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  2. Dedun - Wikipedia

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    Dedun (or Dedwen) was a Kushite or Nehasi (C-Group culture) god worshipped during ancient times in ancient Egypt and Sudan and attested as early as 2400 BC. There is much uncertainty about his original nature, especially since he was depicted as a lion , a role that usually was assigned to the son of another deity.

  3. List of Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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    The Horus of the night deities – Twelve goddesses of each hour of the night, wearing a five-pointed star on their heads Neb-t tehen and Neb-t heru, god and goddess of the first hour of night, Apis or Hep (in reference) and Sarit-neb-s, god and goddess of the second hour of night, M'k-neb-set, goddess of the third hour of night, Aa-t-shefit or ...

  4. Ha (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    It is unknown when Ha was worshipped in ancient Egypt. But at first he was the god of fertility, son of an almost unknown deity named Iaaw, [2] but in the later period of Egypt, he took his place by removing the western desert god Ash. He was later shown as the symbol of the west, while Sopdu was the symbol of the east, and Dedun the symbol of ...

  5. Medjed - Wikipedia

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    In Ancient Egyptian religion, Medjed (Egyptological: mḏd) is a minor deity [a] mentioned in certain copies of the Book of the Dead. While not much is known about the deity, his ghost-like depiction in the Greenfield papyrus has earned him popularity in modern Japanese culture, and he has appeared as a character in video games and anime.

  6. Nehebkau - Wikipedia

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    Nehebkau is the "original snake" [5] of Egyptian mythology, and was believed to be both an ancient and eternal god. [2] Although he is occasionally represented as a son of Serket , Renenutet or Geb , he is sometimes believed to have simply "emerged from the earth". [ 2 ]

  7. Ancient Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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    The worship of some Egyptian gods spread to neighboring lands, especially to Canaan and Nubia during the New Kingdom, when those regions were under pharaonic control. In Canaan, the exported deities, including Hathor, Amun, and Set, were often syncretized with native gods, who in turn spread to Egypt. [236]

  8. Ogdoad (Egyptian) - Wikipedia

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    In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad (Ancient Greek: ὀγδοάς "the Eightfold"; Ancient Egyptian: ḫmnyw, a plural nisba of ḫmnw "eight") were eight primordial deities worshiped in Hermopolis. The earliest certain reference to the Ogdoad is from the Eighteenth Dynasty, in a dedicatory inscription by Hatshepsut at the Speos Artemidos. [2]

  9. Maahes - Wikipedia

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    He was seen as the son of the Creator god Ptah, as well as the feline goddess (Bast in Lower Egypt or Sekhmet in Upper Egypt) whose nature he shared. Maahes was a deity associated with war, protection, and weather , as well as that of knives , lotuses , and devouring captives .