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Ancient Egyptian deities were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion and were worshiped for millennia. Many of them ruled over natural and social phenomena , as well as abstract concepts [ 1 ] These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization, and more than 1,500 of them are known by name.
The Great Ennead was only one of several such groupings of nine deities in ancient Egypt. Claims to preeminence made by its Heliopolitan priests were not respected throughout Egypt, as each nome typically had its own local deities, whose priests insisted stood above all others; [3] even in the nearby city of Memphis, which along with Heliopolis is contained within the limits of modern Cairo ...
Male deities hold was staffs, goddesses hold stalks of papyrus, and both sexes carry ankh signs, representing the Egyptian word for "life", to symbolize their life-giving power. [ 160 ] The forms in which the gods are shown, although diverse, are limited in many ways.
The Egyptian god Horus says that the purpose underlying the practice of mummifying animals is the animals containing the deities who take the forms of these animals based on their qualities: "The benefit of mummification which is performed for the Ibis, the soul of Thoth, one of the greatest ones, is made for the Hawk also, the soul of Ptah ...
In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad (Ancient Greek: ὀγδοάς "the Eightfold"; Ancient Egyptian: ḫmnyw, a plural nisba of ḫmnw "eight") were eight primordial deities worshiped in Hermopolis. The earliest certain reference to the Ogdoad is from the Eighteenth Dynasty, in a dedicatory inscription by Hatshepsut at the Speos Artemidos. [2]
Kabigat: the Bontok goddess of the moon who cut off the head of Chal-chal's son; her action is the origin of headhunting [9] Kalao: Bugkalot spirit birds; [6] depicted as red hornbills who guide and protect hunters and their soul [10] Kedes: the Aeta god of the hunt [11] Okot: the Bicolano forest god whose whistle would lead hunters to their ...
The Ikhemu-sek (middle) depicted on the astronomical ceiling in the tomb of Senenmut . The Ikhemu-sek (Ancient Egyptian: j.ḫmw-sk – literally "the ones not knowing destruction" [1] also known as the Imperishable ones) were a group of ancient Egyptian minor deities who were the personifications of the northern constellations.
The Egyptian hieroglyphic word for "baboon" is jꜥnꜥ in the German style of transliteration. Attested roughly forty times in extant literature, this word refers to the animal itself. [ 4 ] Many Egyptian gods can manifest in a baboon aspect or have other associations with the animal, including