Name

Responsibility

Form or

Sacred Animal

Aker

Earth-god helper of the dead

Two lion heads

Amon

Wind-god God of Thebes Helper of the pious

Human (ram and goose sacred)

Anubis

Glorifier of the dead

Jackal-headed, black skinned

Apis

Ensures fertility

Bull

Aton

Sun-god

Atum

Primordial creature-god

Serpent-human

Bes

Protection at birth Dispenser of virility

Group of demons

Edjo

Goddess of Delta/Lower Egypt

Uraeus serpent

Geb

Earth-god Consort of nut Begetter of Osiris

Human

Hathor

Sky-goddess Goddess of love, dance, alcohol

Cow

Heket

Primordial goddess

Frog

Horus

Sky-god

Falcon

Isis

Goddess of life, healing Daughter of Geb Consort/sister of Osiris Mother of Horus

Human

Khepri

Primordial god Rising sun

Scarabaeus

Khnum

Giver of the Nile Creator of mankind

Human with ram’s head

Khons

Moon-god

Human

Maat

Justice Daughter of Ra

Human

Meskhenet

Goddess protector of newborns and of destiny

Min

God of virility and reproduction

Mut

"Eye of the sun," consort of Amon

Vulture or human

Nekhbet

Goddess of Upper Egypt

Nut

Sky-goddess Consort of Geb Mother of Osiris and Seth Mother of heavenly bodies

Osiris

Dead Pharaohs * Ruler of dead, life, vegetation

Ptah

Creator-god * Lord of artisans

Ra

God of sun, earth and sky Father of Maat National god

Human with falcon head

Sekhmet

Goddess of war and sickness

Human with lion head

Selket

Guardian of life Protector of dead

Scorpion

Seahat

Goddess of writing and books

Seth

God of chaos, desert and storm, crops Brother of Osiris

Shu

God of air, bearer of heaven

Sobek

Creator-god

Crocodile

Sothis

God of Nile floodwaters

Thermuthis

Goddess of fertility and harvest; fate

Serpent

Thoth

God of wisdom, moon, chronology Messenger of gods

Ibis or Baboon

Thoueris

Goddess of fertility and women in labor

Hippopotamus