TRAVEL EGYPT TOURS
The Gods
Aker - "the Bender"Guardian of the traveling sun.
Ammut - "Dead-Swallower"Demon; ate souls.
Anubis - "the Royal Child"Jackal-god of mummification.
Aten - Disk of the sun.
Amon - "the Hidden One"Theban king of the gods.
Anqet - "Embracing Lady"Water goddess of Elephantine.
Apep - Snake who tried to kill the sun.
Atum - "the Complete One"God of the setting sun.
Baal - "Lord," "Power"Semetic god of storms
Bastet - "Devouring Lady" Cat-goddess of the home.
Buto - "She Who is Green" Cobra-goddess of Lower Egypt
Bat - Ancient celestial cow-goddess.
Bes - Dwarf-god of music & warfare.
Duamutef - "Praising his Mother" Protected stomach of the dead.
Geb - "Earth"God of the earth.
Hapi - "Runner"God of the Nile.
Hathor - "House of Horus" Cow-goddess of love & music.
Heket - Frog-goddess of infinity.
Hapy - "Runner" Guarded the lungs of the dead.
Heh - God of infinity.
Horus - "High, Above" Falcon-god of the sun.
Ihy - "Sistrum-Player"Son of
Hathor, god of jubilation
Imsety - "the Kindly One" Guarded the liver of the dead.
Imhotep - "He Comes in Peace" Vizier of Djoser; son of Ptah.
Isis - "the Throne" Goddess of magic.
Khepera - "Comes Into Being"
Beetle-god of the rising sun.
Khonsu - "Traveler" Theban god of the moon.
Khnemu - "Protector/Enricher" God of the Nile inundation.
Ma'at - "Truth"Goddess of order & truth.
Meshkhent - "Birthing Place"Brick-goddess of childbirth.
Min - "the Firm One"God of male fertility.
Mut - "Mother"Theban mother-goddess
Meretseger - "Loves Silence"Goddess of the Valley of the Kings.
Mihos - "True Before Them" Lion-god, son of Bastet.
Montu - "Nomad"Egyptian god of war.
Nefertem - "Lotus" Memphis god of the lotus.
Nekhebet - "She of Nekheb" Vulture-goddess of Upper Egypt.
Nun - "Abyss" God of the primordial waters.
Neith - "One Who Is" Goddess of war & weaving.
Nephthys - "Mistress of the House" Sister of Isis & wife of Seth.
Nut - "Sky" Goddess of the sky.
Onuris - "Sky-Bearer" Warrior and sky-god of Abydos.
Osiris - "He Sees the Throne" Lord of the afterlife.
Ptah - "Creator" Mummified creator god.
Qebehsenuef - "Brother's Cooler" Protected intestines of the dead.
Qetesh - "Holy" Semetic nature goddess.
Re - "Sun" Creator god of the sun.
Reshep - "Lightning "Warrior-god of storms.
Renenutet - "Nourishing Snake " Goddess of the harvest.
Satet - "One Who Shoots" Goddess of the Nile & fertility
Selket - "She Who Breathes" Scorpion goddess of magic
Seshat - "Lady Scribe" Goddess of measurement.
Shu - "Dry" God of the air.
Sokar - God of the Memphis necropolis.
Sekhmet - "Powerful Female" Goddess of war & destruction.
Serapis - Syncretic god of the afterlife.
Seth - "To Dazzle" God of chaos; killed Osiris.
Sobek - "Watching Over You" God of crocodiles.
Sopdet - Goddess of the star 'Sirius.'
Tauret - "the Great One" Goddess of women & home.
Thoth - "Leader" Ibis-god of wisdom & the moon.
Tefnut - "Sky-Spittle"Goddess of moisture & rain.
Wepwawet - "Opener of the Ways" Usher of the dead.
The Myths
It is a universal truth that the myths of all cultures are the attempts of people to explain the world in which they live. So too, are the myths of ancient Egypt. Within the great epic myths are explained many smaller mysteries of life along the Nile. Is to be noticed the explanations of the Egyptian universe within them.
The story of the creation, Re's revenge of mankind and how Isis tricked Re into telling her his secret name.
How Seth murdered Osiris and how Horus avenged his father.
The story of how Khnemu saved Egypt from the ravages of a seven year long famine.
How the god of the moon, Khonsu saved the life of a princess during the 19th Dynasty
The story of how a prince became king when he promised to do the famous Great Sphinx of Giza a favor (1405 BC)...
The unfinished fable of a prince who is doomed to die.
The 12th Dynasty tale of a peasant on a quest for justice.
A magical 4th Dynasty story reminiscent of the famous parting of the Red Sea by Moses in the Bible.
The Girl with the Rose-Red Slippers
Perhaps the first "Cinderella" fable ever told! It was recorded during the 26th dynasty
The Egyptian view of the Trojan War!
The incredible tale of the lone survivor of a shipwreck.
The story of two men who sought the book written by the hand of Thothcontaining all the wisdom of the world.
Taken from her temple at Deir-El-Bahri, this myth relates the official story of Hatshepsut's conception and birth.
This short myth adds to Isis' reputation as the goddess 'great in magic.
'Se-Osiris and the Sealed Letter
The story of how a young magician foiled an Ethiopian plot against Egypt.
The myth of the only two people to visit the Duat, the land of the dead, and return to tell all about it.
The story of Sinuhe - an official of Pharaoh's court who goes on the run when the king is assassinated.
The legend of the Treasure Thief who outwitted Rameses III.
Ancient Egyptian main symbols
- Ankh
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