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The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Chaos
Anubis as a jackal perched atop a tomb, symbolizing his protection of the necropolis "Anubis" is a Greek rendering of this god's Egyptian name. [7] [8] Before the Greeks arrived in Egypt, around the 7th century BC, the god was known as Anpu or Inpu. The root of the name in ancient Egyptian language means "a royal child."
Hermanubis (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμανοῦβις, romanized: Hermanoubis) is a Graeco-Egyptian god who conducts the souls of the dead to the underworld. He is a syncretism of Hermes from Greek mythology and Anubis from Egyptian mythology.
Nephthys is regarded as the mother of the funerary deity Anubis (Inpu) in some myths. [4] [5] Alternatively Anubis appears as the son of Bastet [6] or Isis. [7] In Nubia, Nephthys was said to be the wife of Anubis. [1] Though usually considered the aunt of Horus, she often appears as his mother. She is also seen as a wife of Horus. [1]
Thoth's roles in Egyptian mythology were many. He served as scribe of the gods, [ 22 ] credited with the invention of writing and Egyptian hieroglyphs . [ 23 ] In the underworld , Duat , he appeared as an ape, Aani , the god of equilibrium, who reported when the scales weighing the deceased's heart against the feather, representing the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains ...
Sepes – A god who lived in a tree [39] Septu – A bearded plume wearing god [124] Serapis – A Greco-Egyptian god from the Ptolemaic Period who fused traits of Osiris and Apis with those of several Greek gods Husband of Isis who, like her, was adopted into Greek and Roman religion outside Egypt [128] Seta-Ta – A mummified god in the ...
The Duat (Ancient Egyptian: dwꜣt, Egyptological pronunciation "do-aht"), also called Amenthes (Ancient Greek: Ἀμένθης, romanized: Aménthēs) or Te (Coptic: Ⲧⲏ, romanized: Tē), is the underworld in ancient Egyptian mythology. It has been represented in hieroglyphs as a star-in-circle: 𓇽.