with sacred Egyptian water lilies may connect him with their ritual consumption for their narcotic sedative effects.

Neith Neith was a major Goddess of war, hunting, weaving and wisdom and was said to make weapons of warriors and to guard warriors who die. Neith was usually depicted as a woman with a red crown or a pair of arrows crossing a shield, she was often depicted holding weapons but also shown holding an ankh and scepter. Neith is often interchangable with Hathor and primordial water Goddesses such as Meht-Urt, Iusaaset and Mut. Neith was often depicted with the same horns-uraeus-sun disc motif on her head as Hathor and ultimately was one of the Goddesses assumed into the myths of Isis. Neith was a Goddess of fate and was said to have weaved creation into being. Sometimes Neith was pictured as a woman nursing a baby crocodile and gained the title “nurse of crocodiles” reflecting a provincial mythology that she served as either mother or consort to the crocodile God Sobek. Neith is sometimes considered androdgynous and she is usually a psychopomp figure guiding dead souls through the underworld for which she held the title “opener of paths” or “Goddess of the way”. Neith was often depicted as the unseen sky or space with stars on her back as opposed to Nut the sky Goddess who had stars on her belly.

Nekhbet: A vulture Goddess associated with virgin births since the Egyptians couldnt tell male vultures from female and thus assumed them all to be female and impregnated by the wind. Nekhbet is an aspect of other Goddesses with the same function and these are usually identified by a vulture headress such as Mut, Iusaaset and Isis. Nekhbet as a vulture may be associated with funeral rites or death and decay and was particularly associated symbolically with the Uraeus and Wadjet symbols.

Neper: Neper was the son of Renenutet and was a God of grain and had a female counter part of the same function named Nepit. Both Neper and Nepit were depicted as dotted to show that they were the personification of grain and were fertility deities closely associated with the harvest and the crops as the crops grow back after harvest these deities were both considered minor deities of resurrection and as such as aspects of Osiris.

Nephthys: Nephthys (depicted third row and central) was the twin sister of Isis, Seth and Osiris she was also the consort of her brother Seth and birthed the God Anubis from a union with her other brother Osiris. Nephthys is often depicted as a winged woman with a house on her head with a basket on top of the house, she is often shown holding a scepter and ankh. Nephthys is a Goddess of priestesses and temples, lamentation for the dead, death, ritual, rivers and night-time. Just as Isis represents the rebirth experience of resurrection, Nephthys represents the death experience that comes before the two may therefore be linked with Kabbalistic tree of life/tree of death mysteries. Nephthys was a protective Goddess closely associated with funeral rites where through magic she was said to cast away demons that attempt to feed on the souls of the dead. Nephthys was also said to have helped Isis gather up the fragmented body of Osiris and sometimes to have nursed Horus. Nephthys was the guardian of the sacred Benu bird this is likely due to the Benu birds phoenix ressurection and Nephthys association with death as resurrection cannot occur without death happening first.

Nun: Nun is the male form of Naunet and represents the abyss or primordial waters of creation. As one of the members of the Ogdoad and being male Nun is represented as a frog or as a blue or green skined man linking him with the primordial waters. Nun and Naunet’s names both mean “Abyss”. The ancient Egyptians envisaged the oceanic abyss of Nun and Naunet as a bubble in which the sphere of life is encapsulated representing the deepest mysteries of their cosmology and better known as the “circumpunct” which represents the sun or soul in alchemy.

Nut: Nut (depicted third row and right) was depicted as a blue skinned woman covered in stars on her belly arching over her consort and brother the earth God Geb alternatively she is depicted as a cow with stars on her belly and relates to Meht-Urt and thus Hathor or as a woman holding an ankh with a water pot on her head. Nut and Geb were born of the union of Shu and Tefnut and then from their own union birthed Osiris, Isis, Nephthys and Seth. Nut was seperated from her brother and upheld in the sky by her father Shu the god of air who represented a ladder of ascension and the feather of Ma’at, Shu seperated Nut and Geb by order of Ra who had forbidden their further union after the initial births of their four children. Nut was said to be supported by Shu and the four sons of Horus who act as pillars each holding one of her limbs and relating to the four directions of a compass. The sun and moon were said to travel across Nut day and night respectively being reborn as they passed through her uterus because of this she bares the title “she who bares 1,000 souls” this also relates to the 1,000 souls/bee’s spawned by the Apis bull. Nut was also seen as a protective barrier seperating the ordered world from the chaotic abyss. Due to her association with the sky and stars Nut was also an important Goddess to early astrologers and as such the “book of Nut” is an ancient text regarding some of their beliefs and findings.

Onuris: Onuris was a God of war usually depicted as a man with a four-feathered headress, holding a scepter and ankh, he was also occasionally depicted as lion-headed. Onuris’s name means “sky bearer” which hints that he was ultimately assumed into the air God Shu who upholds the sky.

Osiris: Osiris (depicted bottom) is the God of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead but more appropriately he is the God of transition, resurrection and regeneration. Osiris was classically depicted as a green-skinned man with the pharoah’s beard, in mummy wrappings wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers symbolising Ma’at’s feather of truth and holding the crook and flail of the pharoahs. Osiris was the brother and consort of Isis and brother of Seth and Nephthys he concieved the God Anubis with Nephthys which caused Seth to attack him tearing him into thirteen pieces and scattering them around Egypt, these pieces were gathered up by Isis who put him back together however she couldnt find his penis which was swallowed by a crab or fish (probably alluding to sexual intercourse) she proceeded to poison the sun God Ra to gain the secret of resurrection and utilised a golden phallus and the resurrection spell to revive Osiris and concieve with him her son Horus. Osiris represents new life after death or life in the underworld, Osiris was a judge over the weighing of soul on Ma’at. Osiris has the titles “lord of silence” and “lord of love” for he was seen to keep great secrets and give life to all things. Osiris was also a trinity known as Ptah-Sobek-Osiris compossed of himself and the Gods Ptah and Sobek. The Ba (soul) of Osiris was worshiped as the distinct God Banebdjedet. Osiris was also linked to Egyptian Kundalini and resurrection practices through the Djed pillar being his spine or backbone. Originally Hatmehit or Hathor were the consorts of Osiris until their mythologies were merged into Isis. Osiris and his son Horus and their story of death and resurrection likely influenced later Christian concepts of Jesus Christ and interestingly the death and resurrection of Osiris was known as the “passion of Osiris” just as Christs tormented death and resurrection was the “Passion of Christ” also similarly in rituals dedicated to Osiris wheat pastes and breads were made to represent his fragmented body in the same way that the bread of the Eucharist represents the body of Christ.

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[queenofcandynsoda]

Which gods will be appearing?

There are so many but here you go~

Lana: Pele and Namaka

Olympia: All Twelve Olympians (Hermes will be a child in this), Hades, Persephone, Macaria, Zagreus, Melinoe (all will be younger), Amphitrite (though she and Poseidon divorced), Ariadne,Triton, Eris, Eros, Psyche, Hedone (as Eros and Psyche’s infant daughter), Anteros, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Himeros, Pothos, Hermaphroditus, and Adrestia (the latter five are age 15 to infancy as the four oldest are young adults).

Heliopolis: Horus, Set, Isis, Ra, Nephthys, Osiris, Bastet, Sekhmet, Anubis, Thoth, Ma’at, Seshat (As Thoth and Ma’at’s young daughter), Khonsu (as a child), Taweret, Sobek, Hathor, Ammit, Ihy (as Horus and Hathor’s young son), and Serket

Guede: Ayizan, Baron Samedi, Maman Brigitte, Mama Dlo, Papa Bois, Ghebe Linto and Papa Legba.

Takamagahara: Ame-no-Uzume, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo.

I hope this answers your question~ More could be added~

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[antlering]

Hey friend! I was wondering if you have a list of epithets for Bes, Tawaret, and Wenut. No worries if you don't but thought I'd ask before I start serious Google fu. XD

Hello! I’m really glad you asked this because I realized I’ve never translated Taweret’s epithets from the LAGG. So I spent the last hour doing that for my own purposes - this is the first time I was able to view Taweret’s entry in the LAGG and I had no idea she has so many more epithets. So below is what I have for epithets for Bes, Taweret, and Wenut! They’re pretty much all my notes/translations from the LAGG, and I do not speak German at all, so take them with a grain of salt! :D

(There are two epithets I left in German because I haven’t seen an English translation for them and they’re way too complex for me. Maybe someone else will have a good translation?)

Common Taweret Epithets from scholars:

She who is Great

Great One

Lady of Heaven

Mistress of the Horizon

She who removes water

Mistress of Pure Water

Lady of the Birth House

Other LAGG Translations for Taweret:

The Sweet Mother

The Sky

The Mistress of the Winds

Who is in the Nun

Die vorsteherin des schönen Ackers im abgegrenzten Gebiet des gerechtfertigen Nb-mhyt

Mistress of the Two Lands

The Ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt

The Mistress of the Temple (Chapel? Shrine?)

The Mistress of Khenyt (The Place of Rowing, modern Gebel es-Silsila, Kom Ombo)

Who is located in the midst of pure water

The Mistress of the House

The Mistress of the Settlement

Who is in the middle of the thorn acacia

Who gives birth to the Ennead

Who gives birth to all the gods

The Living (Goddess)

Who has great magic/of great magic

Who knows devotion/compassion

Who comes while being beautiful (Who comes as the beautiful one?)

Who does (the) good

Who hears prayers

Who drives out evil

The Mistress of (the) Offerings

The Mother of Dedwen (God of Nubia and incense. Worshiped as the son of Taweret and Wesir at Oxyrhynchus.)

The Satisfied One

The Magnificent

The Beautiful

The Powerful

She of Many Things (my translation is questionable)

The Mistress of all the gods

The Mistress of Fish- and Bird-catching

The Mistress of Food/Eating

Taweret-Nut (Nut is usually associated with Reret, so this might be a very late epithet)

Bes Epithets from the LAGG:

Who rises in the solar disc

Who comes from the land of God/the Gods

The Lord of Punt

The head of Bwgn

Who comes out in the East (Who comes from the East?)

The Lord of the Western Mountains

The divine child

The musician of Ra

Who praises his Mother in the matters (things) of her heart

Who comes out of the eye of Udjat

The hidden (one) in the pupil of the glittering eye

The mighty (image?) of the Golden Ones

Ihi-Nun

Wenut Epithets from the LAGG:

The mistress of the gates of the underworld

Who is located in the 15th (upper) Nome

The head of the nome of the beginning

The mistress of Hermopolis

The mistress of Dendera

The Lady of Wenu

Who is in the middle/midst of Hermopolis

Who is in the middle/mudst of Hibis

die wache hält, um den abzuwehren, der hinter das Haus des großen Gottes kommen wird

The head of the necropolis of Hermopolis

Who creates what exists

Who knows the plans

The mistress of the fight/the lady of fighting

The perfect guardian

The female Horus

The Goddess

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