The ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses that were worshiped in ancient Egypt. The beliefs and rituals that surrounded these deities formed the basis of the ancient Egyptian religion, which appeared with them in prehistoric times.
The gods represent the forces and natural phenomena, and the Egyptians supported and appeased them by making offerings and religious rituals so that these forces would continue to function according to the Ma'at, or the divine arrangement. After the establishment of the Egyptian state around 3100 BC, the authority to exercise these functions became in the hands of the pharaoh, who claimed to be a representative of the gods and administered the temples where religious rites were practiced.
Among the most famous ancient deities:
Amon: the hidden symbol, which is the official symbol of the modern empire, and the title of the king of the gods. It comes in the form of a man wearing a crown topped with two feathers, and often takes the form of the symbol Min, or in the image of a ram or a goose.
Atum: A symbol of the Creator of the world, who himself gave birth to the show of air and the loss of moisture. It comes in the form of a man wearing royal garb, sometimes wearing the white and red crown, the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, and sometimes in the form of a snake. Lion, bull, lizard, monkey).
Ptah is the creator and lord of all industries and arts and takes the form of a human without a clear identification of its members
Isis, the symbol of a witch, is the sister of Osiris and his wife, and they have two children, Horus. Their parents are Geb and Nut. In the form of a woman bearing the sign of the throne on her head, and sometimes wearing a crown consisting of two horns between the sun disk, and took different forms and manifestations of symbols.
Anubis, the protector, and guard of the cemetery is in the form of a dog lying on a base representing the front of the cemetery, or in an opposite double position, and also in the form of a human with the head of a dog (jackal).
Old recognized the embodiment of the land and then the other world. It comes in the form of two lions, their backs facing each other, the sign of the horizon or the sun, guarding the entrance and exit of the afterlife, and they represent the symbol Shu and the symbol Tefnut.
Aten: the god of his servant Akhenaten and made him the only god. It was initially in the form of a falcon's head and was represented as a sun disk with rays ending in human hands holding the key to life (ankh).
Osiris, ruler of the realm of the dead, Isis's brother and husband, had two children, Horus. In the form of a man without specifying his body parts. He wears the crown of the Atef and holds the shepherd's stick in his right hand, and in his left, a palm stick Osiris, ruler of the realm of the dead, Isis's brother and husband, and they had two children, Horus. In the form of a man without specifying his body parts. He wears the crown of the Atef and holds the shepherd's stick in his right hand and in his left a palm stick, And many, many more.
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