_Abtu-fish_.--A mythological fish which accompanies the Boat of Ra at
sunrise.
_Amemt_.--The mythical animal which devours the hearts of the wicked
at the Judgment of Osiris.
_Amon_.--God of Thebes. In and after the xviiith dynasty he became
the supreme deity of Egypt under the name of Amon-Ra.
_Ant-fish_.--A mythological fish which accompanies the Boat of Ra at
sunrise.
_Anubis_.--A 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.
_Apep_.--The enemy of Ra in the Duat.
_Astarte_.--A Syrian goddess, whose name is found occasionally in
Egyptian inscriptions.
_Atmu_.--An early name of the solar deity worshipped at Heliopolis.
In later times, the name of the setting sun.
_Bee_.--A bandy-legged dwarf with horns. God of music and pleasure,
and protector of children. Possibly also a god of birth.
_Besa_.--A spirit of the corn.
_Geb_.--The earth-god, father of Osiris.
_Harmakhis_.--Horus on the Horizon, i.e. the sun at its rising and
setting.
_Harpocrates_.--Horus the Child, son of Isis and Osiris.
_Hathor_.--Goddess of love and beauty; often identified with all the
other goddesses, including Sekhmet.
_Hekt_.--The frog-headed goddess of birth.
_Her-desuf_.--A form of Horus.
_Horakhti_.--The Horizon-Horus. The same as Harmakhis.
_Horus_.--The hawk-headed god is, properly speaking, the brother of
Isis and Osiris; but is constantly confused with Horus the Child, and
is called Avenger or Protector of his Father.
_Isis_.--The greatest of Egyptian goddesses, wife of Osiris, and
mother of Harpocrates.
_Khepera_.--The rising sun, god of resurrection.
_Khnum_.--The ram-headed god of the cataract, who creates man upon
the potter's wheel.
_Khonsu_.--The moon-god at Thebes.
_Mehen_.--The serpent who protects Ra in the Duat.
_Mentu_.--God of war.
_Meskhent_.--Goddess of birth.
_Min_.--Father of gods and men. God of Koptos.
_Neith_.--Goddess of Saïs. Identified by the Greeks with Athena.
_Nekhbet_.--The vulture-goddess of Upper Egypt.
_Nephthys_.--Sister of Isis and Osiris.
_Nepra_.--A spirit of the corn.
_Nun_.--God of the primaeval waters.
_Nut_.--The sky-goddess, mother of Osiris.
_Osiris_.--One of the chief gods of Egypt. Murdered and torn to
pieces by his brother Set, re-vivified by Isis and Horus.
_Ra_.--The Sun-god, one of the chief gods of Egypt. Heliopolis (the
On of the Bible) was the principal centre of his worship.
_Sekhmet_.--The lioness-headed goddess of Memphis.
_Selk_.--The scorpion-goddess.
_Set_.--Brother and murderer of Osiris. Looked upon, in late times,
as the Author of Evil.
_Shu_.--Twin-brother of Tefnut. He holds up the sky above the earth.
_Sokar_.--The 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.
_Tatanen_.--An obscure god, generally fused with Ptah of Memphis as
Ptah-Tatanen.
_Ta-urt_.--The hippopotamus goddess of birth.
_Tefnut_.--Lioness-headed. Twin-sister of Shu. The two form the
constellation Gemini.
_Tepu-yn_.--A spirit of the corn.
_Thoth_.--The ibis-headed god of all learning and magic. Chief
centre of worship Khemennu or Hermopolis, now called Eshmunen.
_Uazet_.--Goddess of Lower Egypt.
_Up-uaut_.--The jackal-god of Siut.
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