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The interesting facts about Egyptian Goddesses provides an overview of the deities worshipped in ancient Egypt. |
Top Ten Facts about Ancient Egyptian Goddesses Top Facts on Egyptian Goddesses Egyptian Goddesses: Egyptian Goddesses were worshipped for nearly 3000 years Images & Pictures: Egyptian Goddesses were painted with yellowish colored skin, indicating indoor lifestyles Eternal Beauty: Most ancient Egyptian Goddesses were depicted as young, beautiful and healthy Heads of Animals: Some Egyptian Goddesses were depicted with the body of a woman and the head of an animal Identification: Ancient Egyptians did not usually worship animals, the animal heads were used as a recognition aid, a device to visually convey the powers, identity and attributes of the Egyptian Goddesses Symbols: Potent symbols surrounding Egyptian goddesses all had meanings and significance Associations: Egyptian goddesses had specific duties and tasks and were associated with natural manifestations such as water and air. Magical charms Ancient Egyptians used magical charms or amulets to ward off danger and women asked goddesses to help them with life events such as childbirth. Facts about major Egyptian Goddesses A-Z Names, List, & Facts about Egyptian Goddesses Fact 1: Anuket: Anuket was the goddess of the inundation of the Nile and the fields. Depicted with a crown of ostrich feathers, the symbol of creation and light. She was also associated with childbirth Fact 2: Bastet: The cat goddess Bastet represented both the home and the domestic cat and the war-like aspect of a lioness. Her cult was centered on her sanctuary at BubastisFact 3: Isis: Isis was the wife of Osiris and mother goddess. She was depicted in human form, crowned either by a throne or by cow horns enclosing a sun disk. It was Isis who found and reassembled the body of Osiris after his murder by the evil god Set Fact 4: Hathor: Hathor was the Egyptian cow or bovine goddess and depicted either as a cow or in human form wearing a crown consisting of a sun disk held between the horns of a cow.Fact 5: Hatmehyt: Hatmehyt (hatmehit) was the fish goddess associated with the primal waters of creation Fact 6: Heket: Heket, or Heqet, the Frog Goddess of childbirth and women looked to her for protection during childbirth and wore amulets with her image. She was depicted in human form with the head of a frog.Fact 7: Hedetet: Hedetet Egyptian scorpion-goddess who resembles Selket, depicted with the head of a scorpion sometimes pictured nursing a baby Fact 8: Maat: Maat was a goddess of the Underworld and truth and justice. Maat sat in judgment over the souls of the dead in the Judgment Hall of Osiris where the heart was placed on a scale, balanced by Feather of Ma'at (her symbol that she wore on her head was an ostrich feather).Fact 9: Meretseger: Meretseger was the funerary Cobra Goddess of tomb workers. She was believed to cause blindness and venomous stings if disturbed. She was known by the name of "Lover of Silence Fact 10: Meskhenet: Meskhenet, or Meskhent, was the Egyptian goddess of childbirth. She was depicted with a crown consisting of a peseshkef knife, a prehistoric flint knife in the shape of a fish tail, used as a magic wand during the 'opening of the mouth ceremony'.continued... A-Z Names, List & Facts about Egyptian Goddesses Facts about ancient Egyptian Goddesses A-Z Names, List, Pictures & Facts about Egyptian Goddesses Fact 11: Mut: Mut was the Mother Goddess, the vulture goddess of the sky, depicted with a Royal Vulture Crown consisted of a falcon feather headdress with its wings spread round her head in the act of protection Fact 12: Neith: Neith was the Creator Goddess of war. Neith was also a goddess of weaving, a funerary goddess, being linked to the linen of mummy bandages because she was associated with weaving Fact 13: Nephthys: Nephthys was the goddess of the dead and divine assistance. She was known as "Mistress of the House" and depicted with a crown in the form of the hieroglyph for house Fact 14: Nut: Nut the goddess of the sky sometimes depicted as a giant woman whose body, sometimes studded with stars, spanned the sky. Nut was the mother of Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. Fact 15: Satet: Satet was the Egyptian goddess of water and a a member of the Elephantine Triad. Satet was viewed as a fertility goddess in relation to the yearly inundation of the River Nile Fact 16: Sekhmet: Sekhmet was depicted in human form with the head of a lioness and crowned by the solar disk. She was called "The Powerful One" and said to breathe fire at the enemies of the pharaoh. Fact 17: Seshat: Seshat was the goddess of writing and libraries. Depicted in human form with a star above her head and holding a scepter made of a notched palm branch with which she wrote Fact 18: Selket: Selket was the Scorpion Goddess of the dead who helped guard the canopic jars, called "She who causes the throat to breath". Fact 19: Sothis: Sothis, or Sopdet, was the Sky Goddess of the stars who personified the Dog Star, Sirius which appeared in July which heralded the annual inundation of the Nile so she was also associated with the fertility and prosperity Fact 20: Taweret: Taweret was the hippopotamus goddess and protective deity of childbirth. She was called "The Great One" and depicted with the head of a hippopotamus, the limbs of a lion, the tail of a crocodile, human breasts, and a swollen belly. Fact 21: Tefnut: Tefnut was the Lioness Goddess of rain, moisture, dew and mist. She was depicted as a lioness or in human form with the head of a lioness and was worshipped as such in the lion sanctuary at Leontopolis. A-Z Names, List, Pictures & Facts about Egyptian Goddesses |
