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Osiris

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Ruler of the afterlife husband and brother of Isis and enemy of Set. Murdered by Set.

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Isis

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Goddess of women and children wife of Osiris shown as a pig.

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Anubis

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Jackal headed god of the dead, mummification and embalming

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Ra

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God of the sun, hawk headed with sun disc, ram headed in the underworld

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Horus

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Falcon headed god of the sky and son of Osiris got revenge on uncle for killing Osiris

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Set (Seth)

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The god of evil and the desert storms, killed brother Osiris, he is a shape changer usually looked like an ugly goat

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Ba

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The soul of the dead shown as a bird with a head of the dead guy

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Ka

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The invisible twin or guardian angel of the dead guy usually shown as a double image of a figure

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Ammut

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The crocodile, lion, hippo goddess, eater of heavy with sin hearts at judgement day

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Bastet

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The cat headed goddess of women and children

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Apis

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The sacred bull god of Memphis, has a sun disc

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Bes

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The dwarf god of home and heart, very popular

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Geb and Nut

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God of Earth and goddess of the sky mother and father of Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nepthys

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Tefnut

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Goddess of moisture

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Kepera

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A creator god, head of scarab beetle

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Amun-Ra

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Was a ram headed god of Thebes, combined with Ra to form one of the most powerful gods, shown as a man with a tall, feathered crown

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Thoth

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Ibis headed god of scribes and wisdom

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Tawret

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Hippo headed goddess of childbirth

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Sobek

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Crocodile headed god of faiytum oasis and the city Crocodileopolis

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Imhotep

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A real man who was an architect of the first pyramid of king Zoser, at death he was deifined a god of wisdom.

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Ptah

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Creator of Memphis shown as a standing man with a skull cap, he’s a mummy

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Hapi

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God of the Nile and inundation a guy with breasts

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Wadjet

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Cobra goddess of lower Egypt

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Nekhbet

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Vulture goddess of upper Egypt

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Moat

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The goddess of the balance of life, a women with a single feather on her head

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Hathor

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Cow headed goddess of love, or Isis with horns and a sun disc

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Khnum

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Ram headed creator god of the Nile

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Sekar/Sokar

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Hawk headed mummified creator god of Memphis

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Ankh

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Looped cross symbol of internal life

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Selket

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Scorpion goddess

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Sekhement

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Lion headed goddess of war

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