Gods Flashcards

1
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Son of Isis and Osiris

A

Horus

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2
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Horus’s sybol

A

Falcon

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3
Q

Who challenged Set and defeated him?

A

Horus

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4
Q

God of the crocodiles?

A

Sobek

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5
Q

What was Sobek the god off?

A

Crocodiles

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6
Q

What does Sobek look like?

A

Human with crocodile head

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7
Q

How were the rivers made?

A

Sobek’s sweat

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8
Q

What was Anubis the god off?

A

Funerals

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9
Q

Who was the god of funerals?

A

Anubis

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10
Q

What did Anubis do?

A

Helped prepare the soul for the afterlife and escorted the dead to the hall of judgement.

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11
Q

Was did Anubis look like?

A

Human with jackal head

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12
Q

First pharaoh of the world when gods inhabited Egypt?

A

Ra

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13
Q

God of the sun

A

Ra

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14
Q

What was Ra the god of?

A

The sun

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15
Q

Who did the golden ship belong to?

A

The golden sun ship was Ra’s

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16
Q

What did the ship do?

A

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.

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17
Q

How and why did Egyptians celebrate each sunrise?

A

They celebrated because Ra won the battle with monsters in the River of Darkness, causing a new day to begin.

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18
Q

What happened after many centuries of Ra ruling?

A

He became old and senile, retreating back into the heavens, and gave up his throne to Osiris.

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19
Q

Orisis’s wife

A

Isis

20
Q

Goddess of magic

A

Isis

21
Q

Clever and ambitious woman

A

Isis

22
Q

How did Isis trick Ra into retiring?

A

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.

23
Q

How was Isis and Orisis’s relationship?

A

Isis loved Orisis very much.

24
Q

Who encouraged Horus to kill Set?

A

His mother, Horus, because Set killed Orisis (Isis’s husband).

25
Q

What does Isis look like?

A

Beautiful women with multi-coloured wings

26
Q

God of the desert, storms and evil?

A

Set

27
Q

What was set god of?

A

Desert, storms and evil

28
Q

Colour of Set?

A

Red, the colour of sterile soil and the desert.

29
Q

Strongest god?

A

Set

30
Q

How did Set become pharaoh?

A

He killed his brother

31
Q

Who took Set’s throne?

A

Osiris

32
Q

What does Set look like?

A

Red skin and head of an unknown animal demon.

33
Q

God of the dwarves, protector of households, mothers and children?

A

Bes

34
Q

First son of Geb and Nut?

A

Osiris

35
Q

God of the underworld?

A

Osiris

36
Q

What did Osiris do?

A

Judged the souls of the dead

37
Q

What did Osiris look like?

A

Blue skin and white robe.

38
Q

How was the first mummy made?

A

Isis spent years putting together Osiris after he was cut up into pieces by Set - making the first mummy.

39
Q

God of the air

A

Amun

40
Q

What was Amun god of?

A

Air

41
Q

What god did Amun merge with?

A

Ra, to make Amun-Ra

42
Q

First pharaoh of the New Kingdom

A

Amun

43
Q

Goddess of cats?

A

Bast

44
Q

Why were cats popular in Egypt?

A

They could kill snakes, scorpions and other nasty creatures.

45
Q

What type of goddess was Bast?

A

Protective

46
Q

Who’s cat was Bast?

A

Ra

47
Q

What did Bast look like in cat form?

A

Pictures with a knife, fighting