Summary of the Netjer

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Isis ~ (Auset)
Isis, wife and consort to Osiris, sister to Nephthys & Set, mother to Horus. The Goddess of Motherhood and Marital Devotion as well as Healing of the Sick was probably the most important Goddess in all of Egypt. Assuming all the talents of every goddess within Egypt, she was very powerful and had been classed as the most powerful magican in the Universe because she had learnt the Secret Name of Ra, the God revealing it himself to her.
Not only is she mother to Horus, she is also protectoress to one of Horus' sons, Amset. Her following started, like her husbands, in Abydos, but over time she was adopted into the Family of Ra by the Priets of the Heliopolis. By the time of the New Kingdom, roughly in 1500 BC, Isis' standing was like that of Osiris, her husband, she was universally worshipped, even into the time of the Greco-Romans.
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Khepri ~ (Keper)
According to early heliopolitan views, the Creator-god, was assumed to be with both Atum & Ra. "Kheper", the egyptian root signifies several things, one is the actual verb, which is "to create" which explains the Creator-God view. It also is the word for "scarab beetle". The scarab, or the less fanciful name, dung beetle, was considered to be symbolic of the sun as the beetle rolls up a ball of dung into which it's eggs are laid, this was looked upon as the sun god pushing the sun through the sky, which also explains the Ra connection.
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Khnum ~
Another Creator-God, Khnum was shown as a Ram-headed God with a human's body. He created humans on his pottery wheel. Khnum was mostly worshipped in Antinoe and Elephantine. His consort was either Heqet, Neith, or Sati, this changing throughout the dynastys, like with quite a lot of myths of the Netjer.
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Khons ~ (Chons)
The god of the moon, Khons was the third member of the Thebes Triad, along with both his parents, Mut & Amen. The greatest story involving Khons gives reason for the phases of the moon in it's cycle. The story tells of Thoth and Khons playing a game. Khons wagered a portion of his light and as Thoth won, that is why now, Khons cannot show his full glory and so must wax and wane. In Karnak the main temple in the enclosure is dedicated to him.
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Maat ~
The daugher of Ra and wife to Thoth, Maat's name signifies "truth" and "justice". It can also mean "cosmic order". As this female deity is to considered as ACTUAL concept of maat, she has very little mythology, she is more a law or rule than actual person. Maat was represented as a tall woman with an ostrich feather (the glyph for her name, and also it was this feather which was used to balance the hearts of the deceased to see if s/he led an honest, and truthful life). She was present at the weighing of the hearts with her husband, Thoth.
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Min ~ (Menu, Amsu)
The god for men, Min was depicted as holding a flail and with an erect penis. He was worshipped as the god of virility. Lettuces were often sacrificed to the god and then consumed, in the hopes of gaining manhood. He was also husband to Qetesh, the goddess of love and femininity. His full name was Menu-ka-mut-f and was considered a form of Amen.
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Month ~ (Mentu, Men, Thu)
The prinicipal God of Thebes, before the rise of the Amen beliefs; he appeared as a falcon-headed man and was often united with Horus. He was also a war deity.
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Mut ~ (Golden Dawn, Auramooth)
Wife and consort to Amen and mother to Khons. The word, mut, in Egyptian means mother.
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Nefertum ~
He is the youthful son of Ptah & Sekhmet, and is connected with the rising of the sun. Often depicted as a youth crowned or seated upon a lotus blossom.
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Neith ~ (Net, Neit, Golden Dawn, Thoum-aesh-neith)
This goddess of war is quite ancient and was worshipped in the Delta, also worshipped as a Goddess of wisdom, she was seen to be Athena to the Greeks. In later tales, Neither became the sister of Isis, Nephthys and also Selket. She is the mother to the crocodile god, Sobek and is the protectress to Duamutef.
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Nekhbet ~
The Upper Egyptian patron goddess, represented as a vulture and also on the crown of Pharaoh and the Great Royal Wife. Her counterpart was Edjo, representing Lower Egypt.
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Nephthys ~ (Nebt-het)
The youngest child/daughter of Geb & Nut. She is sister to Isis, Osiris and also Set, as well wife and consort to the latter. She abandoned Set after his killing of Osiris, and teamed up with Isis and helped with the care of Horus and the resurrection of Osiris. As with Isis, Nephthys was considered a protectress of the dead, as well as being a protectress for Hapi, the protector of the lungs of the deceased.
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Nut ~ (Nuit)
The goddess of the sky. Nut is the daughter of Shu and Tefnut and also the sister & wife of Geb. Also the mother to Isis, Osiris, Nephthys and Set. She is generally depicted as a woman with blue skin, with stars covering her body. She is usually standing on all fours, leaning over her husband, representing the sky over the earth.
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Osiris ~ (Ausar)
The god of the dead and the god of resurrection into the eternal life. He is also protector and judge of the deceased, the deceased were often refered to as "the Osiris". Abydos is where is his is supposed to be located and also the center of his cult.
He is the first born of Nut & Geb, also the brother to Set, Isis and Nephthys. Isis also being his wife, he fathered Horus with her and according to some tales, Nephthys took on the form of Isis and seduced Osiris, from their union came forth, Anubis.
After Ra had abandoned earth to rule the skies, Osiris took his place but was killed by Set, his brother. Becoming the first living thing to die, Osiris instantly became Lord of the Dead. Horus, his son, avenged his death by defeating Set and casting him out into the desert to the West of Egypt (the Sahara). Prayers and spells were addressed to Osiris, right through history and even after the Romans took over, there are still many reliefs of Roman's dressed in Pharaonic garb, making offerings to the Lord of the Dead, in the hopes of securing a place in the afterlife.
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Pharaoh ~ (Deified Kings)
Right from the start of the Pharaonic reign, Pharaoh was seen as a God, the son of Amen, the son of Horus or the son of Ra, depending on the dynasty, and what part of Egypt was the centeral city at that time. Pharaoh's though, were not worshipped as Gods as the Netjer were. Hardly, if any, prayers, sacrifices and so on were directed to the Pharaoh of that time, there was no cult. The Pharaoh was just seen as being chosen and favored by the Netjer and chosen to keep the order of Maat in reign, as well as protect and look after Egypt's interests.
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Ptah ~
From the time of 3100 BC, Memphis was the centre for the cult & worship of, Ptah. Seen as the creator of the universe, he is said to have fashioned the bodies in which man's souls dwelt in the afterlife. Other versions say that Ptah was under Thoths rule and that Ptah created the heavens and the earth according to Thoth's specifications.
Ptah is depicted as a bearded man with a skullcap on his head, wrapped by like a mummy with his hands emerging from the shrouds holding either, the Uas (phoenix-headed) scepter, an Ankh and a Djed (sign of stability). Often worshipped along with Osiris and Seker, his second name was Ptah-sker-ausar. He is the husband of Sekhmet and the father of Nefertum (and later on, Imhotep, or Ptahmotep).
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Qebesenuf ~ (Kabexnuf, Qebsneuef)
One of the Four Sons of Horus. Qebehsenuf was represetned as a mummified man, with the head of a falcon. He was the protector of the intestines of the deceased and was protected by the goddess, Selket.
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Qetesh ~
The goddess of love and beauty, Qetesh isn't actally Egyptian, but taken from a Syrian deity. Depicted as a beautiful naked woman, standing or riding upon a lion, while holding either flowers, a mirror or even serpents. An unusal aspect to Qetesh is that in Egyptian art, Qetesh is always shown face on, usually it is a side profile. She is the consort to Min, god of virility.
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Ra ~
The sun god during the dynastic Egypt; the name, Ra, is thought to have meant either "creative power" or, as a more proper name, "Creator", same as Christians called "Almighty God" also, Creator. Ra has been identified with Horus since the beginning of early Egyptian history and has been dipicted as either a hawk or a hawk-headed man. When Ra was travelling upon the rivers of the Heavens and the Underworld, Ra was depicted as travelling in a boat.
Ra's cult centre was Annu (Hebrew - "On", Greek - "Heliopolis"), which is where modern-day Cairo stands. During Dynasty V, the Pharaoh, Userkaf, was also High Priest to Ra, and introduced the term; Sa-Ra ("Son of Ra"). This helped strenthen the link with Pharaoh and the Netjer.
Ra was father of Shu & Tefnut, Grandfather to Nut & Geb and Grest-Grandfather to Isis, Osiris, Nephthys and Set, as well as being Great-Great-Grandfather to Horus & Anubis, according to various myths. From the time of the 18th Dynasty, Isis & Osiris' cults had over-taken Ra in popularity, but Ra was still remembered, with the name; Ranetjer-aa neb-pet ("Ra, the Great God, Lord of the Heaven"), and in later times, Ra became one with Amen, creating Amen-Ra, Lord of the Universe.
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Sati ~ (Satis, Satet)
Consort to Khnum, Sati was worshipped at Elephantine. Together with her companion, Anuket, she is the dispenser of cool water. Sati is depicted as having a human head, wearing the crown of Upper Egypt and also the horns of a Gazelle.
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Seker ~ (Sokar, Sokaris)
Seker is the protector of the spirits of the dead, who pass through the Underworld on their way to the afterlife. He is also a god of light. Worshipped in Memphis, Sker was seen as a form of Ptah and sometimes as a combination of Gods, for example, Ptah-sker or Ptah-seker-ausar. He was dipicted as a shrouded mummy, like Ptah but with a hawk's head.
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Sekhmet ~
The Lioness-goddess who was the wife of Ptah, was worshipped in Memphis. She is said to have been created by Ra, from the fire of his eyes to avenge the humans on earth who had come to take for granted, Him and to teach them the error of their ways, for their sins. Sekhmet later on, became a peaceful protectress of the righteous and was seen as another form of Bast (also sometimes, with Hathur too).
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Selket ~ (Serqet, Serket)
Depicted as a beautiful woman with a scorpion poised on her head, it is clear to see that Selket was the Scorpian Goddess. Her creatures struck at the people who were wicked and gave them death, but she was also the Goddess who saved the innocent from scorpian stings. She is seen binding up demon who would harm Ra and she also sent seven of her scorpians to Isis, to protect her from Set.
She is the protectress of Qebehsenuf, the son of Horus who protected the intestines of the deceased. Selket became famous when Carter discovered Tutankhamen's tomb, there was a statue of Selket in there which become part of the collection which did a tour of America in the 70's.
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Serapis ~
A God from the Ptolemaic period. He was created by the Greeks but the native Egyptians never took to this deity. He is seen as part of Apis and of Osiris. He was worshipped in Alexandria. Supposedly the consort of Isis, he was god of the Aterlife and of fertility.
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Set ~ (Seth)
At the beginning of the religion of the Netjer, Set was seen as the patron god of Lower Egypt (northern part of Egypt) and represented the storms which the people of Lower Egypt sought to appease. When though, the first Dynasty was created by the union of both Upper & Lower Egypt, Set became known as the evil god who was enemy to Horus, who was the patron god for Upper Egypt.
He is the brother to Isis, Osiris and also Nephthys to whom he is also husband too. According to some tales, he is also considered the father of Anubis. He is also the uncle of Horus, whom he attempted to kill. Set succeded in doing this act to Osiris. However, Horus survived and avenged his father's death by casterating Set and sending Set to the desert (Syberia) where he is to stay.
Later on though, Set does become, once again, a great deity and is often worshipped as he was the god who fought against the forces of the desert and who protected Egypt from foreigners.
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Shu ~
Shu is the son of Ra, husband & brother of Tefnut and also father to Nut & Geb. He is the god of air, and dry winds, as well as the atmosphere. His name, Shu could come from the root, shu, meaning "dry, empty". Shu and Tefnut are thought to be two parts of one soul, one of the earliest examples of soulmates. He is often dipicted as a man with an ostrich feather on his head, like Maat. His hieroglyph is an ostrich feather also.
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Sobek ~ (Sebek, Suchos)
The crocodile deity who was worshipped in Arsinoe, also known as Crcodilopolis by the Greeks. He was worshipped to appease him and his animals. Sobek has also classed as a fourfold deity for the elemental gods, which consisted of Geb for Earth, Osiris for Water, Ra for Fire and Shu for air. Sobek is also thought to have assited with the birth of Horus.
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Sothis ~ (Sepdet)
The female version of the star, Sirius. This was a match with Isis as she was the consort for Sahu-Osiris - the star Orion. Also thought to be a form of Hathur.
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Tefnut (Tefernut) ~
Tefnut, the goddess of moisture and the clouds, was the daughter of Ra, the sister and wife to Shu and mother to Nut & Geb. The name Tefnut could come from the words teftef (meaning "to spit, to moisten") and nu (meaning "waters, sky"). She was depicted as a woman with a lioness' head, the deities sacred animal.
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Thoth ~ (Tahuti)
Said to be self-created at the beginning of time, Thoth, is the god of wisdom, although other myths suggest that Thoth was created by Ra. His name, "Thoth" is a greek corruption of his Egyptian name, "Tahuti". His consort was Maat, and according to Hermopolis, it is said that Thoth produced eight children, the most famous being Amon, "The Hidden One". Depicted as an ibis-headed man, often seen carrying a scroll of paprus and a pen. He was shown in the majority of scenes featuring the Netjer, but most of all when at the judement of the dead (see the Photo above). As Tahuti was the messenger for the Netjer, he was viewed with his Greek version, Hermes. Thoth played the role of Vizier to Osiris in myths. Like with Khon, Thoth was a god of the moon, as well as time, magic and writing. He was considered the inventor of the Hieroglyphs.
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Thoueris ~ (Ta-urt)
The goddess of childbirth and also fertility, this hippotamus goddess was also the partner of Bes. Usually seen as a large hippopotamus carrying a wrapped up collection of reed stems (a form of saniary protection for Egyptian women).
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