Egyptian mythology

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Anubis is often represented by a jackal or other dog, his brother is Horus.

Hemen is a falcon god.

Horus is a sun god who is often represented by the falcon, he said to have resurrected his dead father Osiris.

Isis is a goddess who is supposed to be the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus.

Osiris is a god who was said to have been killed by his brother the god Set, only to be resurrected by his son Horus.

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.

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.

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.