Who are the principle gods of egyptian mythology?

Question

What roles do they play in the ancient egyptian religion?

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Answer 1

Amaunet - A female counterpart to Amon and one of the primordial gods of the Hermopolitian Ogdoad (group of eight gods). She was also worshipped at Thebes along with Amon and Mut.

Amon - Usually associated with the wind, or things hidden, and was also of the Hermopolitian Ogdoad. At Thebes he became Amon-Re, king of the gods. He was part of the Theban Triad, along with Mut and Khonsu.

Antaios - He was originally a double god, "the two falcons", that was later joined to create one, probably that of Horus.

Anuket - Worshipped at Elephantine, she was associated with the gazelle.

Apis - Seen as the bull with a solar disk between its horns, Apis was associated with Osiris and Ptah.

Aton - Also known as Aten, he was worshipped at Tell 'Amarna.

Atum - A primordial god that was represented in the form of a human and a serpent. He was the supreme god in the Heliopolitan Ennead (group of nine gods) and formed with Re to create Re-Atum.

Hathor - The goddess of love, dance and alcohol was depicted as a cow. At Thebes she was also the goddess of the dead. She was worshipped at Dendera as the consort of Horus and Edfu, and was associated with Isis at Byblos.

Horus - The earliest royal god was the shape of a falcon, with the sun and moon as his eyes. The sky-god was the ruler of the day. The many forms of Horus are; Re-Harakhti, Harsiesis, Haroeris, Harendotes, Khenti-irti, Khentekhtay (the crocodile-god), and Harmakhis, which is Horus on the horizons, in which the Sphinx of Giza is considered to be his aspect.

Isis - The mother of Horus and sister and consort of Osiris was worshipped at Philae. Associated with Astarte, Hathor, Nut and Sothis, she was later worshipped over the entire Roman Empire.

Khnum - Resembling a human with a rams head, he was worshipped in Hypselis, Esna, Antinoe and Elephantine.

Khonsu - the moon god was the son of Amon and Mut. The main temple at Karnak is dedicated to him.

Min - God of fertility coalesced with Amon and Horus. Min was mainly worshipped at Coptos and Akhmim.

Mut - Worshipped at Thebes, she was a consort of Amon and part of the Theban Triad (group of three gods).

Nut - Mother of the sun, moon and heavenly bodies.

Osiris - He is regarded as the dead king that watches over the nether world and is rejuvenated in his son Horus. As the symbol of eternal life he was worshipped at Abydos and Philae.

Ptah - Worshipped in Memphis, he coalesced with Sokaris and Osiris.

Re - He was the sun god of Heliopolis. From the fifth Dynasty onwards he becomes a national god and is combined with the supreme deity Amon.

Serapis - He was mainly worshipped in Alexandria and was later worshipped by the Greeks as Zeus. He was never fully accepted by the Egyptians in the Ptolemaic period.

Sekhmet - She was part of the Memphite Triad with Ptah and Nefertem. She was the mistress of war and sickness.

Seth - The son of Geb and Nut in the Heliopolitan Ennead was in the form of an animal that has no zoological equivalent. This powerful god was regarded as god of the desert, making him a god of foreign lands.

Shu - He was an ancient cosmic power and was regarded as the god of the air and the bearer of heaven.

Sobek - He was a crocodile god and was worshipped at the Faiyum and Ombos. During the middle Kingdom he coalesced with Re, Sobek-Re, and was worshipped as primordial deity and creator-god.

Thoth - He was worshipped as a baboon in Hermopolis. He was the god of sacred writings and wisdom.

Answer 2

Amen "The Hidden One," a primordial creation-deity
Anubis Egyptian god of the dead
Bast Egyptian cat goddess
Bes Egyptian dwarf god believed to guard against evil spirits and misfortune
Chons Egyptian moon god
Dua Protector of the stomach of the deceased
Geb God of the Earth
Hathor Egyptian cow goddess
Isis Egyptian mother goddess
Ka Egyptian name for the vital force of life
Maat Egyptian goddess of truth and justice
Min Egyptian fertility god
Mut Wife of Amen, mother of Khons
Nephthys Egyptian goddess of the dead
Nut Egyptian goddess of the sky and of the heavens
Osiris Egyptian god of the underworld and of vegetation
Qetesh Goddess of love and beauty
Re Egyptian sun god
Selket Scorpion goddess, helper of women in childbirth
Set Egyptian god of chaos
Shu Egyptian god of the air
Sobek Egyptian crocodile god
Taweret Hippopotamus goddess and protective deity of childbirth
Thoth Egyptian moon god
Wepwawet God of war and of the funerary cult

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Answer 3

Amen Ra is the highest God of the Sun
Osiris is the Lord of the Underworld
Isis is wife to Osiris and Goddess of Healing and Magic
Toth is God of Magic and knowledge
Anubis is the God of Death
Set is the brother of Osiris and is God of Evil
Horus is Son of Osiris
Pharoah was the king of men and considered divine

Answer 4

Ra- Sun God.
Horus- Sky God, God of the Pharoh.
Set-God of Foreign Lands, the desert, storms, and guardian of Ra's Solar Barque.
Osiris-Resurrected fertility God, God of the dead.
Isis-Goddess of magic. A Guardian of the mummy.
Nephthys- Another Mummy Guardian.
Anubis-Psychopomp and former God of the Dead.
Thoth- Lord of Wisdom and God of Scribes.
Amun-Creator god.
Ptah-Another Creator God.

Answer 5

Ra is the chief god, in his many forms. Isis and Osiris are big too. Horace, their child was important in some cults. Set, the evil, Satanic figure in important by virtue of being evil and Satanic. These are your big ones. There are, of course more.