Egyptian Mythology

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Ennead..........................................

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Word meaning “nine” that is used to complete the name of the family of 9 gods known as the Great

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Atum .............................................

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Early form of the god Ra and the father of Shu and Tefnut

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Shu ...............................................

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God of air and light, brother of Tefnut

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Tefnut............................................

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Lion-headed goddess of rain, sister of Shu

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Geb ...............................................

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Earth god and father of Osiris

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Nut................................................

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Goddess of the heavens

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Osiris ............................................

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God who brought agriculture to man, became pharaoh, took his sister Isis as his queen, and was killed by Seth and cut into pieces

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Isis................................................

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Chief goddess and queen of the underworld who restored Osiris to life, making him the god of the afterlife

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Horus............................................

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Ancient god of light and heaven to whom the falcon was sacred

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Nephthys ......................................

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Goddess of the dead, sister and wife of Seth

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Seth ..............................................

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God of darkness, evil, and storms who oppressed souls after their death and was represented as having a human body with white flesh, red hair, and an animal’s head with a pointed pig-like snout—he became pharaoh after killing Osiris

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Amon ............................................

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King of the gods worshipped mainly in the great temples of Luxor and Karnak— he had a famous oracle at the temple of Siwa, became identified with the older sun god Ra, or Re, and was frequently known as Amon-Ra or Amon-Re

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Hieroglyphics ...............................

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Term for the “picture writing” considered to be the words of the gods

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Nile River .....................................

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River flowing northward through Egypt that is associated with many gods and goddesses

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Pharaohs ......................................

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Egyptian rulers who considered themselves to be the sons of the Egyptian god of the sun and the living

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Heliopolis.....................................

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Egyptian city that was the early center for the worship of the sun god Atum

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Karnak ..........................................

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Village on the Nile in Upper Egypt, site of Thebes, the temple of Amen, site where the solar deity Montu was worshipped

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Uraeus..........................................

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Figure of the sacred asp or cobra

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Heart.............................................

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Part of the body of a dead person weighed against the feather of truth on the scales of justice

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Sistrum.........................................

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Metal musical instrument or rattle carried by the priestesses of Hathor

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Ankh..............................................

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T-shaped cross with a loop at the top symbolizing life

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Book of the Dead..........................

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Collection of ancient Egyptian texts containing prayers or spells to guide the soul on its journey to the Hereafter

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Scarab ..........................................

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Dung beetle considered by the ancient Egyptians to be the symbol of immortality

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Ra (Re).........................................

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Sun god and universal creator, usually represented as a man with the head of a hawk and symbolized by the scarab, or dung beetle

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Khepri...........................................

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Scarab god who arose from Nu or Nun, the watery chaos at the world’s beginning, and created the universe from his own spittle

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Bast ..............................................

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Goddess of love, life, and fertility who was represented as having the body of a woman with the head of a cat

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Nun ...............................................

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Deity who symbolized a great ocean that existed before the creation of the earth and heavens

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Anubis ..........................................

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Jackal-headed god of the dead

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Hathor...........................................

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Goddess of the sky or heaven, the protector of everything feminine, sometimes called Athyr and shaped like a cow

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Apis ..............................................

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Sacred bull thought by the ancient Egyptians to be Osiris incarnate

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Amenti (Amentet).........................

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Region of the dead where the souls were judged by Osiris

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Thoth ............................................

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God of learning, wisdom, magic, and the moon who had a human body with the head of an ibis or a baboon—he was associated with secret magical powers

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Ptah ..............................................

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Chief deity of Memphis, patron of craftsmen and ruler of the world

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Imhotep ........................................

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Egyptian architect and vizier to King Zoser who after his death was raised to god-like status as the son of Ptah

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Sphinx ..........................................

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Imaginary creature with the head of a man and the body, feet, and tail of a lion

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Ka .................................................

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2-letter word used by Egyptians to designate the “soul” or “life source” that dwells in a person’s body