The first pharaoh and a sun god who took his sun ship across the sky each day and along the River of Darkness fighting monsters at night.

God of embalming who helps prepare souls for the afterlife

Goddess of magic who reassembled the remains of Osiris and was the mother of Horus

God of the dead and underworld who judges those entering the afterlife.

Goddess of the sky who swallows the sun at night and gives birth to it in the morning.

God of the earth whose laughter caused earthquakes

The first god to exist on earth after emerging from the waters of chaos. His tears created humans.

Goddess of motherhood, love, beauty, pleasure, music, and fertility. Protected women in childbirth and was sometimes depicted as a cow.

The Creator who made the world and the god of craftsmen and builders

The goddess of truth, justice, and order. The ultimate judge in the afterlife when a heart is weighed against her feather.

The god of writing, scribes, and wisdom who invented hieroglyphics. He records the deeds of the dead.

God of the air who was merged with Ra to become the most powerful deity in Egypt during the New Kingdom

Lioness headed goddess of the sun, war, destruction, plagues, and healing. She can destroy but also protect from disease.

The personification of the Nile Flood which brings silt to fertilize the land.

Protective cat goddess whose likeness was worn on amulets for good luck

Ugly but popular dwarf who protected households, mothers, children, and women in childbirth. He could scare off evil spirits.

"The Avenger" who defeated Set and became the protector of kings. Future pharaohs believed they descended form him.

The god of chaos and the desert. He murdered Osiris

Life giving disk of the sun worshiped by the pharaoh Akhenaton during the period of the New Kingdom who gave up the old gods in 1353 BC and made Egypt monotheistic during his reign.

God of the air who was supposed to separate Geb and Nut so they could not have children who might challenge the power of Ra.

The Protector of the Dead and "Mistress of the Temple Enclosure" who represents the natural transition from life to death and the wife of Set who is depicted with a building on her head.

The monstrous devourer of the dead who would eat the hearts of those who failed the weighing of the heart.