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Anubis

Posted on September 21, 2013

Also Names Anpu, Inpu, Ienpw, Imeut (Lord-of-the-Place-of-Embalming). He’s god of mummification, and the dead on their path through the underworld. Have the appearance of a man with the head of a jackal-like…

Shed, the Savior God of the New Kingdom

Posted on September 18, 2013

Shed was a protective god who was venerated mainly from New Kingdom times, though he is known to us prior to that period. In fact, he appears to possibly be an Egyptian…

Panebtawy

Posted on September 9, 2013

Panebtawy was a youthful god who is the divine child of Haroeris and Tasenetnofret in the western sanctuary of Kom-Ombo temple. As “the lord of the Two Lands” he represents the idea…

Neferhetep

Posted on September 7, 2013

In the town of Hiw near Nag Hammadi, Neferhetep was locally worshipped also as an infant deity. Though less well known, he was also considered the child of Hathor. His name can…

Sepa

Posted on September 6, 2013

Sepa was a centipede god from Heliopolis with the powers to prevent snake bites. He could also be represented with the head of a donkey or as a mummiform deity sporting two…

Shay

Posted on September 6, 2013

Shay personified destiny, and existed both as a deity and a concept. In the New Kingdom funerary papyrus of the royal scribe Ani, Shay appears in the Weighing of the Heart scene…

Mut

Posted on September 4, 2013

God of the sky, mothers, have the appearance of a vulture-headed woman or a woman wearing a vulture for a crown. The very word Mut means “mother” and Mut was the great…

Athyr

Posted on July 26, 2013

Egyptian cow goddess. Daughter of Nut and Re. In early Egyptian mythology she was the mother of the sky god Horus, but was later replaced in this capacity by Isis. Hathor then…

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