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They worshiped a large number of gods including

  • Ammut, or Ammit or Ahemait, is the crocodile goddess known as the "Devourer of the Dead". Also known as Ammit the Devourer. Ammut also assists Anubis with carrying out the Judgements
  • Anput is the wife of Anubis Anput is the goddess of the seventeenth Nome of Upper Egypt. Other sources say she is the desert goddess. Anput the mother of Kebechet.
  • Anubis is god of judgement of life and death
  • Anuket is the goddess of river Nile.
  • Apophis is the god of chaos and war.
  • Aten
  • Babi is the god of baboons.
  • Bast is the cat goddess.
  • Bastet Goddess of Cats, later version of Bast
  • Bes is the dwarf god.
  • Geb is the god of the earth.
  • Gengen-Wer is the goose god.
  • Hapi is the god of the nile.
  • Hathor is the goddess of love.
  • Heket is the goddess of frogs.
  • Horus is the God of War,sky, and falcons and son of Osiris.
  • Isis is the goddess of magic, marriage, healing, and motherhood. She is the wife and sister of Osiris and the mother of Horus.
  • Kebechet the goddess of purification, also is known as the wandering goddess, or the lost child.
  • Khepri is the god of scarab beetles. (Ra's aspect in the morning).
  • Khmun is the ram-headed god. (Ra's aspect in the evening).
  • Khonsu is the god of the Moon.
  • Ma'at is the goddess of justice and of order.
  • Mafdet is the god of justice.
  • Mekhit is the minor loin goddess; married to Onuris.
  • Nephthys is the river goddess.
  • Nekhbet is the vulture goddess.
  • Nut is the goddess of sky and stars.
  • Osiris is the god of the underworld and the afterlife. Husband and brother of Isis.
  • Ptah is the god of creation.
  • Ra is the god of the Sun and king of the gods until Osiris took over his throne. Also known as Amun-Ra and Akmun-Rah.
  • Sehkmet is the goddess of lions and fire also goddess of vengeance, alter form of Isis.
  • Serqet is the goddess of scorpions.
  • Seshat is the goddess of writing and measurement.
  • Seth is the god of deserts, storms, evil, and chaos also later version ruler of the underworld.
  • Shu is the god of wind and air.
  • Sobek is the god of crocodiles and alligators.
  • Tawaret is the hippopotamus goddess, and the goddess of childbirth and fertility.
  • Thoth is the scribe god and the god of wisdom, also known as Djehuti.
  • Wadjet is a goddess of protection.
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