Egyptian Gods & Goddesses

Question: Aker is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A god of earth and the horizon

Question: Amun is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A creator god, patron deity of the city of Thebes, and the preeminent deity in Egypt during the New Kingdom

Question: Amunet is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Female counterpart of Amun and a member of the Ogdoad

Question: Anhur is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A god of war and hunting

Question: Anubis/Anput is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: The god/goddess of embalming and protector of the dead

Question: Anuket is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A feathered headdress wearing goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions, particularly the lower cataracts of the Nile

Question: Aten is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Sun disk deity who became the focus of the monolatrous or monotheistic Atenism in the reign of Akhenaten

Question: Atum is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A creator god and solar deity, first god of the Ennead

Question: Bastet is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Goddess represented as a cat or lioness, patroness of the city of Bubastis, linked with protection from evil

Question: Bat is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Cow goddess from early in Egyptian history, eventually absorbed by Hathor

Question: Bennu is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A solar and creator deity, depicted as a heron

Question: Geb is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: An earth god and member of the Ennead

Question: Hapi is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Personification of the Nile flood

Question: Heh is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Personification of infinity and a member of the Ogdoad

Question: Heqet is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Frog goddess said to protect women in childbirth

Question: Hesat is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A maternal cow goddess

Question: Horus is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A major god, usually shown as a falcon or as a human child, linked with the sky, the sun, kingship, protection, and healing. Often said to be the son of Osiris and Isis.

Question: Imentet (Amentet) is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: An afterlife goddess closely linked with Isis and Hathor

Question: Isis is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, linked with funerary rites, motherhood, protection, and magic. She became a major deity in Greek and Roman religion.

Question: Kek is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: The god of Chaos and Darkness, as well as being the concept of primordial darkness. Kek's female form is known as Kauket.

Question: Khepri is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A solar creator god, often treated as the morning form of Ra and represented by a scarab beetle

Question: Khnum (Khnemu) is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A ram god, the patron deity of Elephantine, who was said to control the Nile flood and give life to gods and humans

Question: Khonsu is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A moon god, son of Amun and Mut

Question: Maahes (Mahes, Mihos) is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A lion god, son of Bastet

Question: Maat is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Goddess who personified truth, justice, and order

Question: Menhit is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A lioness goddess

Question: Montu is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A god of war and the sun, worshipped at Thebes

Question: Mut is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Consort of Amun, worshipped at Thebes

Question: Nefertum is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: God of the lotus blossom from which the sun god rose at the beginning of time. Son of Ptah and Sekhmet.

Question: Neith is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A creator and hunter goddess, patron of the city of Sais in Lower Egypt

Question: Nekhbet (Nekhebit) is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A vulture goddess, the tutelary deity of Upper Egypt

Question: Nemty is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Falcon god, worshipped in Middle Egypt, who appears in myth as a ferryman for greater gods

Question: Neper is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A god of grain

Question: Nepit is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A goddess of grain, female counterpart of Neper

Question: Nu (Nun) is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Personification of the formless, watery disorder from which the world emerged at creation and a member of the Ogdoad

Question: Nut is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A sky goddess, a member of the Ennead

Question: Osiris is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: God of death and resurrection who rules the underworld and enlivens vegetation, the sun god, and deceased souls

Question: Pakhet is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A lioness goddess mainly worshipped in the area around Beni Hasan

Question: Ptah is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A creator deity and god of craftsmen, the patron god of Memphis

Question: Ra (Re) is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: The foremost Egyptian sun god, involved in creation and the afterlife. Mythological ruler of the gods, father of every Egyptian king, and the patron god of Heliopolis.

Question: Renenutet is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: An agricultural goddess

Question: Satet is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions

Question: Sekhmet is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A lioness goddess, both destructive and violent and capable of warding off disease, protector of the pharaohs who led them in war, the consort of Ptah and one of many forms of the Eye of Ra.

Question: Set is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: An ambivalent god, characterized by violence, chaos, and strength, connected with the desert. Mythological murderer of Osiris and enemy of Horus, but also a supporter of the king.

Question: Shu is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Embodiment of wind or air, a member of the Ennead

Question: Sobek is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Crocodile god, worshipped in the Faiyum and at Kom Ombo

Question: Sopdu is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A god of the sky and of Egypt's eastern border regions

Question: Tatenen is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Personification of the first mound of earth to emerge from chaos in ancient Egyptian creation myths

Question: Tefnut is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Lioness goddess of moisture and a member of the Ennead

Question: Thoth is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A moon god, and a god of writing and scribes, and patron deity of Hermopolis

Question: Wadjet (Uatchit) is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A cobra goddess, the tutelary deity of Lower Egypt

Question: Wadj-wer is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: Personification of the Mediterranean sea or lakes of the Nile Delta

Question: Wosret (Egyptian: Usret) is the Egyptian diety of what?

Answer: A goddess of Thebes

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A god of earth and the horizon?

Answer: Aker

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A creator god, patron deity of the city of Thebes, and the preeminent deity in Egypt during the New Kingdom?

Answer: Amun

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Female counterpart of Amun and a member of the Ogdoad?

Answer: Amunet

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A god of war and hunting?

Answer: Anhur

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: The god/goddess of embalming and protector of the dead?

Answer: Anubis/Anput

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A feathered headdress wearing goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions, particularly the lower cataracts of the Nile?

Answer: Anuket

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Sun disk deity who became the focus of the monolatrous or monotheistic Atenism in the reign of Akhenaten?

Answer: Aten

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A creator god and solar deity, first god of the Ennead?

Answer: Atum

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Goddess represented as a cat or lioness, patroness of the city of Bubastis, linked with protection from evil?

Answer: Bastet

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Cow goddess from early in Egyptian history, eventually absorbed by Hathor?

Answer: Bat

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A solar and creator deity, depicted as a heron?

Answer: Bennu

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: An earth god and member of the Ennead?

Answer: Geb

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Personification of the Nile flood?

Answer: Hapi

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: One of the most important goddesses, linked with the sky, the sun, sexuality and motherhood, music and dance, foreign lands and goods, and the afterlife. One of many forms of the Eye of Ra.?

Answer: Hathor (Egyptian: Het-Hert)

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Personification of infinity and a member of the Ogdoad?

Answer: Heh

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Frog goddess said to protect women in childbirth?

Answer: Heqet

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A maternal cow goddess?

Answer: Hesat

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A major god, usually shown as a falcon or as a human child, linked with the sky, the sun, kingship, protection, and healing. Often said to be the son of Osiris and Isis.?

Answer: Horus

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: An afterlife goddess closely linked with Isis and Hathor?

Answer: Imentet (Amentet)

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, linked with funerary rites, motherhood, protection, and magic. She became a major deity in Greek and Roman religion.?

Answer: Isis

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: The god of Chaos and Darkness, as well as being the concept of primordial darkness. Kek's female form is known as Kauket.?

Answer: Kek

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A solar creator god, often treated as the morning form of Ra and represented by a scarab beetle?

Answer: Khepri

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A ram god, the patron deity of Elephantine, who was said to control the Nile flood and give life to gods and humans?

Answer: Khnum (Khnemu)

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A moon god, son of Amun and Mut?

Answer: Khonsu

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A lion god, son of Bastet?

Answer: Maahes (Mahes, Mihos)

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Goddess who personified truth, justice, and order?

Answer: Maat

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A lioness goddess?

Answer: Menhit

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A god of war and the sun, worshipped at Thebes?

Answer: Montu

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Consort of Amun, worshipped at Thebes?

Answer: Mut

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: God of the lotus blossom from which the sun god rose at the beginning of time. Son of Ptah and Sekhmet.?

Answer: Nefertum

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A creator and hunter goddess, patron of the city of Sais in Lower Egypt?

Answer: Neith

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A vulture goddess, the tutelary deity of Upper Egypt?

Answer: Nekhbet (Nekhebit)

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Falcon god, worshipped in Middle Egypt, who appears in myth as a ferryman for greater gods?

Answer: Nemty

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A god of grain?

Answer: Neper

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A member of the Ennead, the consort of Set, who mourned Osiris alongside Isis?

Answer: Nephthys (Egyptian: Nebet-Het)

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A goddess of grain, female counterpart of Neper?

Answer: Nepit

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Personification of the formless, watery disorder from which the world emerged at creation and a member of the Ogdoad?

Answer: Nu (Nun)

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A sky goddess, a member of the Ennead?

Answer: Nut

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: god of death and resurrection who rules the underworld and enlivens vegetation, the sun god, and deceased souls?

Answer: Osiris

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A lioness goddess mainly worshipped in the area around Beni Hasan?

Answer: Pakhet

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A creator deity and god of craftsmen, the patron god of Memphis?

Answer: Ptah

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: The foremost Egyptian sun god, involved in creation and the afterlife. Mythological ruler of the gods, father of every Egyptian king, and the patron god of Heliopolis.?

Answer: Ra (Re)

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: An agricultural goddess?

Answer: Renenutet

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions?

Answer: Satet

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A lioness goddess, both destructive and violent and capable of warding off disease, protector of the pharaohs who led them in war, the consort of Ptah and one of many forms of the Eye of Ra.?

Answer: Sekhmet

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: An ambivalent god, characterized by violence, chaos, and strength, connected with the desert. Mythological murderer of Osiris and enemy of Horus, but also a supporter of the king.?

Answer: Set

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Embodiment of wind or air, a member of the Ennead?

Answer: Shu

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Crocodile god, worshipped in the Faiyum and at Kom Ombo?

Answer: Sobek

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A god of the sky and of Egypt's eastern border regions?

Answer: Sopdu

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Personification of the first mound of earth to emerge from chaos in ancient Egyptian creation myths?

Answer: Tatenen

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Lioness goddess of moisture and a member of the Ennead?

Answer: Tefnut

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A moon god, and a god of writing and scribes, and patron deity of Hermopolis?

Answer: Thoth

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A cobra goddess, the tutelary deity of Lower Egypt?

Answer: Wadjet (Uatchit)

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: Personification of the Mediterranean sea or lakes of the Nile Delta?

Answer: Wadj-wer

Question: Which Egyptian deity is: A goddess of Thebes?

Answer: Wosret (Egyptian: Usret)