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"Egyptian mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Egyptians. Unlike ancient Greek Mythology, primary sources and accounts of Egyptian Myths are, fragmentary, sparse, heavily biased, or non-existent. We currently only have the Egyptian Creation Myth/Osiris and a general idea of what role or capacity each god played. Modern scholars still refer to and study the myths in an attempt to throw light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Egypt and its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself."

Characters

The Great Ennead

• Atum (Ra) - God of the Sun
• Shu - God of Air
• Tefnut - Goddess of Moisture
• Geb - God of the Earth
• Nut - Goddess of the Sky
• Osiris - God of the Underworld
• Isis - Goddess of Magic
• Set - God of Evil
• Nephthys - Goddess of Rituals
• Horus - God of War

Other Animal Gods

• Anubis - God of Death. Patron of Furries. Has the head of a black jackal.
• Anuput - Female version and wife of Anubis. Usually depicted with a human head.
• Bast - Created by splitting Sekhmet's essence in half to make her less violent. Has the head of a domestic cat.
• Bes - God of dwarves and protector of children. Consort to Taweret.
• Hathor - Created by splitting Sekhmet's essence in half to make her less violent. Has the head of a cow.
• Khonsu - God of the moon.
• Sekhmet - Daughter of Ra and embodiment of his wrath. Has the head of a lioness.
• Shezmu - God of blood and wine. Inconsistently depicted with the head or body of a lion with the head of a lion, snake, or man.
• Sobek - God of Crocodiles. Has the head of a crocodile.
• Maahes - God of weapons. Son of Bastet. Has the head of a lion.
• Nekhbet - Patron goddess of Upper Egypt. Has the appearance of an anthropomorphic vulture.
• Taweret - Goddess of child birth and medicine. Consort to Bes. Has the head of a hippopotamus.
• Thoth - God of knowledge and writing. Has the head of an ibis.
• Wadjet - Patron goddess of Lower Egypt. Has the appearance of a large winged snake.
• Wapawet - God of Funeral Rites. Twin brother of Anubis. Has the head of a white wolf.

Other entities

• Ammit - Devourer of the Dishonorable Dead. She has the appearance with the forequarters of a lion, the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, and the head of a crocodile.
• Apophis - Devourer of the sun. Overarching antagonist of the entire mythology. Has the appearance of a gigantic snake.
• Babi - God of baboons. Or just a monstrously large and angry baboon.
• Khepri - God of time, cycles, and rebirth. Has the appearance of a scarab or a man with the head of a scarab.

See Also

• mythology
• middle_eastern_mythology
• egyptian_mythology