The document provides information on Egyptian mythology and gods. It discusses several major Egyptian gods including Osiris, the god of the afterlife; Anubis, the god associated with mummification; and Horus, who served many functions including god of the sky. It also mentions Bastet, the goddess of cats; and provides a creation myth from Hermopolis focused on the Ogdoad group of eight primeval water gods who were involved in the creation of the world from the primeval waters.

1. Egyptian Mythology
Tyson, Velasquez,and
Castillo

2. Egyptian mythology is the
collection of myths from
ancient Egypt, which
describe the actions of the
Egyptian gods as a means of

3. Ancient Egyptian Deities
Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and
goddesses who were worshiped in
ancient Egypt. The beliefs and rituals
surrounding these gods formed the core
of ancient Egyptian religion, which
emerged along with them sometime in

4. Egyptian Base Gods
In different eras, various
gods were said to hold the
highest position in divine
society.

5. Osiris: is an Egyptian base god, usually identified as the god of the
afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He was classically depicted
as a green skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy
wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large
ostrich feathers at either side, and holding a symbolic crook and
flail.
OSIRIS

6. ANUBIS
Anubis: is the Greek name for a jackalheaded god associated with
mummification and the afterlife in
ancient Egyptian religion. He is the son of
Nephthys and Set according to the
Egyptian mythology. According to the
Akkadian transcription in the Amarna
letters, Anubis' name was vocalized in
Egyptian as Anapa. The oldest known
mention of Anubis is in the Old Kingdom

7. HORUS
Horus is one of the oldest and most significant
deities in ancient Egyptian religion, who was
worshipped from at least the late Predynastic
period through to Greco-Roman times.
The most commonly encountered family
relationship describes Horus as the son of Isis
and Osiris but in another tradition Hathor is
regarded as his mother and sometimes as his
wife. Horus served many functions in the

8. Figure of a Horus
Falcon, between
circa 300 and circa
250 BC (GrecoRoman). Courtesy
of the Walters Art
Museum.

9. Praised for controlling vermin and killing
dangerous snakes such as cobras, the cat
became a symbol of grace and poise.
As a revered animal and one important to
Egyptian society and religion, some cats
received the same mummification after death
as humans. Mummified cats were given in
offering to Bastet, who is the Goddess of
cats, Lower Egypt, the sun and the moon. In
1888, an Egyptian farmer uncovered a large
tomb with mummified cats and kittens. This
discovery outside the town of Beni Hasan had
SIDE NOTE
CATS IN
ANCIENT
EGYPT
Picture: A bronze
statue of the cat
goddess, Bastet

10. Bastet also known as
BASTET
baast, ubasti and Baset refers
to a cat goddess of ancient
Egyptian mythology who was
worshipped. She was the
Goddess of cats, Lower
Egypt, the sun and the moon.
Bastet may have been the

11. alabaster cosmetic
jar topped with a
lioness, representing
Bast, an eighteenth
dynasty burial artifact
from the tomb of
Tutankhamun circa
1323 BC - Cairo
Museum

12. Egyptian Heros?
The Egyptians didn't have the same
cosmology as the Greeks and Romans. There
are tales of great deeds done by the Egyptian
gods and goddesses, but they aren't the
same as the Heroes and demigods of Greek
and Roman mythology.
Most of the Egyptian 'heroes' would have
been pharaohs who won great battles or did
great things for their country. However there
are many myths.

13. Creation Myths
Among the most important myths were those describing
the creation of the world. The Egyptian developed many
accounts of the creation, which differ greatly in the events
they describe. In particular, the deities credited with
creating the world vary in each account. This difference
partly reflects the desire of Egypt's cities and priesthoods
to exalt their own patron gods by attributing creation to
them. Yet the differing accounts were not regarded as
contradictory; instead, the Egyptians saw the creation

14. The sun rises over
the circular
mound of creation
as goddesses
pour out the
primeval waters
around it.
Picture Courtesy
of Wikipedia

15. Hermopolis Creation Myth
The creation myth formed in the city of Hermopolis focused on the nature of the
universe before the creation of the world. The qualities of the primeval waters
were represented by a set of eight gods, called the Ogdoad. The god Nu and his
female counterpart Naunet represented the inert primeval water itself; Huh and
his counterpart Hauhet represented the water's infinite extent; Kuk and Kauket
personified the darkness present within it.
and Amun and Amaunet represented its hidden and unknowable nature, in
contrast to the tangible world of the living. The primeval waters were themselves
part of the creation process, therefore, the deities representing them could be
seen as creator gods.
According to the myth, the eight gods were originally divided into male and
female groups. They were symbolically depicted as aquatic creatures because
they dwelt within the water: the males were represented as frogs, and the
females were represented as snakes. These two groups eventually converged,
resulting in a great upheaval, which produced the pyramidal mound. From it

16. Questions?