𓉐𓊹𓊹𓊹
per-netjeru
House of the Gods
per-netjeru
House of the Gods
The netjeru ḥenā netjerut/gods and goddesses plaid a huge role in Egyptian culture. Unfortunately the Egyptian language was lost for thousands of years, at least the Egyptian language in it's original form, so the true pronunciations have been lost, although this is debatable. With the rediscovered Rosetta stone in in 1799 and many scholars and linguists studding and breaking down and finally cracking the language we can however make educated guesses on how things were pronounced. The consonants for the most part have been reconstructed the argument lies more on how the vowels were pronounced. Thankfully other cultures were around at the same time Egypt was and they have used and adopted some of the gods names into their own languages. Greek, Hebrew, Akkadian as well as other cultures spoke of the netjeru kemet/Egyptian gods. If you would like more info on the reconstruction of the Egyptian language please view the the sections under Alphabet, mostly Uniliterals and the section under Etymology. It is important to remember the Egyptian language was not cracked until 1822 by Jean-François Champollion and up until this point we had used the Greek versions of the gods' names. For example the goddess most know as 'Isis' is actually her Greek name. In Egyptian she would have been called Auset or Aset and Late Kingdom Eset and into Coptic Ēse ⲏⲥⲉ. This is where we get Isis from. The Greeks had a habit of adding endings and taking off the Egyptian effeminate /et/ ending for goddess names. Once you recognize this and do a bit more research it is not hard to reconstruct the Gods names. However people still debate to this day. I have given many examples of the gods names on their given pages and where they came from and how they evolved over time from culture to culture. I urge you to make up your own mind on how to say their names from the given examples. You can also see what I call them on their given pages.
Keep in mind there are many creation myths for the Egyptian with multiple creator gods. There is one main creator god Atum. The power of Atum is called netjer(y) which means divine. This is why the Egyptians often referred to netjer and not netjeru. Netjeru is specifically referring the multiple gods. There is many manifestations of the main god as well as other gods sometimes manifest as a different god. However it is just an aspect of the same god going by a different name.
Keep in mind there are many creation myths for the Egyptian with multiple creator gods. There is one main creator god Atum. The power of Atum is called netjer(y) which means divine. This is why the Egyptians often referred to netjer and not netjeru. Netjeru is specifically referring the multiple gods. There is many manifestations of the main god as well as other gods sometimes manifest as a different god. However it is just an aspect of the same god going by a different name.
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A Āa/ aA (creator gods of reeds) 𓉻𓂝𓄿𓇋𓀭 Ȧ'āḥ/ iaH (moon gods) 𓇋𓂝𓎛𓇺𓀭 Aby (protects the dead from evil) 𓍋𓃀𓇋𓇋𓃮 Āḥa/ aHA (Protector of women and children) 𓂚𓀀 Ȧḥy/ iHy (Ecstasy of playing the sistrum) 𓄀𓇋𓇋𓀔 Ȧken/ Aqen / iqn () 𓇋𓍶𓈎𓈖𓀭 Aker/Akr (grades the gates of night and day on the horizon) 𓄿𓎡𓂋𓀭𓏪 ~ Ruty/rwty (sunrise (East) and the other sunset (west) 𓃭𓃭𓏏𓏭𓀭 Ām-ḥeḥ/ am-HH (god from the underworld) 𓂝𓅓𓀁𓁨𓏤 Āmmut/Ammit/ammt (devour of hearts) 𓂝𓅓𓅓𓇋𓇋𓏏𓄈𓄛 Ȧmun/Amen/ imn (creator god) 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓁩 ~ Ȧmun-rā/ imn-ra (sun , wind, and fertility ) 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓇳𓏤𓀭 Ȧmunet/ imnt (Protector of the King) 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓆇𓆗 Ȧmuntet/ imntt (Goddess of the West/ Netherworld) 𓋀𓏏𓏏𓈉𓁐 Ānat/ ant (goddess of war and fertility) 𓂝𓈖𓍘𓇋𓏏𓆇𓆗 Ȧnḥurt/Onuris/in-Hrt (God of War) 𓏎𓈐𓇯𓅆 Āndjety/ anDti (Prehistoric God agriculture , dead) 𓂝𓈖𓆓𓏏𓍘𓇋 Ȧnpu/Anubis/inpw (God of embalming, weigher of hearts) 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓁢 Ȧnput/ inpwt (goddess of mummification) 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓏏𓁐 Ānuqet/ anqt (Goddess of the Nile, hunting) 𓂝𓈖𓏘𓏏𓁐 Āper-Set/ aprt-(A)st (Leonin form of Hathor) 𓐢𓂋𓏏𓊨𓏏𓁥 Ȧpesh/ apS (Tortoise god of darkness) 𓂝𓊪𓈙𓆉𓀭 Ȧpet/ ipt (goddesses of childbirth) 𓇋𓊪𓏏𓄛𓁐 Apis/Ḥapi/ Hp (sacred bull at Memphis) 𓎛𓐑𓊪𓃒 Ȧqen/Akhen/ iqn (Fairymen of the souls in Duat) 𓇋𓍶𓏘𓈖𓀭 ~ Kherty (Fairymen of the souls in Duat) 𓌨𓏏𓇋𓅆 Ȧrensnoufr/Arensnuphis/ iri-Hms-nfr (Good companion) 𓇋𓂋𓏭𓀹𓈞𓊃𓀀𓄤𓆑𓂋 Ash/ AS (god of oases) 𓄿𓈙𓁣 Ȧton/ itn (sun disk god) 𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓀭 Ȧtum/itn Temu/tmw (self created sun god) 𓇋𓏏𓍃𓅓𓀭 Ȧusaaset/ Iusaaset/ Saosis 𓂻𓏲𓋴𓉻𓂝𓄿𓋴𓏏𓆇𓆗 Ȧuser/ Wesir/ Osiris (God of the afterlife) 𓊨𓁹𓀭 Ȧuset/ Isis (Goddess marriage) 𓊨𓏏𓁐 B Babi/ bAby (devours the souls in Duat) 𓃀𓅡𓏸𓃀𓇋𓇋 Banebdjedet/ bA-Ddt (Ba of Osiris) 𓃝𓎟𓊽𓊽𓏏𓊖 Bast/ Bastet/ bAst(t) (Cat goddess) 𓎯𓏏𓏏𓁐 Bat/ bAt(A) (Cow goddess milky way) 𓅡𓏣 Bata/ bt/ bAt (death god) 𓅡𓏤𓏏𓎥𓏓𓏥𓀭 Benu/bnw (God of rebirth) 𓃀𓈖𓏌𓅱𓅣 Bes/ bs (dwarf god of children) 𓃀𓋴𓄜 C Canopic Jars (Sons of Horu/Horus) ~ Imsety/ imsti (Human, protected the liver 𓇋𓐝𓊃𓍘𓇋𓀭 ~ Ḥapy/ Hpy (baboon, protected the lungs) 𓐑𓊪𓇋𓇋𓀭 ~ Qebeḥsenuef/ qbH-snw.f (falcon, protected the intestines) 𓏘𓃀𓎛𓏁𓈗𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑𓀭 ~ Duamutef/ dwA-mwt.f (jackal, protected the stomach) 𓇼𓄿𓀢𓏜𓅐𓀭𓆑 D Dedun /ddwn (God of incense) 𓂧𓂧𓇬𓈖𓅆 Djed/ Dd (manifestation Djed pillar) 𓊽𓀭 Djeḥuty/ Thoth (Ibis god of writing) 𓆓𓎛𓅱𓏏𓏭𓁟 Dua/ dwA (God of prayer?) 𓇼𓀭 Duat/ dwAt (personifying the underworld) 𓂧𓍯𓏏𓆇 G Geb/gb (God of the earth) 𓅭𓃀𓀭 Gengen-Wer/ ngg-wr (primeval god, celestial egg) 𓈖𓎼𓎼𓅨𓂋𓀭 H Ḥapi/Apis/ Hp (sacred bull at Memphis) 𓎛𓐑𓊪𓃒 Ḥāpy/Hapy (God of the Nile) 𓎛𓂝𓊪𓏭𓈘𓈗𓀭 Ḥatmeḥyt/ HAt-mHyt (Local goddess Djedet/Mendes) 𓄂𓎔𓎛𓇋𓇋𓏏𓆇𓁐 Ḥedjḥotep/ HD-Htp (God of fabric) 𓌉𓊵𓏏𓊪𓀭 Ḥeḥ/ HH (God of eternity) 𓁨 Ḥekau/ Heka/HkAw (God of Magic) 𓎛𓂓𓏛𓏪𓀭 Ḥemen (Warrior Falcon) 𓎛𓏠𓈖𓅌 Ḥemsut/ Hmst (goddess of fate) 𓎛𓈞𓅱𓋴𓏏𓋌𓌖 Ḥenet/ Hnt (goddess of pelicans) 𓎛𓈖𓏏𓅭𓁐 Ḥeryshaf/ Hry-Sf (Gof of creator, fertility) 𓁷𓂋𓈙𓆑𓇌𓄅 Ḥesat/ HsAt (Cow goddess births the pharaoh) 𓎛𓅭𓏏𓃕 Ḥeqat/ Ḥeket/ Hqat (Goddess of fertility, child birth) 𓋾𓏘𓏏𓆇𓁐 Ḥōru/ Horus/ Hrw (God of the sky and sun) 𓅃 ~ Ḥōru-akh-bit/ Hr-Ax-bit (Horus of Akh-bit) 𓅃𓀔𓅓𓆤𓇇 ~ Ḥōru-sa-Auset/ Harseisis/ Hrw-sA-Ast (Horus son of Isis) 𓅃𓏤𓅭𓏤𓊨𓏏𓆇𓁐 ~ Ḥōrparā/ Horra/ Hrw-pA-ra (protects the king) 𓅃𓇴 ~ Ḥōru-pa-khared/ Harpokrates (Horus the younger)𓅃𓀔 ~ Ḥōru-nekhen-khered (Horus in Khemmis) 𓅃𓈖𓐍𓈖𓀔𓄡𓂋𓂧𓀔 ~ Ḥōr-nudj-itef / Harendots (Protects his father) 𓅃𓐩𓏌𓀁𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀭 ~ Ḥōr-sema-tauy/ Harsomptus (Uniter of the two lands) 𓅃𓏤𓄥𓇾𓇾 ~ (Ḥōr)-Ḥemen (Warrior Falcon) 𓎛𓏠𓈖𓅌 Ḥōru-Ur/ Haroeris (Horus the Elder) 𓅃𓅨𓂋𓀭 ~ Ḥōru-em-Aket/Ḥorakhet (Horus on the Horizon) 𓅃𓅓𓈌 ~ Ḥōru-Beḥdet (Horus of Behdet) 𓅃𓄑𓂧𓏏𓊖 ~ Ḥōru-Nekheny (god of the pharaoh) 𓅃𓊖𓊖𓇋𓇋 Ḥu/ Hw (creative powers of Amun-Rā) 𓎛𓅱𓀭 Ḥut-Ḥōr/ Hathor (goddess of love) 𓉡 I Iāret/Uraeus/ iart (Cobra goddess protects pharaoh) 𓇋𓂝𓂋𓏏𓆗 Iat/iAt (Milk goddes) 𓇋𓄿𓏏 Irer/ irr (creative powers of Amun-Rā) 𓁹𓀮 Iunit/ iwnt (fertility goddess) 𓏎𓈖𓇋𓇋𓏏𓆇𓆗 Imḥotep/Ȧmḥotep/ ii-m-Htp (God of Medicine) 𓇋𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪𓀼 K Kebechet/ Qebḥut (Goddess of libations) 𓏘𓃀𓎛𓏁𓅱𓏏 Khepri/ xpri (god of the morning sun) 𓆣𓂋𓇋𓁛 Khenti-Amuntiu/ xnti-imnti 𓃢𓏃𓏠𓅂 Khenti-Khas/ xnti-xAs (God of the nose) 𓏅𓈖𓏏𓏏𓆼𓄿𓋴𓀭 Khenti-Kheti/ xnti-Xty (Horus in the Womb) 𓃿𓏏𓄡𓂧𓍘𓇋𓇋𓀭 Kherty (Fairymen of the souls in Duat) 𓌨𓏏𓇋𓅆 Khnemu/Khnum/ xnmw (Makes mankind on potter's wheel) 𓎸𓅓𓏲𓁠 Khonsu/ xnsw (moon gods) 𓐍𓈖𓇓𓅱𓀭 M Ma'āt/ mAat (Goddess of Justice) 𓌳𓐙𓂝𓏏𓁦 Mafdet/ mfdt (feline goddess protects against snakes) 𓌳𓄿𓇋𓆑𓏏𓄛 Mahaf/ MAA-HAf (heavenly ferryman brings souls) 𓌳𓁹𓄿𓇉𓄿𓆑 Mai-Ḥesa/ Mihos/ Mahes (God of war) 𓌳𓄿𓎛𓎿𓋴𓁻 Medjed/ maDd 𓅖𓆓𓂧𓐦𓀭 Meḥen/Ouroboros/ mHn (Protector the sun god Ra) 𓎔𓈖𓆗 Meḥit/mHyt (North wind) 𓄓𓎛𓇌𓏏𓊡𓁐 Meḥit-Weret/ mHyt-wrt (Cow goddess of rebirth) 𓄓𓏏𓈗𓅨𓂋𓏏𓃽 Menhit (Goddess of battle) 𓏠𓈖𓎛𓇋𓇋𓏏𓆗 Mersegrit (Local goddess of silence) Merit/ mrt (Goddess of Music) 𓌻𓂋𓏏𓆇𓇉𓁐 Meru /Merul/ Mandulis (Local god form of Horu/Horus)𓌸𓂋𓅱𓃭𓏥𓀭 Mer-ur/Mnevis/ mr-wr (sacred bull of the Heliopolis) 𓌻𓂋𓅨𓂋𓃒 Meskhenet (goddess of childbirth) 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓈙𓆗 Minu/ Min (Rain god of fertility ) 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓁤 Montu/Montju/ mnTw (Falcon warrior) 𓏠𓈖𓍘𓏲𓅆 Mut/ mwt (goddess mother) 𓅐𓏏𓁐 N Nebet-Ḥut/ Nephthys/ nbt-Hwt (Lady of the house)𓉠 Nefertem/Noufertum/ nfr-tm (Lotus God of the primordial water) 𓄤𓍃𓀭 Neḥebkau (Snake binds the Ka and Ba) 𓈖𓎛𓅘𓃀𓅱𓂓𓂓𓂓 Nekhbet (Valture Mother Goddess UE) 𓈖𓐍𓃀𓇑𓏏𓅐 Nemty/ nmty (Falcon god, ferrymen of the afterlife) 𓅈𓀭 Neper/ npri (God of grain) 𓈖𓊪𓂋𓇋𓇡𓀭 Nit/ Neith (Goddess hunting) 𓈖𓏏𓋌𓁐 Nu/ nw (primordial chaos) 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓀭 Nut/ Nuit/ nwt (Goddess of the Sky/Night) 𓏌𓏏𓇯 P Pakhet/ pxt (Lioness Goddess of war) 𓊪𓅮𓐍𓏏𓃭 Petba/Petbe / pr-bA (God of revenge) 𓇯𓅽 Ptaḥ/ptH (God of creation, craftsmen) 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓀭 R Rā (Falcon sun god) 𓂋𓂝𓇳𓀭 Renenutet (Cobra Goddess gives names) 𓂋𓈖𓏌𓏏𓏏𓆘 Reshpu (God thunder, protection against plague) 𓂋𓈙𓊪𓅱𓀭 Ruty/rwty (sunrise (East) and the other sunset (west) 𓃭𓃭𓏏𓏭𓀭 Q Qed-Her Qetesh/qdSt (Goddess of love, passion) 𓐪𓂧𓈙𓆗 Qebḥut/ Kebechet (Goddess of libations) 𓏘𓃀𓎛𓏁𓅱𓏏 S Sah/ sAH (Orion constellation) 𓋴𓐟𓄿𓎛𓃃𓇼𓀭 Sed/ sd (Embodyment Sed festival) 𓋴𓂧𓃧 Sekhmet (Lioness Goddess, eye of Ra) 𓌂𓐍𓏏𓁴 Sepa/ spA (Centipede, protector god of the dead) 𓋴𓊪𓅮𓄿𓆨 Serqet/ Selket / sqrt (Scorpion godddes healing venom) 𓋴𓂋𓏘𓏏𓆫𓁐 Seshat/ sSt (Goddess of writing, record-keeping) 𓋇𓏏𓁐 Setit/ Satis (Goddess of war, annual flooding) 𓋴𓄝𓏏𓏏𓁐 Shay/ Shai (God of the fate) 𓆷𓄿𓇌𓀭 Shezmetet (Mother of the dead King) 𓈙𓊃𓅓𓏏𓏏𓋦𓁐 Shezmu (Demon who Protects Ra) 𓇭𓈙𓊃𓅓𓅱 Shu (God of air) 𓆄𓅱𓀭 Sia/ siA (creative powers of Amun-Rā) 𓋴𓇋𓋷𓄿𓅆 Sobek (Crocdile god) 𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆊𓀭 Sokar/ skr (Local god 1st Nome Lower Egypt, God of dead) 𓊃𓎡𓂋𓀭 Sopdet (Goddess of Sirius) 𓏚𓊪𓂧𓏏𓇼𓁐 Sopdu (God of the sky) 𓇮𓅱𓅏 Sudjem / sDm (creative powers of Amun-Ra) 𓄔𓀺 Sutekh/ Setesh/ Suty/ Seth/ Set (God of storms) 𓇓𓍢𓏏𓐍𓃩 T Ta-Bitjet/ tA-biTt (Goddess of blood ) 𓏏𓄿𓃀𓇋𓍿𓏏𓆇𓁐 Tenem/ Tnm, tnm (God of the dead) 𓏏𓈖𓌰𓅓𓂻𓀭 Tenemu/ tnmw (Goddess of the dead wife to Tenem) 𓏏𓈖𓌰𓅓𓅱𓇰 Tatenen/ tA-Tnn (primordial mound) 𓇾𓍿𓇑𓇑𓁯 Tayet/ tAyt (Goddess of weaving) 𓏏𓍔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓋳 Taweret (Hippopotamus Goddes fertility) 𓏏𓄿𓅨𓂋𓏏𓆗 Tefnut (Goddess Moisture) 𓏏𓆑𓈖𓏏𓆗 Tjenemit / Tnmyt (Beer Goddess) 𓏏𓈖𓌰𓅓𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏌𓁐 Tjenenet/Tjenenyet/ Tnn.t (Goddess of childbirth) 𓍿𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁐 Tutu (Lion god proects aginst nightmares) 𓏏𓏲𓏏𓏲𓃬 W Wadjet/ Udjet/ wADyt (Cobra Goddess LE North) 𓇆𓏏𓆇𓆗 Wadj-wer/ wAD-wr (God Mediterranean Sea) 𓇅𓅨𓈗 Wenut/ Wenet/ Unut/ wnwt (Local Rabbit Goddess) 𓃹𓈖𓏌𓏏𓆗 Weret Hekau/wrt-HkAw (God of great magic) 𓅨𓏏𓎛𓂓𓏥𓆗 Wepwawet (Wolf god opener of the ways) 𓄋𓈐𓏏𓏥𓃧 Wosret/ wsrt (Protector to the young Horu/Horus) 𓄊𓋴𓂋𓏏𓆗 |
imn/Amon, Xnmw/Khnum, ra/Re, sxmt/Sekhmet, ptH/Ptah, nt/Neith, sbk Sobek, xnsw/Khonsu , DHwty/ Thoth, sSAt/Seshat, bAst(t)/Bastet, wsir or Asr/Osiris, Ast/ Isis, Hr/ Horus, stX/ Set, nbt-Hwt/ Nephthys, inpw/ Anubis, Hwt-Hr/Hathor, srqt/Serket, mAat/ Maat, ammt, Ammut, tAwrt/Taweret
𓇷𓏏𓊹𓊹𓊹𓀭𓏪 psDt/ Ennead
(the group of nine gods)
in
𓉺𓏌𓊖 ỉwnw/ Heliopolis
Atum
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Shu Tefnut
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Geb Nut
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Wesir/Osiris Auset/Isis Sutekh/Set Nebet-Hut/ Nephthys
𓐁𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀭𓏪 xmnyw/ Ogdoad
Eight deities who had both male and female counter parts.
The males were associated with frogs and the females with snakes.
𓇋𓏠𓈖𓀭 / 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓁐
Amun / Amunet
imn / imnt
(Air and invisibility)
𓁨 / 𓎛𓎛𓁨𓏏𓆇
Ḥuḥ / Ḥuḥet
HH / HHt
(One million or infinity and eternity)
𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓀭 / 𓎡𓎡𓅱𓇰𓏏𓆇𓅐
Kauku / Kauket
kkw / kkwt
(Primordial concept darkness)
𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓀭 / 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓏏𓆇𓅐
Nun/ Nunet
nn / nnt
(Primordial watery abyss)
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𓇾𓏺𓈇𓇒𓀭
Ta-tjenen
tA-Tnn
(Primeval Hill god of the earth)
𓄤𓍃𓀭
Nefertum
nft-tm
(Lotus that emerged from waters of Nun)
Ref. Wiki, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_ägyptischer_Götter, http://wepwawet.org/Epithets
