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Egyptian Gods

Egyptian Gods. By Ella . Egyptian Gods. There were over 2,000 names of gods in Ancient Egypt. Some images of Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses show them with a human body and the head of a bird or an animal. Animals were chosen to represent the powers of the god. Bastet.

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Egyptian Gods

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  1. Egyptian Gods By Ella

  2. Egyptian Gods There were over 2,000 names of gods in Ancient Egypt. Some images of Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses show them with a human body and the head of a bird or an animal. Animals were chosen to represent the powers of the god.

  3. Bastet Bastet was the Goddess of Protection of joy, love, pleasure and pregnant woman. In Egyptian mythology, the sacred cat is the animal incarnation of the goddess Bast or Bastet. She was the protector of women and childbirth, as well as a loving goddess who enjoyed music and dance.

  4. Anubis the God of Mummification He guided the dead to the next life via the court of Osiris in the Underworld. He was the one who looked after the mummification process.

  5. Ra the God of the Sun Ra was the most important God. He was the lord of all the gods. He was usually shown in human form with a falcon head, crowned with the sun disc encircled by the a sacred cobra. Ra sailed across the heavens in a boat called the 'Barque of Millions of Years'. At the end of each day Ra was thought to die and sailed on his night voyage through the Underworld, leaving the Moon to light the world above.

  6. Geb Earth God The ancient Egyptians believed that earthquakes were Geb's laughter.

  7. Hathor Goddess of love and joy and also of music and dance .

  8. Horus God of the skyThe Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the 'living Horus'

  9. Heket Goddess of childbirth

  10. Tefnut Goddess of the rain.

  11. Thoth God of wisdom

  12. Sobek God of Nile and swift action

  13. Thank you for watching

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