Principal Egyptian Gods
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Principal Egyptian Gods
I’m going to talk about the most important gods in Ancient Egypt.
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Ra • He is the big god, he is the god
of the sky and he is the beginning of the life in ancient Egyptian mythology.
• Ra symbolized solar light.• He was in charge of the dead
and resurrection cycle.
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Amón
• His name means ``the hidden god´´
• His wife is Mut and his son Khonsu .
• He symbolizes the air , he is everywhere .You can’t see him but you can feel him( hidden god)
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Mut • ``The Mother´´, mother goddess.
She was the origin of all the world.• She is the sky’s goddess .• She was the wife of Amón and the
Khonsu’s mother.
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Khonsu• He is the moon god , he
was the sick’s protector ,too.
• He terrorised the bad spirits.
• He also symbolizes the land’s fertility and the children recently born.
• He was connected with the time course.
• He has got two forms.
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Osiris
• He was the resurrection god.• He symbolized fertility and
Nile’s regeneration. He is vegetation and agriculture god.
• He preside over `` The Deads Trial´´.
• He was killed by his brother.
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Isis• She was Osiris wife and sister .• She was called `` Big magician
´´ ,`` Mother goddess ´´, ``Queen of gods´´ .
• She was the goddess of maternity and births.
• Isis is her Greek name , her Egyptian name was Ast.
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Horus
• He was `` The High´´ .• He was the son of Osiris and Isis.• He was the god of heaven .• He was the beginning of
Egyptian civilisation.• His Egyptian name was Hor.
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Seth• He was the god of brute
strength, of the tumultuous and the uncontrollable.
• He was the god of the wrong things and the darkness. He was the god of the desert, war and violence ,too.
• He created the Oasis.
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Hathor• She was the goddess of love ,
happiness, dance and music.• Her name means `` Horus
temple´´´ because she was Horus wife.
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Anubis
• He was a funeral god , Necropolis master .
• He was pattern of embalms.• He was killed by Seth.• He is in charge of say welcome
to dead people.
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Thoth• He was the god of writing,
wisdom, music and spells.• He symbolized the moon.• His Egyptian name was
Dyehuty.
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Ptah• He was a creator master and
a magic master, too.• He invented the bricklaying
and he was the pattern of architects and craftsmen.
• He had got curator powers.
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Nut • She was the night goddess.• She was called ´´ The big one
who give birth the gods ´´.• She was the creator of
universe and the stars.
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Maat
• She was the law’s and harmony goddess.
• She was Ra’s daughter .• She symbolized universal
justice and universal balance .
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Apis
• He was the god of agriculture and fertility.
• He was a funeral god ,too.• His Egyptian name was
Hap\Hepu.
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Sobek
• He was the crocodile god. • He was the god of
fertility ,vegetation and life.• He created the Nile from
his sweat.