Brief Outlines on some of the Egyptian God’s

·         Ra is the eagle god of the sun.

·         Anubis god of the dead

·         Geb is the green god of Earth.

·         Horus is the god with falcon's head, god of sun.

·         Osiris is the god of fertility and Duat.

·         Seth is the god of deserts and evil.

·         Thoth is the scribe god.

·         Amun is the god of Thebes, king of gods in New Kingdom.

Amun

Egyptian mythology, Amun was a very powerful god. He was often combined with Ra to form the god Amun-Ra. At one point in Egyptian history, he was called the "King of the Gods". Amun was the name of a deity, in Egyptian mythology, who became one of the most important deities in Ancient Egypt. Amun's name is first recorded as imn. That means "The hidden (one)". Amun was shown in human form, seated on a throne, wearing on his head a plain deep circlet from which rise two straight parallel plumes, maybe meant as the tail feathers of a bird. That would remind of his earlier status as a wind god.

Anubis

Anubis is the Greek name for the ancient god in Egyptian mythology who looks like a man with the head of a jackal. Jackals are predators that look like dogs and live in Africa. People did not like jackals in ancient Egypt, because the animals messed up graves. The Egyptian people wanted to end this by deifying them. Deifying means in this case that they created a god that was a jackal as well. Therefore the god of the dead Anubis looked like a dog or jackal. Anubis became the god of the dead, because the jackals were often in grave yards at night. This made the people think that the jackals protected the dead people in the graves.

Atum

Atum was the creator of everything in ancient Egyptian mythology. He represented the very first history; nothing existed yet except for him. According to the myth, he rose up out of the chaos waters of Nun and used his own female side to create Shu (air) and Tefnut (moisture). Out of the two elements water and air, the other gods and goddesses were born. The Egyptians believed he was the father of all the gods. Atum was fist the partner of the earth then the partner.

Apep

Apep (also spelled Apepi, and Aapep, or Apophis in Greek) in Egyptian mythology was an evil demon. He was associated with darkness and chaos. He was often shown as a snake. Apep's name was often incorrectly defined as he who was spat out. It was said that he had been formed by Neith, who had been the god of the ancient waters in the Ennead, from a length of spit she had spat at Nu, the god of the ancient waters in the Ogdoad. Some subsequent commentators speculated that Apep must have been an earlier creator, and chief god, thus explaining why he had so much anger towards Ra. It was believed that Ra (the sun) each night passed into Duat and then battled with Apep, always winning except for certain days in which Ra is momentarily devoured, what the Egyptians saw as an eclipse.

Aten

Aten was a form of the ancient Egyptian god of the sun, Ra. When Akhenaten was pharaoh, Aten was made king of the gods. He was pictured as a sun with rays that ended in hands.

Bes

Bes was the ancient Egyptian god of protection of pregnant women, newborn babies and the family. He was a dwarf wearing a lion's skin. Bes does not look like he is Egyptian. He is like gods found in other parts of Africa. To scare away demons during birth, Bes would dance around the room, shaking his rattle and yelling to scare away demons that might put a curse on the child. After the child was born, Bes would stay by him/her. When a baby laughed or smiled for no reason, Egyptians believed that Bes was somewhere in the room making funny faces. His name appears to be connected to a Nubian word for cat, besa, which literally means protector. Egyptians kept cats in order to attack snakes, and creatures that might ruin crop stores, such as mice, and so Bes was naturally singled out as worthy of worship in Egypt.

Geb

In Egyptian mythology, Geb was the god of the earth. Geb was the husband and brother of the sky goddess Nut and the father of Osiris, Isis, Nephthys and Seth. When Seth and Horus (Osiris' son) fought to become the king of Egypt, Geb made Horus the ruler of the living. Geb's parents are Tefnut and Shu. The ancient Egyptians believed that earthquakes were Geb's laughter. The animals of Geb are a snake and a goose (goose is sometimes decipted on Geb's head). Geb is sometimes equivalent of Greek titan Kronos. Geb's name means "weak one" or "lame one". Geb is also god of the vegetation, and his other names are Seb and Keb.

Horus

Horus was a god in Egyptian mythology . He was the son of Isis and Osiris. After fighting Seth, he became the king of Egypt. In Egypt, he became so important that the Eye of Horus became one of the most important symbols in ancient Egypt.

Nehebkau

Nehebkau guarded the entrance to Duat, the Egyptian underworld. He was made up of Ka and Ba, the two parts of the soul. he is pictured as a snake with two heads.  Atum was said to have to keep his finger on Nehebkau to keep him from being out of control. Since he was a snake, he was believed to heal those bitten by snakes and/or scorpions.

Ptah

Ptah was the ancient Egyptian god of craftsmen and architects. In art, he is shown as a bearded mummified man, often wearing a skull cap, holding a djed. He was believed to be married to Sekhmet.

Osiris

In Egyptian mythology, Osiris was the god of life, death, and the flooding of the Nile. He was the brother and husband of Isis. They had a son named Horus. Osiris was murdered by his brother Seth because Osiris was pharaoh, which Seth wanted to be. Osiris was killed when Seth tricked him into getting into a box, then pouring lead onto the box to seal it so Osiris could not get out of it. However, Isis brought Osiris back to life for one night. After Horus was old enough, he defeated Seth and became the pharaoh. Osiris' mother was goddess Nut, and father Geb.

Ra

In Egyptian mythology, Ra was the god of the sun. He was also called Re. He was the most important god in ancient Egypt. He had many names, such as Amun-Ra, and Ra-Horakhty. It was said he was born each morning in the East, and died each night in the West. In the night he traveled through the underworld. This is why the West side of the Nile was known as the land of the dead. The cult of Ra began to grow from around the time of the II Dynasty, establishing Ra as the sun god.

Seth

In Egyptian mythology, Seth (also spelled Sutekh, Setesh, Seteh, Set) was a god. He was the god of the desert, one of the two biomes that makes up Egypt. The other biome is the small area on both sides of the Nile where farmers grow crops.

Shu (god)

In Egyptian mythology, Shu was the god of the air. His name means dryness. He was the husband and brother of Tefnut. He was the father of Nut and Geb. In art, he was often shown standing on Geb and holding up Nut. On head, he has got an ostrich feather, and in his hand he holding an Ankh.

Sobek

Sobek was the ancient Egyptian god of the Nile. In art, he was shown with the head of a crocodile. In temples to Sobek, live crocodiles were kept in pools to honour him.

Thoth

In Egyptian mythology, Thoth was the deity of scribes. He is thought to be one of the most important deities of the Egyptian religion and was often shown with the head of an ibis. His feminine counterpart was Ma'at. Thoth was said to be born from the skull of Set also said to be born from the heart of Ra. Thoth was considered the heart and tongue of Ra. He was also the one who translated Ra's will into speech.