This document summarizes the most important gods in ancient Egyptian mythology. It describes the major gods Ra, Amun, Mut, Khonsu, Osiris, Isis, Horus, Seth, Hathor, Anubis, Thoth, Ptah, Nut, Ma'at, Apis, and Sobek. For each it provides 1-2 sentences on their role and symbolism, such as Ra being the sun god and god of resurrection, Amun being the hidden god of air, and Osiris being the god of resurrection and fertility.

1. Principal Egyptian Gods
I’m going to talk about the most
important gods in Ancient Egypt.

2. Ra
• He is the big god, he is the god
of the sky and he is the
beginning of the life in ancient
Egyptian mythology.
• Ra symbolized solar light.
• He was in charge of the dead
and resurrection cycle.

3. Amón
• His name means ``the hidden
god´´
• His wife is Mut and his son
Khonsu .
• He symbolizes the air , he is
everywhere .You can’t see him
but you can feel him( hidden
god)

4. Mut
• ``The Mother´´, mother goddess.
She was the origin of all the world.
• She is the sky’s goddess .
• She was the wife of Amón and the
Khonsu’s mother.

5. Khonsu
• He is the moon god ,
he was the sick’s
protector ,too.
• He terrorised the bad
spirits.
• He also symbolizes the
land’s fertility and the
children recently born.
• He was connected
with the time course.
• He has got two forms.

6. Osiris
• He was the resurrection god.
• He symbolized fertility and
Nile’s regeneration. He is
vegetation and agriculture
god.
• He preside over `` The Deads
Trial´´.
• He was killed by his brother.

7. Isis
• She was Osiris wife and sister .
• She was called `` Big magician´´
,`` Mother goddess ´´, ``Queen of
gods´´ .
• She was the goddess of
maternity and births.
• Isis is her Greek name , her
Egyptian name was Ast.

8. Horus
• He was `` The High´´ .
• He was the son of Osiris and Isis.
• He was the god of heaven .
• He was the beginning of
Egyptian civilisation.
• His Egyptian name was Hor.

9. Seth
• He was the god of brute
strength, of the tumultuous
and the uncontrollable.
• He was the god of the wrong
things and the darkness. He
was the god of the desert, war
and violence ,too.
• He created the Oasis.

10. Hathor
• She was the goddess of love ,
happiness, dance and music.
• Her name means `` Horus
temple´´´ because she was
Horus wife.

11. Anubis
• He was a funeral god ,
Necropolis master .
• He was pattern of embalms.
• He was killed by Seth.
• He is in charge of say welcome
to dead people.

12. Thoth
• He was the god of writing,
wisdom, music and spells.
• He symbolized the moon.
• His Egyptian name was
Dyehuty.

13. Ptah
• He was a creator master and
a magic master, too.
• He invented the bricklaying
and he was the pattern of
architects and craftsmen.
• He had got curator powers.

14. Nut
• She was the night goddess.
• She was called ´´ The big one
who give birth the gods ´´.
• She was the creator of
universe and the stars.

15. Maat
• She was the law’s and
harmony goddess.
• She was Ra’s daughter .
• She symbolized universal
justice and universal
balance .

16. Apis
• He was the god of
agriculture and fertility.
• He was a funeral god ,too.
• His Egyptian name was
HapHepu.

17. Sobek
• He was the crocodile god.
• He was the god of fertility
,vegetation and life.
• He created the Nile from
his sweat.