Isamar Martinez Blogs: Ancient Egyptian Gods/Godesses

ANCIENT EGYPT: GODS AND GODDESSES

*Atum:

- The God of the Sun (Lord of creation)

-Depicted as a sun disk

-Gave off elements of moisture and air

* Shu and Tefnut:

-Shu is depicted with the body of a man wearing with the head of a lion. (Described as the God of Wind and Air but also the God of punishment in the land of the dead and the bridge between life and death.)

- Tefnut is the sister, and wife of Shu. She is depicted with the body of a woman, and the head of a Lioness or Lion. (Described as the Goddess of Rain, and linked to the Sun and Moon.

*Geb and Nut:

- Geb is the God of earth. Both brother, and husband to Nut. (Depicted far underneath her lay the earth god, Geb, sometimes ithyphallic, looking up at his sister-wife.)

- Nut is the Goddess of the sky. (Depicted as dark, star covered naked woman, holding her body up in an arch, while facing down.)

- Together they bore Osiris (brother to Seth), Seth, Isis (sister, and wife of Osiris), and Nephthys( sister to Osiris, Seth, and Isis but at the same time she is also the wife of Seth).

                                                                           *Osiris:
                      - The eldest God of "Geb and Nut", believed to be the God of order

*Set(h):

- Was Osiris brother who was his evil opposite. He was often referred to as the God of chaos, confusion, storms whom murdered Osiris and spread his pieces throughout Egypt.

*Horus:

- Is the son of resurrected Osiris & sister Isis who avenged Osiris by displacing Seth as king of Egypt.

*Mut:

- Was the great mother goddess of Egypt, even outranking Isis. Often Mut was believed to be a sort of grandmother figure, as Isis was the mother figure for the world