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Osiris

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God of the underworld and married to isis. Green because he helped people grow plants, murdered by brother Set.

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Isis

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Goddess of women and children, married to Osiris. Mother of Horus.

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Nut

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Sky goddess, sister of Geb, often painted blue and covered with stars.

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Set

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Osiris’s brother and murdered Osiris. Symbol of evil.

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Taweret

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Goddess of child birth and protected both mothers and babies. Pregnant hippo.

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Thoth

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God of scribes and learning. Thought to have invented writing and the calendar.

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Ra

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God of the Sun, rolled the sun across at day. Reborn every dawn, aged in daytime and died at night.

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Hapy

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Generous god of the Nile, arrived when it flooded, generosity of fertility

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Sobek

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Crocodile headed, controlled the riyer’s water and marshes, owner a temple in Kom Ombo

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Horus

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Son of Osiris and isis, falcon headed, represented Horus on Earth

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Bes

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Short, fat, cheerful god who was very popular and protected children from evil spirits

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Bastet

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Goddess usually shown as a cat, believed in protecting children and women.

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Hathor

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Goddess sometimes shown as a lovely lady, she represents dancing, music, joy and love. Cow headed

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Imhotep

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Real person, brilliant scribe and architect who designed the first pyramid, step pyramid at saqqara. God of wisdom.

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Amun, Ra

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Two gods, uniting a local god of Thebes. Most powerful god during new kingdom

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Anubis

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God of the dead, watched over the embalming ritual. Head of Jackal.

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Ba

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Soul of the dead, shown as a bird

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Ka

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Invisible twin or guardian angel of the dead, double image

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Ammut

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The crocodile, lion, hippo goddess eater of heavy hearts

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APIs

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The scared bull god of Memphis who has a sun disc

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Geb and nut

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God of earth and goddess of the sky, mother and father of Osiris and isis.

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Tefnut

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God of moisture

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Kepera

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A creator god head of scarab beatle

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Ptah

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Creator god, of Memphis shown as a standing man with a skull cap

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Wadjet

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Cover goddess of lower Egypt.

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Nekbet

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Vaulter of upper Egypt

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Maat

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

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Selket

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Scorpion goddess

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Sekmet

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Lion head, goddess of war

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Ankh

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Looped cross symbol of eternal life

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Sekar

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Hawk headed, mummified creator god of Memphis

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Khanum

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Ram headed creator god of the Nile

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