Osiris

Question 1

Osiris

Answer 1

God of the underworld and married to isis. Green because he helped people grow plants, murdered by brother Set.

Question 2

Isis

Answer 2

Goddess of women and children, married to Osiris. Mother of Horus.

Question 3

Nut

Answer 3

Sky goddess, sister of Geb, often painted blue and covered with stars.

Question 4

Set

Answer 4

Osiris’s brother and murdered Osiris. Symbol of evil.

Question 5

Taweret

Answer 5

Goddess of child birth and protected both mothers and babies. Pregnant hippo.

Question 6

Thoth

Answer 6

God of scribes and learning. Thought to have invented writing and the calendar.

Question 7

Ra

Answer 7

God of the Sun, rolled the sun across at day. Reborn every dawn, aged in daytime and died at night.

Question 8

Hapy

Answer 8

Generous god of the Nile, arrived when it flooded, generosity of fertility

Question 9

Sobek

Answer 9

Crocodile headed, controlled the riyer’s water and marshes, owner a temple in Kom Ombo

Question 10

Horus

Answer 10

Son of Osiris and isis, falcon headed, represented Horus on Earth

Question 11

Bes

Answer 11

Short, fat, cheerful god who was very popular and protected children from evil spirits

Question 12

Bastet

Answer 12

Goddess usually shown as a cat, believed in protecting children and women.

Question 13

Hathor

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Goddess sometimes shown as a lovely lady, she represents dancing, music, joy and love. Cow headed

Question 14

Imhotep

Answer 14

Real person, brilliant scribe and architect who designed the first pyramid, step pyramid at saqqara. God of wisdom.

Question 15

Amun, Ra

Answer 15

Two gods, uniting a local god of Thebes. Most powerful god during new kingdom

Question 16

Anubis

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God of the dead, watched over the embalming ritual. Head of Jackal.

Question 17

Ba

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Soul of the dead, shown as a bird

Question 18

Ka

Answer 18

Invisible twin or guardian angel of the dead, double image

Question 19

Ammut

Answer 19

The crocodile, lion, hippo goddess eater of heavy hearts

Question 20

APIs

Answer 20

The scared bull god of Memphis who has a sun disc

Question 21

Geb and nut

Answer 21

God of earth and goddess of the sky, mother and father of Osiris and isis.

Question 22

Tefnut

Answer 22

God of moisture

Question 23

Kepera

Answer 23

A creator god head of scarab beatle

Question 24

Ptah

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Creator god, of Memphis shown as a standing man with a skull cap

Question 25

Wadjet

Answer 25

Cover goddess of lower Egypt.

Question 26

Nekbet

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Vaulter of upper Egypt

Question 27

Maat

Answer 27

Goddess of the balance of life, women with a single feather on her head

Question 28

Selket

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Scorpion goddess

Question 29

Sekmet

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Lion head, goddess of war

Question 30

Ankh

Answer 30

Looped cross symbol of eternal life

Question 31

Sekar

Answer 31

Hawk headed, mummified creator god of Memphis

Question 32

Khanum

Answer 32

Ram headed creator god of the Nile