Kherty was a ram god with a dual nature of hostility and protection. From Kherty the king has to be protected by no less a deity than Re. However, Kherty, as his…
Category: Ancient Egypt World
Fourth Dynasty
Of contemporary remains of Dynasty III, there is nothing more to record save some blocks of a temple built by Djoser at Heliopolis, so that we may now pass to the period…
Andjety
Andjety in his anthropomorphic form was originally worshipped in the mid-Delta in the Lower ninth nome. Andjety was the precursor of Osiris at the cult center of Busiris. The iconography of this…
Pakhet
God of inner strength, especially that of women, have the appearance of a woman with the head of a lioness. Pakhet in all likelihood was a combination of Bast and Sekhmet. As…
Upper Paleolithic: 30,000 – 10,000 BC
Some time around the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic, or in the few centuries before it, the Mousterian Pluvial ended and desert once again reclaimed the Sahara region. Fleeing the desert, many…
Set
God of winds, storms, chaos, evil, darkness, strength, war, conflict, Upper Egypt, have the appearance of a man with the head of a jackal-like animal. In depictions of his battle with Horus…
Sokar
God of the Memphis necropolis and the funerary cult, have the appearance of a man with the head of a hawk. Sokar (Seker) was the primary god of the Memphite funeral cult…
Mehen
God and defender of the Sun Boat, have the appearance of a serpent-headed man holding a spear, standing in the prow of the Sun Boat, or as a giant snake coiled around…