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13 Cards in this Set
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(sun god)
- Oldest - Creater of Mankind - Falcon (sacred animal) - Flying by the sun |
Ra
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(invisible god)
- Most powerful god - War and victory - Breathes life into man |
Amon
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(mummification god)
- Guardian of tombs - Leads the soul to hall of justice - Jackal (sacred animal) |
Anubus
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- goddess of love, happiness, music, and dance
- 7 ________ determine a child's future - Cow (sacred animal) |
Hathor
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(god of artist and craftsman)
- namer of all things - nothing can exist until he gives it a name |
Ptah
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(god of wisdom)
- creates writing and gives it a name (hieroglyphics) - god of the moon - ibis (true name: scared ibis) |
Thoth
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(god of the nile)
- cities with little water - crocodile (sacred animal) - city of crocodopilis (can walk on all the heads of crocodiles to cross nile to pass the city) |
Sobek
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(goddess of women and the home)
-on her head is papyrus (first form of paper) |
Nephthys
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- at first he was the god of earth and vegetation later he becomes the god and judge of the dead
- when the king of Egypt dies he becomes _______ - More than one king (conflict) - Mummification comes from Osiris (had to put pieces of him together) |
Osiris
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(wife of Osiris)
- magical powers - changes of the seasons - protector of children |
Isis
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(son of Osiris and Isis)
- god of earth and vegetation - while the king of Egypt is alive he is the god _____ - Falcon (sacred animal) |
Horus
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(brother and kill of Osiris)
- god of desert and storms - donkey (sacred animal) |
Seth
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- face of the sun god, solar disk
- scareb (sacred animal) |
Aten
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