Gods Flashcards
Son of Isis and Osiris
Horus
Horus’s sybol
Falcon
Who challenged Set and defeated him?
Horus
God of the crocodiles?
Sobek
What was Sobek the god off?
Crocodiles
What does Sobek look like?
Human with crocodile head
How were the rivers made?
Sobek’s sweat
What was Anubis the god off?
Funerals
Who was the god of funerals?
Anubis
What did Anubis do?
Helped prepare the soul for the afterlife and escorted the dead to the hall of judgement.
Was did Anubis look like?
Human with jackal head
First pharaoh of the world when gods inhabited Egypt?
Ra
God of the sun
Ra
What was Ra the god of?
The sun
Who did the golden ship belong to?
The golden sun ship was Ra’s
What did the ship do?
Each day, Ra’s golden sun ship would sail across the sky, and each night it would travel through the underground world of the Duat, sailing the River of Darkness, and fighting off monsters.
How and why did Egyptians celebrate each sunrise?
They celebrated because Ra won the battle with monsters in the River of Darkness, causing a new day to begin.
What happened after many centuries of Ra ruling?
He became old and senile, retreating back into the heavens, and gave up his throne to Osiris.
Orisis’s wife
Isis
Goddess of magic
Isis
Clever and ambitious woman
Isis
How did Isis trick Ra into retiring?
She poisoned his with a magic snake, then encouraged him to reveal his secret name so she could cure him. Once she knew Ra’s secret name she could force him to do almost anything. She forced Ra to retire, giving to throne to her husband Osiris.
How was Isis and Orisis’s relationship?
Isis loved Orisis very much.
Who encouraged Horus to kill Set?
His mother, Horus, because Set killed Orisis (Isis’s husband).