{"collection":"egy","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/egy/ael/ael16.htm","path":"egy/ael/ael16.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/egy/ael/ael16.htm","text":"Ancient Egyptian Legends, by M. A. Murray, [1920]\nAbtu-fish.\u2014A mythological fish which accompanies the Boat of Ra at sunrise.\nAmemt.\u2014The mythical animal which devours the hearts of the wicked at the Judgment of Osiris.\nAmon.\u2014God of Thebes. In and after the xviiith dynasty he became the supreme deity of Egypt under the name of Amon-Ra.\nAnt-fish.\u2014A mythological fish which accompanies the Boat of Ra at sunrise.\nAnubis.\u2014A jackal-headed deity who presided over the embalming of the dead. He was said to be the illegitimate son of Osiris and Nephthys, and, in the form of a dog, to have protected Isis in her wanderings.\nApep.\u2014The enemy of Ra in the Duat.\nAstarte.\u2014A Syrian goddess, whose name is found occasionally in Egyptian inscriptions.\nAtmu.\u2014An early name of the solar deity worshipped at Heliopolis. In later times, the name of the setting sun.\nBes.\u2014A bandy-legged dwarf with horns. God of music and pleasure, and protector of children. Possibly also a god of birth.\nBesa.\u2014A spirit of the corn.\nGeb.\u2014The earth-god, father of Osiris.\nHarmakhis.\u2014Horus on the Horizon, i.e. the sun at its rising and setting.\nHarpocrates.\u2014Horus the Child, son of Isis and Osiris.\nHathor.\u2014Goddess of love and beauty; often identified with all the other goddesses, including Sekhmet.\nHekt.\u2014The frog-headed goddess of birth.\nHer-desuf.\u2014A form of Horus.\nHorakhti.\u2014The Horizon-Horus. The same as Harmakhis.\nHorus.\u2014The hawk-headed god is, properly speaking, the\nbrother of Isis and Osiris; but is constantly confused with Horus the Child, and is called Avenger or Protector of his Father.\nIsis.\u2014The greatest of Egyptian goddesses, wife of Osiris, and mother of Harpocrates.\nKhepera.\u2014The rising sun, god of resurrection.\nKhnum.\u2014The ram-headed god of the cataract, who creates man upon the potter's wheel.\nKhonsu.\u2014The moon-god at Thebes.\nMehen.\u2014The serpent who protects Ra in the Duet.\nMentu.\u2014God of war.\nMeskhent.\u2014Goddess of birth.\nMin.\u2014Father of gods and men. God of Koptos.\nNeith.\u2014Goddess of Sa\u00efs. Identified by the Greeks with Athena.\nNekhbet.\u2014The vulture-goddess of Upper Egypt.\nNephthys.\u2014Sister of Isis and Osiris.\nNepra.\u2014A spirit of the corn.\nNun.\u2014God of the primaeval waters.\nNut.\u2014The sky-goddess, mother of Osiris.\nOsiris.\u2014One of the chief gods of Egypt. Murdered and torn to pieces by his brother Set, re-vivified by Isis and Horus.\nRa.\u2014The Sun-god, one of the chief gods of Egypt. Heliopolis (the On of the Bible) was the principal centre of his worship.\nSekhmet.\u2014The lioness-headed goddess of Memphis.\nSelk.\u2014The scorpion-goddess.\nSet.\u2014Brother and murderer of Osiris. Looked upon, in late times, as the Author of Evil.\nShu.\u2014Twin-brother of Tefnut. He holds up the sky above the earth.\nSokar.\u2014The hawk-headed god of the dead. When fused with Ptah (Ptah-Sokar) he appears in the form of a misshapen dwarf, and is then looked upon as a god of resurrection.\nTatanen.\u2014An obscure god, generally fused with Ptah of Memphis as Ptah-Tatanen.\nTa-urt.\u2014The hippopotamus goddess of birth.\nTefnut.\u2014Lioness-headed. Twin-sister of Shu. The two form the constellation Gemini.\nTepu-yn.\u2014A spirit of the corn,\nThoth.\u2014The ibis-headed god of all learning and magic. Chief centre of worship Khemennu or Hermopolis, now called Eshmunen.\nUazet.\u2014Goddess of Lower Egypt.\nUp-uaut.\u2014The jackal-god of Siut.\nPRINTED BY\nHAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,\nLONDON AND AYLESBURY,\nENGLAND.","title":"Ancient Egyptian Legends: Index of Names of Gods","type":"page"}