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2. Horus - Wikipedia

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   Horus may receive the fertile lands around the Nile, the core of Egyptian civilization, in which case Set takes the barren desert or the foreign lands that are associated with it; Horus may rule the earth while Set dwells in the sky; and each god may take one of the two traditional halves of the country, Upper and Lower Egypt, in which case ...

3. Nut (goddess) - Wikipedia

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   This is an important collection of ancient Egyptian astronomical texts, perhaps the earliest of several other such texts, going back at least to 2,000 BC. Nut, being the sky goddess, plays the primary role in the Book of Nut. The text also tells about various other sky and Earth deities, such as the star deities and the decans deities. The ...

4. List of Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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   Baal – Sky and storm god from Syria and Canaan, worshiped in ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom [79] Babi – A Baboon god characterized by sexuality and aggression [ 80 ] Banebdjedet – A Ram god, patron of the city of Mendes [ 81 ]

5. Sopdu - Wikipedia

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   Sopdu (also rendered Septu or Sopedu) was a god of the sky and of eastern border regions in the religion of Ancient Egypt. [1] He was Khensit's husband.. As a sky god, Sopdu was connected with the god Sah, the personification of the constellation Orion, and the goddess Sopdet, representing the star Sirius.

6. Hathor - Wikipedia

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   Her role as a sky goddess was also linked to the afterlife. Because the sky goddess—either Nut or Hathor—assisted Ra in his daily rebirth, she had an important part in ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs, according to which deceased humans were reborn like the sun god. [86]

7. Egyptian mythology - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 December 2024. Nun, the embodiment of the primordial waters, lifts the barque of the sun god Ra into the sky at the moment of creation. Part of a series on Ancient Egyptian religion Beliefs Afterlife Cosmology Duat Ma'at Mythology Index Numerology Philosophy Soul Practices Funerals Offerings: Offering ...

8. Ancient Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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   Heka was a fundamental power that the creator god used to form the world and the gods themselves. [54] The sky goddess Nut swallows the sun, which travels through her body at night to be reborn at dawn. The gods' actions in the present are described and praised in hymns and funerary texts. [55]

9. Shu (Egyptian god) - Wikipedia

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   Headrest with Shu, on the base, supporting the sky In Heliopolitan theology, Atum created the first couple of the Ennead , Shu and Tefnut by masturbating or by spitting. Shu was the father of Nut and Geb and grandfather of Osiris , Isis , Set , and Nephthys .