Egyptian Myth.txt

Word meaning "nine" that is used to complete the name of the family of nine gods known as the great _______.

Early form of the god Ra and the father of Shu and Tefnut

God of air and light, brother of Tefnut

Lion-headed goddess of rain, sister of Shu

Earth god and father of Osiris

Goddess of the heavens

God who brought agriculture to man, became pharaoh, took his sister Isis as his queen, and was killed by Seth and cut into pieces

Chief goddess and queen of the underworld who restored Osiris to life, making him the god of the afterlife

Ancient god of light and heaven to whom the falcon was sacred

Goddess of the dead, sister and wife of Seth

God of darkness, evil, and storms who oppressed souls after their death and was represented as having a human body with white flesh, red hair, and an animal's head with a pointed pig-like snout—he became pharaoh after killing Osiris

King of the gods worshipped mainly in the great temples of Luxor and Karnak—he had a famous oracle at the temple of Siwa, became identified with the older sun god Ra, or Re

Term for the picture-writing considered to be the words of the gods

River flowing northward, associated with many gods and goddesses

Egyptian rulers who considered themselves to be sons of the Egyptian god of the sun and living

Egyptian city that was the center for the worship of the sun god Atum

Village on the Nile in upper Egypt, site of Thebes, the temple of Amen, site where the solar deity Montu was worshipped

Figure of the sacred asp or cobra

Part of the body weighed against the feather of truth on the scales of justice

Metal musical instrument or rattle carried by the priestess of Hathor

T-shaped cross with a loop at the symbolizing life

Collection of ancient Egyptian texts containing prayers or spells to guide the soul on its journey to the hereafter

Dung beetle considered by the ancient Egyptians to be the symbol of immortality

Sun god and universal creator, usually represented as a man with the head of a hawk and symbolized by the scarab

Scarab god who arose from Nu or Nun, the watery chaos at the world's beginning, and created the universe from his own spittle

Goddess of love, life, and fertility who was represented as having the body of a woman with the head of a cat

Deity who symbolized a great ocean that existed before the creation of the earth and heavens

Jackal-headed god of the dead

Goddess of the sky or heaven, the protector of everything feminine, sometimes called Athyr and shaped like a cow

Sacred bull thought to be Osiris incarnate

Region of the dead where the souls were judged by Osiris

God of learning, wisdom, magic, and the moon who had a human body with the head of an ibis or baboon—he was associated with secret magical powers

Chief deity of Memphis, patron of craftsmen and ruler of the world

Egyptian architect and vizier to King Zoser who after his death was raised to god-like status as the son of Ptah

Creature with the head of a man and the body of a lion

Word used to designate the soul or "life-source" that dwells in a person's body