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| | '''[[Nekhbet]]''' is a vulture goddess, protectress of the [[Pharaoh]], along with Wadjet, and patron goddess of Upper Egypt. | | '''[[Nekhbet]]''' is a vulture goddess, protectress of the [[Pharaoh]], along with Wadjet, and patron goddess of Upper Egypt. |
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| − | '''Osiris''' is a god who was said to have been killed by his brother the god [[Set (god)|Set]], only to be resurrected by his son [[Horus]]. | + | '''Osiris''' is a god who was said to have been killed by his brother the god [[Set (god)|Set]], only to be resurrected by his son Horus. |
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| − | '''[[Ra]]''' is the supreme manifestation of the [[Egyptian]] sun god of Heliopolis and one of the most important members of the Ancient Egyptian pantheon. The Egyptians believed that each day the sun was re-born. In the morning after a bath and breakfast he took a journey across the sky in his heavenly boat and would spend an hour of each day inspecting each of his 12 provinces. When the sun went down in the evening [[Ra]] was believed to enter the underworld until the next morning. All night long Ra had to fight his enemy [[Apep]] the terrible cosmic serpent who lived in the underworld. Ra is usually depicted as a falcon wearing a sun disc on his head. The rulers of Ancient Egypt called themselves Pharaohs - literally "Sons of Ra" - as a means of establishing their divinity. | + | '''[[Ra]]''' is the supreme manifestation of the [[Egyptian]] sun god of Heliopolis and one of the most important members of the Ancient Egyptian pantheon. The Egyptians believed that each day the sun was reborn. In the morning after a bath and breakfast he took a journey across the sky in his heavenly boat and would spend an hour of each day inspecting each of his 12 provinces. When the sun went down in the evening [[Ra]] was believed to enter the underworld until the next morning. All night long Ra had to fight his enemy [[Apep]] the terrible cosmic serpent who lived in the underworld. Ra is usually depicted as a falcon wearing a sun disc on his head. The rulers of Ancient Egypt called themselves Pharaohs - literally "Sons of Ra" - as a means of establishing their divinity. |
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| | '''[[Seshat]]''' is a goddess of writing and measuring and the scribal arts, predating [[Thoth]]. Her name literally translates as “The Female Scribe”, and in later times she was regarded as a husband or sister of [[Thoth]]. | | '''[[Seshat]]''' is a goddess of writing and measuring and the scribal arts, predating [[Thoth]]. Her name literally translates as “The Female Scribe”, and in later times she was regarded as a husband or sister of [[Thoth]]. |
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| − | '''Set''' is the brother of [[Osiris]] and uncle of [[Horus]], he is said to have killed Osiris, who was later resurrected by Horus, Set was then killed by Horus. | + | '''Set''' is the brother of [[Osiris]] and uncle of Horus, he is said to have killed Osiris, who was later resurrected by Horus, Set was then killed by Horus. |
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| | '''Thoth''' was an [[Egyptian]] [[god]] represented with the head of an [[ibis]], who was supposed to make sure neither good nor bad had too much power over the other. | | '''Thoth''' was an [[Egyptian]] [[god]] represented with the head of an [[ibis]], who was supposed to make sure neither good nor bad had too much power over the other. |