Opet was a benign hippopotamus goddess known as a protective and nourishing deity. Her name seems to mean ‘harem’ or ‘favored place’. Our first reference to her comes from the Pyramid Texts,…
Category: God & Godess
Khephri
God of the sun, creation, life, resurrection, have the appearance of a scarab-headed man, a scarab, and a man wearing a scarab as a crown. The word kheper means scarab, and as…
Wadjet
Wadjet was the predynastic cobra goddess of Lower Egypt, a goddess originally of a city who grew to become the patron goddess of all of Lower Egypt and ‘twin’ in the guardianship…
Geb, Egyptian earth god. (Keb, Seb)
Egyptian earth god. Son of Shu and Tefnut. Brother and consort of the sky god Nut. Father of Osiris, Seth, Isis, and Nephthys. Geb was generally depicted lying on his back, often…
Satet
God of the inundation of the Nile, have the appearance of a woman wearing a star on her head and carrying water jars. Satet was believed to pour out the water into…
Denwen
Denwen was a fiery serpent god attested in the Pyramid Era, hence very old. he would have caused a conflagration destroying other deities were he not prevented from doing so by the…
Thot, Thout; Djhowtey, Djehuti, Tehuti
Egyptian moon god. Over time, he developed as a god of wisdom, and came to be associated with magic, music, medicine, astronomy, geometry, surveying, drawing and writing. Thoth was generally depicted in…
Hatmehyt
Hatmehyt was a fish-goddess worshipped in the Delta, particularly in the northeast at Mendes.The fish as a divinity is comparatively rare in the Egyptian pantheon, but Hatmehyt’s name means “she who is…