Ancient Egyptian Gods And Goddesses

There are many gods and goddesses within the Egyptian culture. They were put there to explain why things happened and how things came to be. Below are some of the most significant of the Egyptian gods and goddesses. There is Amun-ra or Amon, “The Hidden One”, who is known as the King of the Gods and Goddesses in Egypt. There is also, Seth, “The God of Chaos,” and Ra, ”The God of Sun and Radiance,” who was believed to have created the world by the Egyptians. Osiris is “The King of Living,” and is worshipped as the god of the afterlife. Fourthly, is Mut, “The Mother Goddess,” who is simply a protecting and nurturing mother as perceived by the ancient Egyptians. Additionally, there is Isis, “The Goddess of Magic,” and Anubis, “The Divine Embalmer,”
who controlled the afterlife before Osiris. Horus,”The God of Vengeance,” is the son of Isis and Osiris, who ruled Egypt after avenging his father’s murder. “The God of Knowledge and Wisdom,” is known as Thoth, and he is the master of physical and divine laws and settled the disputes between good and evil in Egypt, and Sekhmet, or “the Goddess of War and Healing,” who lead and protected the pharaohs in various wars. Also, there is Hathor, “The Goddess of Motherhood,” who welcomes the dead into the next life, and supposedly helped women during their pregnancy and the resulting childbirth. Lastly, there is Geb, “God of Earth,” who provided crops and healing to his followers. Of course, there are many more Egyptian gods, but these are some of the most important ones.