Egyptian Gods/Goddesses

Question 1

God who represents the waters of chaos before Earth was created

Answer 1

Nun

Question 2

Chief god and creator of the universe

Answer 2

Amun

Question 3

Sometimes shown with the head of a ram or goose but usually was known for his mysterious form

Answer 3

Amun

Question 4

Her name means “mother”.

Answer 4

Mut

Question 5

Was said to have given birth to the earth

Answer 5

Mut

Question 6

Wife of Amun and queen of the gods

Answer 6

Mut

Question 7

God of the underworld and the afterlife

Answer 7

Osiris

Question 8

Usually wrapped in mummy wrappings

Answer 8

Osiris

Question 9

Was murdered by his brother, Set, but was resurrected back to life

Answer 9

Osiris

Question 10

Protector of the dead and god of embalming

Answer 10

Anubis

Question 11

Had the head of a jackal

Answer 11

Anubis

Question 12

Was said to have embalmed the dead body of Osiris

Answer 12

Anubis

Question 13

Supposedly sniffed mummified bodies to see if they would go on to a pleasant afterlife

Answer 13

Anubis

Question 14

God of wisdom, writing, and knowledge

Answer 14

Thoth

Question 15

Wrote the Book of the Dead and invented hieroglyphs

Answer 15

Thoth

Question 16

Had a man’s body and the head of an ibis (bird)

Answer 16

Thoth

Question 17

Sun god

Answer 17

Ra or Re

Question 18

Created himself from the waters of chaos

Answer 18

Ra or Re

Question 19

Has a hawk for a head with a sun on top

Answer 19

Ra or Re

Question 20

Swallowed each night and reborn each morning with the sunrise

Answer 20

Ra or Re

Question 21

Sky god/ god of war

Answer 21

Horus

Question 22

Had the head of a hawk

Answer 22

Horus

Question 23

Red and white crown represented Upper and Lower Egypt

Answer 23

Horus

Question 24

Brother of Isis and Osiris and Set

Answer 24

Horus

Question 25

Fought his brother, Set, for the throne and lost an eye

Answer 25

Horus

Question 26

Goddess of fertility, joy, motherhood

Answer 26

Hathor

Question 27

Protector of pregnant women/considered to be the mother of the pharaohs

Answer 27

Hathor

Question 28

Depicted with a cow's head or a woman with cow horns

Answer 28

Hathor

Question 29

Goddess of the sun, war, plagues, and healing

Answer 29

Sekhmet

Question 30

She was linked to the scorching heat of the sun.

Answer 30

Sekhmet

Question 31

Had the head of a lioness and a sun with a cobra on her head

Answer 31

Sekhmet

Question 32

She was said to be blood-thirsty and violent and offerings were made to her in times of war.

Answer 32

Sekhmet

Question 33

God of earth and healing

Answer 33

Geb

Question 34

Depicted with a goose on his head

Answer 34

Geb

Question 35

Sometimes shown as being under the arch of his wife, | Nut.

Answer 35

Geb

Question 36

His laughter supposedly started earthquakes

Answer 36

Geb

Question 37

Goddess of cats, home, fire, and music

Answer 37

Bastet

Question 38

Had the head of a cat

Answer 38

Bastet

Question 39

Accompanied Ra in his nightly travels across the sky

Answer 39

Bastet

Question 40

Cats were mummified in her honor

Answer 40

Bastet

Question 41

Goddess of magic, fertility, death, and rebirth

Answer 41

Isis

Question 42

Wife and sister of Osiris

Answer 42

Isis

Question 43

Tricked Ra into giving her his power in return for healing him.

Answer 43

Isis

Question 44

God of evil, storms, chaos, and darkness

Answer 44

Set or Seth

Question 45

Brother of Osiris/tried to kill Osiris

Answer 45

Set or Seth

Question 46

Had an unknown animal head

Answer 46

Set or Seth

Question 47

Was despised by everyone because he represented everything that went against harmony in Egypt

Answer 47

Set or Seth

Question 48

Protector of children, pregnant women, and households

Answer 48

Bes

Question 49

His image was different from the other gods. He had a full face and body and looked like a dwarf.

Answer 49

Bes

Question 50

Entertained children and babies at their cradles to make them laugh

Answer 50

Bes

Question 51

Poisoned animals and frightened away wicked creatures to protect the home

Answer 51

Bes

Question 52

Most Egyptian homes had a statue of him

Answer 52

Bes