English > Egyptian deity: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. |
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| Category | antiquity | The historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe |
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| Instances | Amen, Amon, Amun | A primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath |
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| Amen-Ra, Amon-Ra, Amun Ra | Egyptian sun god |
| Anubis, Anpu | Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld |
| Aten, Aton | The sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten |
| Bast | cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess |
| Geb, Keb | Egyptian god of the earth |
| Horus | Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon |
| Isis | Egyptian goddess of fertility |
| Khepera | Egyptian god of the morning sun |
| Min | An Egyptian god of procreation |
| Nephthys | Egyptian goddess associated with ritual of the dead |
| Nut | Egyptian goddess of the sky |
| Osiris | Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead |
| Ptah | A major Egyptian god |
| Ra, Re | ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk |
| Sekhet, Eye of Ra | A lion-headed Egyptian goddess |
| Set, Seth | Evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout |
| Thoth | Egyptian Moon deity with the head of an ibis |
| Broader | deity, divinity, god, immortal | Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force |
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| Spanish | divinidad egipcia |
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| Catalan | divinitat egípcia |
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