Name: Anna Runnfeldt Major Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*

Name of Deity What the Deity Rules Description Image

Amun

One of the most powerful gods.

Man wearing an ostrich plumed hat. Man with a ram head.

Anubis

God of embalming and the dead.

Man with a jackal head.

Bast (Bastet)

Very protective goddess.

Woman with head of a cat.

Hathor

House of Horus

Woman with ears of a cow Woman with a headdress of horns and a sun disk.

Horus

The one far above

Man with a head of a hawk.

Isis

Protective goddess.

Woman with headdress in the shape of a throne. Pair of cow horns with a sun disk.

Ma'at

Goddess of truth, justice, and harmony.

Woman with a feather on her head.

Osiris

Ruler of the dead and the underworld.

A mummified man wearing a white cone-like headdress with feathers.

Sekhmit

Goddess of war

A woman with a head of a lioness.

Ptah

God of craftsmen

o Man rapped in a tight, white cloak, carrying a staff.

Ra

Sun god

Man with a hawk head and headdress with sun disk.

Set (Seth)

God of chaos.

Man with a head of a Seth animal.

Thoth

God of writing and knowledge.

A man with a head of an ibis. Holding a writing palette.

Sheshat

Goddess of writing and measurement

Woman Wearing a panther skin and star headdress.

Shu

God of the air

A man wearing a headdress with feathers