List of Egyptian Gods
Not a complete listing, but this is the majority of them and their rulerships:
Primordial gods:
Atum - god of the Sun; the All-Maker of the Universe, gods, and life
Ptah - god of wisdom, creativity, pottery, artwork, architecture, rebirth, and craftsmanship
Nun - god of the primordial waters
Naunet - goddess of the primordial waters; counterpart to Nun
Tatenen - god-personification of the mound of earth on the waters of Nun at the beginning of time
Tefnut - goddess of wet air, moisture, dew, and rain
Shu - god of dry air, wind, light, and peace; twin brother/consort of Tefnut
Nuit - goddess of the sky, cosmos, astronomy, motherhood, and the Universe; wife of Geb
Geb - god of the earth and fertility; husband of Nuit
Significant gods:
Amun - god of the Sun, generosity, and air; synchronized with Ra to become Amun-Ra, King of the Gods
Ra - god of the Sun, sky, order, and kingship; King of the Gods; said to be a form of Atum
Osiris - god of the Underworld, death, fertility, agriculture, vegetation, and rebirth; husband of Isis; King of the Dead
Isis - goddess of magic, life, compassion, death, rebirth, fertility, motherhood, childbirth, devotion, royalty, knowledge, protection, abundance, healing, and the elements; Queen of the Gods, wife of Osiris
Horus - god of the sky, war, hunting, and kingship
Set - god of chaos, mischief, storms, deserts, battle, danger, virility, and foreign lands
Hathor - goddess of love, compassion, beauty, women, motherhood, childbirth, fertility, joy, music, dance, alcohol, festivity, and the cosmos
Sekhmet - goddess of war, destruction, blood-lust, plagues, healing, the Sun, and divine wrath
Nephthys - goddess of death, mourning, darkness, childbirth, burial, and air
Anubis - god of death, mummification, embalming, tombs, cemeteries, and the Underworld
Thoth - god of knowledge, wisdom, writing, magic, truth, integrity, time, and the Moon
Ma’at - goddess of truth, justice, harmony, wisdom, morality, balance, and divine order Seshat - goddess of knowledge, wisdom, writing, languages, books, mathematics, science, astronomy, astrology, calculations, architecture, and surveying; daughter of Thoth and Ma’at
Bast - goddess of domesticity, cats, family, children, pregnancy, women’s secrets, fertility, pleasure, sex, music, the arts, protection, perfume, fire, sunrise, and war
Taweret - goddess of childbirth, fertility, and protection
Ammit - goddess of retribution
Sobek - god of sovereignty, military prowess, strength, fertility, medicine, surgery, protection, and water
Serqet - goddess of protection, healing, and venomous creatures
Neith - goddess of creation, war, weaving, wisdom, motherhood, childbirth, hunting, water, fate, and the cosmos
Qetesh - goddess of maidens, beauty, and nature
Khonsu - god of the Moon and healing
Wepwawet - god of war, hunting, and death; brother of Anubis
Additional gods:
Aken - ferryman god of the dead
Anat - goddess of war, sex, beauty, fertility, and hunting; originated from Canaan
Astarte - goddess of sex, passion, war, beauty, fertility, and the stars; sister of Anat, originated from Canaan
Aker - god of the horizon
Am-Heh - the “eater of eternity” god who lives in the Underworld’s lake of fire
Amunet - goddess of air and invisibility; female counterpart of Amun
Amunhotep - god of healing and wisdom
Andjety - god of fertility
Anhur - god of war
Anqet - goddess of fertility
Anti - hawk god of Upper Egypt
Anuket - goddess of war, fertility, lust, and Nile cataracts
Apedemak - god of war
Asclepius - god of healing
Ash - god of the Libyan desert and oases
Aten - god of the Sun
Apep - snake-god of evil
Ba’al - god of storms, war, fertility, weather, and seasons; originated from Canaan
Babi - god of virility
Ba-Pef - god of terror, especially spiritual terror
Bat - goddess of fertility and success
Bennu - god of the Sun and rebirth
Bes - god of childbirth, fertility, sex, humour, and war
Denwen - dragon god of fire and destruction
Fetket - god of bartenders; assistant of Ra
Duamutef - protective god of the canopic jar of the stomach; son of Horus
Hapi - god of fertility and the Nile; protected the canopic jar of the lungs
Imsety - protective god of the liver canopic jar
Qebehsenuef - protective god of the canopic jar of the intestines
Heh - god of eternity; feminine counterpart is Hauhet
Heqet - frog goddess of fertility and childbirth
Heka - god of magic and medicine
Heset - goddess of food, drink, beer, and merriment
Hu - god of the voice; personification of Ra’s first words of creation
Ihy - god of music and joy; son of Hathor and Horus the Elder
Kek - god of obscurity, night, and darkness; feminine counterpart is Kauket
Khnum - ram god of pottery, fertility, and virility
Maahes - lion god of the Sun and war; son of Sekhmet
Mafdet - feline goddess of justice and protection against venom
Merit - goddess of music who conducted the symphony of cosmic order
Meskhenet - goddess of childbirth and destiny who created the ka (spirit)
Nefertem - god of the blue lotus, perfume, aromatic healing, and the dawn
Nehebu-Kau - god who units the ka with the ba at one’s death
Neper - god of grain and the harvest
Renenutet - cobra goddess of nursing, fertility, and childbirth
Reshep - god of war and pestilence; originated from Canaan
Sepa - centipede god of protection
Serapis - a Greco-Egyptian god of fertility, vegetation, and the afterlife
Shentayet - goddess of widows
Shezmu - god of drunkenness, wine, perfume, and abundance
Tenenit - goddess of beer, brewing, and childbirth
Wadjet - cobra goddess of protection
