Gengen Wer was a primeval Egyptian goose god whose onomatopoeic name means Great Honker and who is a force of creative energy. The imagery is that of the goose carrying the egg…
Category: God & Godess
Wosret
Wosret was an ancient goddess of Thebes whose name means “the powerful”. Possibly she was the earliest consort of Amun at Karnak, preceding Mut. Certainly Middle Kingdom pharaohs of Theban origins take…
Tayet
Tayet was the goddess of weaving and the most crucial of her roles was providing woven cloth for embalming. In the letter which the pharaoh Senusret I sends to Sinuhe, an ex-harem…
Ptah
God of creation, craftsmen, artisans, have the appearance of a man with a punt beard, wrapped up like a mummy, but with his hands free which grip a great staff made up…
Iabet
Iabet (Iabtet, Iab, Abet, Abtet, Ab) was the goddess of the Eastern Desert, of fertility and rebirth. She was a personification of the land of the east – (iabt) – and was…
Ash
God of the desert, he has the appearance of A man with the head of a hawk. He was the “Lord of Libya” and the god of the Sahara Desert. Although sometimes…
Re, sun god and creator god
Egyptian sun god and creator god. He was usually depicted in human form with a falcon head, crowned with the sun disc encircled by the uraeus (a stylized representation of the sacred…
Hetepes-Sekhus
Hetepes-Sekhus was an Underworld cobra goddess who by virtue of her power as the eye of Re annihilates the souls of Osiris’ enemies. her invincibility is enhanced by her entourage of crocodiles.