Gods And Goddess Flashcards
(31 cards)
Osiris
Ruler of the afterlife husband and brother of Isis and enemy of Set. Murdered by Set.
Isis
Goddess of women and children wife of Osiris shown as a pig.
Anubis
Jackal headed god of the dead, mummification and embalming
Ra
God of the sun, hawk headed with sun disc, ram headed in the underworld
Horus
Falcon headed god of the sky and son of Osiris got revenge on uncle for killing Osiris
Set (Seth)
The god of evil and the desert storms, killed brother Osiris, he is a shape changer usually looked like an ugly goat
Ba
The soul of the dead shown as a bird with a head of the dead guy
Ka
The invisible twin or guardian angel of the dead guy usually shown as a double image of a figure
Ammut
The crocodile, lion, hippo goddess, eater of heavy with sin hearts at judgement day
Bastet
The cat headed goddess of women and children
Apis
The sacred bull god of Memphis, has a sun disc
Bes
The dwarf god of home and heart, very popular
Geb and Nut
God of Earth and goddess of the sky mother and father of Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nepthys
Tefnut
Goddess of moisture
Kepera
A creator god, head of scarab beetle
Amun-Ra
Was a ram headed god of Thebes, combined with Ra to form one of the most powerful gods, shown as a man with a tall, feathered crown
Thoth
Ibis headed god of scribes and wisdom
Tawret
Hippo headed goddess of childbirth
Sobek
Crocodile headed god of faiytum oasis and the city Crocodileopolis
Imhotep
A real man who was an architect of the first pyramid of king Zoser, at death he was deifined a god of wisdom.
Ptah
Creator of Memphis shown as a standing man with a skull cap, he’s a mummy
Hapi
God of the Nile and inundation a guy with breasts
Wadjet
Cobra goddess of lower Egypt
Nekhbet
Vulture goddess of upper Egypt
