Reshep was a war god whose origins are from Syria. He was brought into the Egyptian pantheon during the 28th Dynasty. Reshep’s characteristic stance is brandishing a mace or axe over his…
Category: God & Godess
Neith
God of war, impartiality, mummification wrappings, the funeral bier, have the appearance of a woman carrying weapons of war, usually a bow and arrow and a shield. In the Old Kingdom she…
Ammit, Eater of the Dead
God of destruction of the souls of the wicked.Have the appearance of a demon with the head of crocodile, the torso of a leopard and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus. Ammit sits…
Heryshef
Heryshef was a Ram-god who was prominent in Middle Egypt at ancient Hnes (modern Ihnasya el-Medina) on the west bank of the Nile near Beni Suef. His cult apparently, as recorded on…
Mehet-Weret
Mehet-Weret was a cow goddess of the sky. Her name means “great flood”. In the age of the Pyramids, Mehet-Weret represented the waterway in the heavens, sailed upon by both the sun…
Nut, goddess of the sky and heavens
Egyptian goddess of the sky and of the heavens. Daughter of the air god Shu and Tefnut, the goddess of moisture, in the Heliopolitan genealogy. She was typically depicted as a woman…
Ba-Pef
Ba-Pef means “That Soul”, and the demonstrative adjective “pef” has an indication of dread or hostility. This is an old deity, as we learn from the Pyramid Text that the king passes…
Sekhmet
God of divine retribution, vengeance, and conquest, have the appearance of a woman with the head of a lioness. Sekhmet means “The Mighty One,” and she was one of the most powerful…