Unit 4: Egyptian Mythology

The chief and sun god of Egyptian Mythology

• Ra

• Anubis

• Seth

• Isis

How did ancient Egyptians explain the creation of the Earth and Sky?

• The Earth and sky are the married god and goddess, Geb and Nut

• Ra created them out of nothing

• Osirus created a place for humans to live

• Ra created the Earth out of clay

What do Egyptian gods and goddesses typically look like?

• Human bodies and animal heads

• Human heads and animal bodies

• They are invisible

• They take on the symbol that they represent

God of the Sky, defeated Seth, lost his eye, has a falcon head, leads the dead to the Underworld, connected to pharaohs

• Thoth

• Horus

• Anubis

• Osiris

God of the dead and Afterlife, judge of the dead

• Isis

• Horus

• Osiris

• Anubis

Goddess of women, magic, and healing

• Hathor

• Isis

• Nut

• Nepthys

God of evil and chaos

• Osiris

• Ammit

• Set

• Horus

God of wisdom and science, scribe of the gods

• Thoth

• Horus

• Amon-Re

• Ma'at

What two gods were married and the parents of the god Horus?

• Isis and Osiris                                                             
• Thoth and Ra
• Amun and Ra                                                              
• Isis and Thoth

What was the pharaoh seen as?

• A teacher

• A ruler

• A living god

• A philosopher