The Egyptians have many spirits or spiritual beings as well as a host of demonic beings often depicted as snakes which probably influenced later Hebrew and Christian demonology, these are as follows:
Afu: Lesser Gods or spirits mentioned in Egyptian texts.
Akebiu: Spirits that wail in the underworld.
Akeneh: A serpentine demon.
Akhem-Sek: A group of celestial beings thought to be the personification of stars.
Amkihiu: The souls of the dead who are granted passage on the boat of the sun God Ra.
Anhefta: A protective spirit of the underworld.
Benen: The guardian of the eighth entrance to Duat.
El Naddaha: A river-nymph and demoness who calls men into the Nile to drown them.
Henmemet: Lesser divine beings.
Hentiu: Spirits of the twelfth area of Duat.
Her-F-Ha-F: The leader of a group of spirits who attempt to capture the souls of the dead in large nets, their name means “fierce fowlers whose fingers are hidden”. Her-F-Ha-F was known to ferry the souls of the dead across the rivers of death and may be related to the Sumerian ferryman Urshanabi.
Hert-Nemmat-Set: A female spirit who resides in the fourth pit of the eleventh area of Duat and punishes the damned.
Hert-Sefu-S: A female spirit who resides in the fifth pit of the eleventh area of Duat and punishes the damned.
Kefi: A guardian of the tenth area of Duat.
Kha-A: A spirit that carries a bow and resides in the tenth area of Duat.
Khaibit: The shades or ghoulish spirits of the dead.
Khnemiu: Four divine beings wearing red crowns found in the eleventh area of Duat.
Maa-Ab: A guardian of the sixth area of Duat.
Mates: A demon who inhabbited the Sheni of the underworld and tore out the hearts of the damned.
Men-Sheta: A spirit personifying the hidden aspects of the Occult or magic who resides in the seventh area of Duat and was depicted as bending over a staff.
Metes: A guardian of the eleventh area of Duat.
Nebt-Khu: A guardian of the eleventh area of Duat. She sits upon a snake with one hand raised over her face. Nebt-Khu never moves and lives on the voices of snakes that spawn from her feet.
Nehata: A spirit that utters words of power in the underworld to restore life to Osiris. Nehata resides in the ninth area of Duat.
Nehebukau: Nehebukau was said to guard the entrance to Duat and was known as the one who caused the binding of the Ka (vital life spark) and the Ba (soul) initiating death. Nehebukau was depicted as a two-headed serpent. When seen as a snake he was seen as having magical power over snake bites and by extension over venoms such as those of scorpions and was therefore sometimes depicted as a son of the scorpion Goddess of healing and protection Selket, this may mean that Nehebukau was invoked to cause death or in attempts to heal poisons magically. As a serpent connected to the life spark and soul Nehebukau could be a form of Egyptian kundalini/serpentine energy mystery.
Nemi: A guardian of the tenth area of Duat.
Ni: A spirit with two bird heads who helps raise up the sun from the underworld each day, Ni carries a paddle and resides in the twelfth area of Duat.
Pai: A guardian of the twelfth area of Duat.
Qebhet: The personification of cool waters said to be a daughter of Anubis.
Senenahemthet: A serpentine demon.
Setcheh: A serpentine demon.
Setheniu-Tep: Four divine beings wearing white crowns found in the eleventh area of Duat.
Set-Qesu: A demon whose name means “crusher of bones” and who occupies the hall of judgement known as Ma’ati.
Stefiu: Four divine beings who occupy the tenth area of Duat and hold the serpent God of chaos Apophis prisoner in chains.
Tcheser-Tep: A serpentine demon.
Thethu: A serpentine demon.
Ufa: A serpentine demon.
Urshu: Spirits whos name means “watchers” likely related to the Sumerian Igigi and later fallen angels.
Wtennu: The spirit of heaven.
