Anqet was an Old Kingdom goddess related to the Nile in the Aswan area. She was ‘She Who Embraces’, a name indicating that she was probably thought to hold the Nile in…
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Taweret (Taueret, Taurt, Toeris, Ipy, Ipet, Apet )
Taweret ” The Great Female ” was the ancient Egyptian goddess of maternity and childbirth, protector of women and children. Like Bes, she was both a fierce demonic fighter as well as…
Iron tools
Rare meteoritic iron has been found in tombs since the Old Kingdom, but Egypt was late to accept iron on a large scale. It did not exploit any ores of its own…
Naunet
Naunet (Nunet), is more obscure than her husband. She was thought to be a snake-headed woman who presided over the watery chaos with Nun. Her name was exactly the same as Nun’s,…
Shu, supporter of the sky
Primordial Egyptian god of the air and supporter of the sky. In the Heliopolitan creation myth, Shu was, with his sister Tefnut, one of the first deities created by the sun god…
Nefertem
God of the rising of the sun, have the appearance a man with a crown of lotus blossoms Nefertem was the god of the sunrise who helped to bring the sun into…
Mafdet
God of protection against snakes, scorpions and other dangerous animals, have the appearance of a woman with the head of a cheetah, her hair braided and ending in scorpion tails. Sometimes she…
Hapi
God of the Nile and its inundation, have the appearance of a fat bearded man with breasts, wearing a crown of reeds and lotus blossoms. Hapi was the personification of the Nile….