Egypt its great history we already know that it goes back more than 2000 years but that we know of its gods, Today we bring you through this interesting article everything related to the names of some Gods Egyptians and more.
25 Egyptian Gods (Biography, Personality and Legacy)
The Egyptian gods were the fundamental figures of beliefs and rituals in ancient Egyptian society. These forms of faith formed a complex method of interaction between the gods and the civilian population, convinced of the control and supernatural powers of these deities, capable of altering the destiny of people.
In this way, the attributes, offerings, prayers and other rituals dedicated to the Egyptian deities were directed exclusively to gaining their sympathy and being able to count on their favors.
On the other hand, a well-known figure from ancient Egypt is the pharaoh who, in addition to reigning, served as a link between the deity and the people. The citizens expressed all kinds of obedience to him to keep their gods "happy" and maintain a permanent state of order and peace.
The most important Egyptian gods
Below is a list of the most important Egyptian gods, with a brief description of each and an explanation of the influence they have had throughout history.
1.geb
He was the father god of Seth, Nephthys, and Osiris, and was described as a man with a goose on his head. He has not been attributed any kind of worship because of his condition as an earthly God. He was a symbol of fertility, and earthquakes in Egypt were linked to the god Geb laughing at him.
2.amit
The body of this goddess was made up of three different animals: the lion, the crocodile and the hippopotamus. Unlike the rest of the gods, Ammit was seen as a demon and was feared for everything he represented (death).
3.Shu
Father of Nut and Geb and husband of Tefnut. Along with her, they were the first Egyptian gods created by Atum. He was the god of air and the sun; Shu's main task was to support the body of the goddess Nun and thus separate heaven from earth.
4.Nut
Mother goddess of Nephthys, Seth, Isis and Osiris. By the composition of her small and elongated body, she symbolized the sky. According to ancient Egypt, Nut swallowed the sun every night and illuminated it during the morning rest. The graphic representation of her is found in many temples, as well as on the coffins of the dead.
5. Amun
This god was also known as Ammon and was the main deity of the city of Thebes. He was the patron of the pharaohs of the same city and was placed in the highest level of the pantheon next to the god Ra. The fusion between Amun and Ra gave birth to the god Amon-Ra, and he was baptized as "the king of the gods".
6.Anubis
This god was represented as a man with the head of a jackal. Son of Seth and Nephthys, he was the protector of the dead. Anubis was responsible for bringing the dead to their doomsday. He was also linked to the process of mummification and preservation of bodies.
7. um heh
He was a god of the underworld, whose name had the meaning of "devourer of eternity". He was depicted as a dog-headed man who lived in a lake of fire.
8. Anath
The female deity was highly valued in ancient Egyptian culture. She was given various temples, because she represented the goddess of war. The god Ramses himself named his daughter Bint Anat (daughter of Anat in Arabic).
9. Kiss
Unlike the rest of the gods, Bes was drawn looking straight ahead and not in profile. He was stocky, short-limbed, with a sticky tongue, and was considered the god of childbirth. Bes is believed to have expelled demons at night and protected people from dangerous animals.
10. Happi
He was the god who represented the course of the Nile, he was a man with large breasts and a belly and an ornamentation on his head made of aquatic plants. It is believed that he lived in the river caves and that the cult of him grew up around the city of Aswan.
11. Horus
Main rival of the god Seth, this deity was the descendant of Isis and Osiris. The portrait of him has always remained anonymous: some Egyptologists claim that he was a man with the head of a falcon, others as a full falcon, and some claim that Horus was a curly child sitting on his mother's lap.
After killing the god Set, he became the king of Egypt, he was the god of the sky and was considered the protector of kings.
12. Imhotep
He was one of the few commoners to achieve divine status. He was an Egyptian mathematician and served as chancellor during the time of the Third Dynasty. He himself had his own tomb built in what would be his last resting place (he has been in hiding ever since and it is not yet known where he is).
13.isis
A pivotal figure in ancient Egyptian mythology, Isis was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus. She was linked to funerary rituals and it is said that she created the first mummy from the dismembered remains of Osiris.
When she resurrected Osiris, she gave life to Horus, for which she was also considered the goddess of life, healing and protector of kings. For the ancient culture, Isis represented the ideal, loving, devoted and caring wife.
14. Nephthys
Daughter of Geb and Nut, sister of Isis, wife of Seth and mother of Anubis, this goddess was known as "lady of the palaces". Like the goddess Isis, Nephthys is considered the Egyptian patron goddess of the dead.
15. Osiris
One of the most important gods, he was the first king of Egypt. It was assumed that he was the one who brought civilization to the human race. Resurrected by his wife Isis, he thus became the god of the underworld and the chief judge of death.
16.Ra
He was the supreme god of the sun, represented as a man with the head of a falcon. Every night he went to the underworld to fight against evil and chaos, and at dawn he was reborn. The Egyptian kings claimed to be direct descendants of Ra, which is why they called themselves "Sons of Ra".
17.Seth
He was the son of Geb and Nut, brother of Osiris. He was considered the god of darkness, confusion, and chaos. He was portrayed as a man with an elongated snout and long ears, possibly the skull of an anteater. Set killed his brother and stole the throne of Egypt, and most of the gods hated him. Horus managed to finish off Seth, in what was considered the battle between good and evil.
18. Tefnut
Goddess of moisture and corrosion, she was the wife of Shu and the mother of Nut and Geb. Along with her husband, she was the first gods created by Atum. She was depicted in two forms: a lion-headed woman or a lioness.
19.Ptah
He was considered the creator of the world for his thoughts and prayers, and was therefore considered the creator god. Ptah was related to craftsmen and had a temple in his honor.
20. Nefertum
According to Egyptian mythology, it was first a lotus flower that existed during the creation of the world and came from the source of life. He was considered the son of the creator god, Ptah, and the goddess Sekhmet. He was usually portrayed as a handsome, stocky young man.
21.Mehen
The Egyptian god represented by a large serpent was also considered another protective deity. He attacked the god Ra during his nocturnal descent into darkness (remember Ra was the protector of good).
22.Khonsu
His name means "traveler", perhaps linked to the trip he made every night to the moon. This god had an important role in the creation of life and creatures. In this form, he was considered the god of the moon.
23.Khnum
He is one of the oldest Egyptian gods in mythology and is represented as a man with the head of a ram. Mainly it was believed that he was the source of the Nile, he was also considered the creator of children, who took them out of the mud to introduce them into the womb of his mother.
24.Ishtar
She was the goddess of love, fertility, sex, war, and power. She was the daughter of Anu. She is believed to be the divine personification of the planet Venus.
25.Khepri
This Egyptian god is a favorite in science fiction novels and movies. He was related to the blue beetle. Khepri symbolizes creation and rebirth. He was drawn as a beetle-headed man.
Solar temple, also called astral, from the Old Kingdom
Only the temple of Niuserre (Pharaoh of the V dynasty) remains and remains. This temple is located in Abusir, south of Giza.
These are temples built to worship the sun, Ra, and for identification also to the pharaoh. This justifies the two elements that appear: the obelisk and the solar boat. They are located in a desert location, are open temples, and will not impact the New Kingdom until the time of Amenophis IV.
Temple of Niuserre
It consists of a pavilion in a valley that communicated with the rest by a covered avenue and leads to a second pavilion that is the proper construction of the solar temple.
It is a fortified town that has an open courtyard in which two fundamental elements should be highlighted: the altar behind which is the obelisk, which ends with the pyramidion, a golden part that better reflects the sun's rays.
To the right in the courtyard are a series of buildings that are storerooms and for certain ceremonies. The obelisk was reached from a vestibule facing the courtyard through a corridor to its left. Outside the enclosure, there are remains of a stone construction that is believed to be the solar boat.
Funerary temple of the Egyptian gods
It appears in the Old Kingdom but it does not have a very marked structure, which will happen in the New Kingdom, which will follow a very characteristic pattern that will be the same as that of the divine or classical temples.
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
This temple is located next to the funerary monument of Mentuhotep at Deir el Bahari. In a way I imitate it but much more complicated. Although it is very colorful, it does not collide with the landscape, although it would surely have paint and a more vegetal landscape. It is not a mortuary temple.
It is called hemispeans because it has an outward-facing part and a rock-cut part. To get there, there was a great avenue crossed by multitudes of sphinxes and surrounded by gardens. These are three superimposed platforms with a lintel structure supported by pillars that are accessed by ramps.
There are chapels dedicated to different gods, the most important in Hathor, where the most interesting Hathoric pillars are kept, and in Anubis. The last part is cut into the rock. It departs from the classical structure.
It had a very important sculptural decoration, both in relief and statuary. It was built by the architect Senmut, who was very important, he was in charge of educating Hatshepsut's children and maybe even the queen's lover.
Hatshepsut was a queen of the Eighteenth Dynasty who occupied the throne as regent for her son Thutmose III, who was in charge of destroying many of his mother's works. Although she was a regent, she reigned as a full-fledged female pharaoh and was said to rule as a man, for whom she was often portrayed as such.
El ramesseum
It was ordered to be built by Pharaoh Ramses II of the XNUMXth dynasty, but only a few ruins remain. It was a large enclosure that was heavily looted and from the beginning stones began to be removed for later construction.
Next to it were found remains of vaulted warehouses. Pillars of Osiris were used in its construction and remains of a collapsed colossus remain.
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