The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
 

The names of all of the Egyptian Gods, Goddesses, and other deities that we have compiled biographies for so far are all listed for you below in alphabetical order. Clicking on the name of the deity's name in English will take you to their biography:
Deity Name in English	Other names for the Deity	The Deity's Divine Role
Aah-Te-Huti Click For More Info!	Aa, Aah, Ah	A minor Egyptian moon God
Akephalos No Additional Info at this time...		Headless demons of Hellenistic Egypt
Aken No Additional Info at this time...		Keeper of the ferryboat of the Underworld
Aker Click For More Info!	Akeru, Akerui	Guardian of the traveling sun
Akeru No Additional Info at this time...		Chthonic earth Gods associated with the God Aker
Amenhotep No Additional Info at this time...	Son of Hapu	Architect raised to status of God of building
Amentet No Additional Info at this time...	Amenthese	Goddess of the West, of the underworld, and of the dead
Am-heh No Additional Info at this time...		Chthonic underworld God
Ammut Click For More Info!	Ammit, Amermait, Am-Mut, Amam	Demonic Goddess who attended the Judging of the Dead, and devoured sinners
Amun Click For More Info!	Amana, Amen, Ammon, Amon, Hammon, Kematef	Theban king of the Gods
Amunet Click For More Info!	Amonet, Amaunet, Amentet, Amentit, Imentet, Imentit, Ament, Ammomet	She is the fate of the ill prepared and untrained.
Amun-Re No Additional Info at this time...	Amon-Ra	Combination of Amon and Ra worshipped in later Egyptian history
Andjety No Additional Info at this time...	Anezti, Anedjti	God responsible for the rebirth of the individual in the afterlife
Anhur No Additional Info at this time...	Anhert, Anhuret, Onuris	Warrior and hunter God
Anubis Click For More Info!	Anpu, Yinepu	Jackal-headed God of mummification and the dead
Anuket Click For More Info!	Anqet, Anket, Anukis	Water Goddess of Elephantine
Apophis Click For More Info!	Apep, Apepi	Snake who tried to kill the sun
Arensnuphis No Additional Info at this time...	Are-hes-nefer, Arsnuphis, Harensnuphis	Benign God of Egyptian Nubia
Ash No Additional Info at this time...	As	Egyptian god of the Libyan Desert
Astarte Click For More Info!		Great Advisor to Ra
Aten Click For More Info!	Aton	A form of the sun God Ra
Atum Click For More Info!	Tem, Temu, Tum, Atem	Atum was a creator God. The ancient Egyptians believed that Atum was the first God to exist on earth
Ausaas No Additional Info at this time...		Wife of Herakhty
Ba No Additional Info at this time...	Banebdjedet, Baw, Ba-neb-tetet, Banebdedet, Baneb djedet, Banaded	Ram god of Mendes in Lower Egypt
Babi No Additional Info at this time...		Demonic God
Ba-Pef No Additional Info at this time...		Minor God of malevolent aspect
Bast Click For More Info!	Bastet, Ubasti	Egyptian cat Goddess
Bat Click For More Info!	Bata	Ancient celestial cow-Goddess of fertility
Behedti No Additional Info at this time...		God in the form of a crouching falcon
Benu No Additional Info at this time...		Bird-like sun god
Bes Click For More Info!	Bisu	Dwarf God believed to guard against evil spirits and misfortune
Beset No Additional Info at this time...		A female version of Bes
Buchis No Additional Info at this time...		Holy bull of Hermonthis, the living image of the god Month
Buto Click For More Info!	Edjo, Udjo, Wadjet, Wadjit	Cobra-Goddess of Lower Egypt
Chensit Click For More Info!	Khensit	Goddess of the twentieth nome of Lower Egypt
Chenti-cheti No Additional Info at this time...	Chentechtai	Crocodile god that later took on the form of a falcon
Chenti-irti No Additional Info at this time...	Machenti-Irti	Falcon-god of law and order, often identified with Horus
Chepre No Additional Info at this time...	Chepri	Primeval scarab-god connected with the rising sun
Cherti No Additional Info at this time...		Ram-god and ferryman of the dead
Chnum No Additional Info at this time...	Chunumu	Ram god and protector of the source of the Nile
Chons Click For More Info!	Khons, Khonsu, Khensu, Khonshu	Egyptian moon God
Chontamenti No Additional Info at this time...	Chonti-Amentiu	God of the dead and of the land of the west
Dedun No Additional Info at this time...	Dedwen	Egyptian-Nubian god of wealth and incense
Djebauti No Additional Info at this time...	Zebauti	Egyptian local god
Dua No Additional Info at this time...		God of toiletry
Duamutef Click For More Info!	Golden Dawn, Taumetef,  Thmoomathph	Protector of the stomach of the deceased
Geb Click For More Info!	Seb, Gebb, Keb, Kebb	God of the Earth
Ha No Additional Info at this time...		God of the western desert
Hapi Click For More Info!	Apis, Hap, Hape, Hapy, Hep	God of the Nile, and the innundation
Harakhti No Additional Info at this time...	Harachte	God of the morning sun rising on the eastern horizon
Harendotes No Additional Info at this time...		Special variant of Horus
Harmerti No Additional Info at this time...		Tutelary god of Seden
Haroeris No Additional Info at this time...	Har-wer	Manifestation of the God Horus
Harpokrates No Additional Info at this time...	Harpocrates, har-pa-khered	God Horus as a child
Harsaphes No Additional Info at this time...	Heryshaf
Harsiesis Click For More Info!	Harsiese, Har-sa-iset	Special variant of Horus
Harsomtus Click For More Info!	Har-mau	Special variant of Horus
Hathor Click For More Info!	Athyr, Het-hert	Egyptian cow Goddess
Hatmehyt No Additional Info at this time...	Hatmehit	Goddess of Fish
Hedetet No Additional Info at this time...		Scorpion Goddess
Heh No Additional Info at this time...	Neheh	Goddess of Infinity
Heket No Additional Info at this time...	Heqet	Goddess of Childbirth
Hemen No Additional Info at this time...		Falcon God
Hemsut No Additional Info at this time...	Hemuset	Goddess of Fate
Heron No Additional Info at this time...
Heryshaf No Additional Info at this time...	Herysaf, Herisef, Harsaphes	Primeval ram god of middle Egypt
Hesat No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian cow goddess
Hez-ur No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian baboon god
Hike No Additional Info at this time...	Heka	Egyptian personification of magic
Hor-hekenu No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian variant of Horus
Horus Click For More Info!	Hor, Heru, Her	Horus was a God of the sky
Hu No Additional Info at this time...		Primeval Egyptian god personifying authority
Huh No Additional Info at this time...	Hauhet, Ogdoad	Group of eight deities that represented primeval chaos
Ihi No Additional Info at this time...	Ehi	Egyptian god of the sistrum
Imhotep No Additional Info at this time...	Imhetep	God of learning and medicine
Imiut No Additional Info at this time...		Protective deity of the underworld
Imset No Additional Info at this time...	Amset	Son of Horus
Inmutef No Additional Info at this time...	Iunmetef	Egyptian bearer of the heavens
Ipet No Additional Info at this time...	Ipi	Egyptian hippopotamus Goddess
Isde No Additional Info at this time...		Lord of the west and judge of the dead
Isis Click For More Info!	Aset, Esenchebis, Eset	Egyptian mother Goddess
Isten No Additional Info at this time...
Jah No Additional Info at this time...	Joh	Egyptian moon god
Juesaes No Additional Info at this time...	Jusas, Junit	Egyptian Goddess
Ka No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian name for the vital force of life
Kebechet No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian Goddess
Kebechsenef No Additional Info at this time...	Kebehsenuf	Falcon headed son of Horus
Kemwer No Additional Info at this time...	Kemur	Egyptian black bull
Khenty-Imentiu No Additional Info at this time...	Ophis, Ophois	aka Ophis, Ophois
Khepra Click For More Info!	Khepera, Kheper, Chepri, Khepra	A God of creation, the movement of the sun, and rebirth
Kherty-Khnum No Additional Info at this time...	Khnemu	God of fecundity and creation
Khunum Click For More Info!	Chnum, Knum, or Khnemu	Khnum was a creator God, and a God of the innundation
Kis No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian god of Kusae
Maahes No Additional Info at this time...		Lion headed God of Nubian Origin
Maat Click For More Info!	Ma'at, Mayet	Goddess of truth and justice
Mafdet No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian goddess in feline form
Mahes No Additional Info at this time...		God in the form of a lion
Mehen No Additional Info at this time...		Divine Snake
Mehet-Weret No Additional Info at this time...	Mehet-Uret	Egyptian cow sky-goddess
Mehit No Additional Info at this time...	Mechit, Menhit, Menchit	Egyptian lion goddess
Menthu No Additional Info at this time...	Mont, Mentu, Menthu, Month, Montu	Egyptian hawk-headed war god
Min Click For More Info!	Minu, Menu	Fertility God
Mut Click For More Info!	Golden Dawn, Auramooth	Wife of Amen, mother of Chons
Naunet No Additional Info at this time...		Primordial Egyptian goddess
Nebtuu No Additional Info at this time...	Nebetu	Egyptian local goddess
Nechbet No Additional Info at this time...		Upper Egyptian tutelary goddess of the monarch
Nechmetawaj No Additional Info at this time...	Nehmet-awai	Egyptian goddess
Neferhor No Additional Info at this time...	Nephoros, Nopheros	Egyptian god
Nefertum No Additional Info at this time...	Nefertem, Nepththemis	God of the primordial lotus blossom
Nehebkau No Additional Info at this time...	Nehebu-kau, Nehebkhau	Egyptian Snake God
Neith No Additional Info at this time...	Neit	Goddess of creation, war and domestic arts
Nekhbet No Additional Info at this time...	Nekhebet, Nechbet	Tutelary goddess of Upper Egypt in the form of a Vulture
Nenun No Additional Info at this time...	Nenwen	Egyptian Falcon God
Neper No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian God of Grain
Nephthys Click For More Info!	Nebt-het, Nebhet	Egyptian Goddess of the dead
Nepit No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian God of Grain
Nun Click For More Info!	Naunet, Nu	God who  personified the primeval waters from which the world was created
Nut Click For More Info!	Neuth, Newet, Nuit	Egyptian Goddess of the sky and of the heavens
Osiris Click For More Info!	Aser, Ausar, Ausare, Wesir, Usiris, Unnefer	Egyptian Lord of the Afterlife, and Father of many of the other Gods
Pachet No Additional Info at this time...		Goddess of the desert
Petbe No Additional Info at this time...		God of retaliation
Petesuchos No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian crocodile-god
Ptah Click For More Info!	Peteh	Ptah was the God of craftsmen
Qebhsnuf No Additional Info at this time...	Qebehsenuf	Canopic guardian of the viscera after mummification
Qetesh Click For More Info!	Qadesh, Kadesh, Qatesh, Qadeshet, Qudshu	Goddess of love
Ra Click For More Info!	Re, Phra & Amon-Ra	Egyptian sun God
Ra-Horakhty Click For More Info!		Combination of the Gods Horus and Ra.
Rat-taui No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian Sun God
Renenutet No Additional Info at this time...	Ernutet, Renenet	Egyptian cobra goddess
Renpet No Additional Info at this time...		Goddess of youth and spingtime
Reret No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian hippopotamus goddess
Resheph No Additional Info at this time...	Reshpu	Regarded by Egyptians as a warrior
Saa No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian personification of intelligence
Sai No Additional Info at this time...	Psais	Egyptian personification of destiny
Sarapis No Additional Info at this time...	Serapis	Syncretic god of Ptolemaic Egypt, later  worshipped in the Roman Empire
Satis No Additional Info at this time...	Sati, Satjit, Satet	Guardian of Egypt's southern (Nubian) frontier
Sebek No Additional Info at this time...	Sebeq, Sebk, Sobk, Suchos	Egyptian crocodile god of Fayum
Sechat-Hor No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian Cow Goddess
Sed No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian 'saviour' god
Sekhmet Click For More Info!	Sachmet, Sacmis, Sakhmet, Sakhet, Sakhmet, & Sacmis	Sekhmet was the Goddess of war
Sentait No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian Cow Goddess
Sepa No Additional Info at this time...	Sep	Egyptian chthonic god
Septu No Additional Info at this time...	Sopd, Sopdu	Egyptian War god
Serket Click For More Info!	Serket-hetyt, Selket, Selkis, Selchis, Serkhit	Scorpion Goddess, helper of women in childbirth
Seshat Click For More Info!	Sesat, Sesheta	Seshat was the Goddess of writing and measurement.
Set Click For More Info!	Seth, Setekh, Setesh, Seteh, Seti, Sutekh, Setech, Sutech, Seth	Egyptian God of chaos
Shait No Additional Info at this time...	Sopd, Sopdu	Egyptian Goddess of Destiny
Shu Click For More Info!	Su, Sos	Egyptian God of the air
Sobek Click For More Info!	Sebek, Sochet, Sobk, Sobki, Soknopais, and Suchos	Egyptian crocodile God
Sokar No Additional Info at this time...	Seker; Greek Socharis, Sokaris	Egyptian funerary god of the Memphis necropolis
Somtus No Additional Info at this time...	Harsomtus	Egyptian God of Dendara
Sopedu No Additional Info at this time...	Sopdu	Egyptian God of the Eastern Frontier
Sothis No Additional Info at this time...	Sopdet	Egyptian goddess who personified the Dog Star, Sirius
Tasenetnofret No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian goddess and Consort of Horus as Haroeris
Tatenen No Additional Info at this time...	Tathen, Tanen, Tenen, Ten	Primordial Egyptian god who personified the fertile silt of the Nile
Taweret Click For More Info!	Taurt, Tuat, Taueret, Tuart, Ta-weret, Taweret, Taueret, Thoeris, and Toeris	Hippopotamus Goddess and protective deity of childbirth
Tefnut Click For More Info!	Tefnet, Tefenet, Tphnis	Tefnut was the Goddess of moisture and rain
Tenenit No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian goddess of Beer
Thoth Click For More Info!	Thot, Thout, Djowtey, Djehuti, Djehuty, Tahuti, Tehuti, Zehuti	Ibis-God of wisdom and the moon
Uajyt No Additional Info at this time...	Uatchet, Per Uadjit, Uazet, Uto, Buto	Guardian goddess of Lower Egypt
Uneg No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian Plant God
Unut No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian Hare-Goddess
Urthekau No Additional Info at this time...	Werethekau	Egyptian supernatural powers
Wadjet No Additional Info at this time...	Uto	Egyptian snake goddess of Buto
Wepwawet Click For More Info!	Upuaut, Wep-wawet, Ophois	God of war and the funerary cult
Wosyet No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian protector goddess of the young
Zenenet No Additional Info at this time...		Egyptian goddess of Hermonthis