Gods and Myths

(Ancient Egyptian) Gods and Goddesses D-J

Dedun - (a.k.a. Dedwen) God of wealth symbolized by his association with then-precious incense.

Dua - The god of toilets and sanitation.

Duamutef - One of the four sons of Horus who protected embalmed stomachs of mummified corpses. Has a jackal's head.

Ehi - (a.k.a. Ihu) The Egyptian god of the sistrum, a rattle used in sacred ceremonies.

Geb - (a.k.a. Keb, Seb, Qeb) God of the Earth. Represented by the goose. His laughter caused earthquakes. His twin sister/consort was Nut, the sky goddess. Ha - The god of deserts west of Egypt. Had a bull's tail.

Hah - (a.k.a. Heh, Huh, Hu) God of infinity and formlessness. One of the first Egyptian gods who supports the universe. He himself is the symbol for the number 1,000,000.

Hapi - God of the Nile who appears as a man but pregnant looking, representing his dedication to the fertility provided by the Nile.

Hapy - One of the four sons of Horus who protected embalmed lungs of mummified corpses. Has a baboon's head.

Har-Nedj-Hef - An incarnation of the god Horus, this one dedicated to protecting Osiris in the Underworld.

Har-Pa-Khered - (a.k.a. Harpakhered, Har-Pa-Khruti, Harpakhruti) An incarnation of the god Horus, this one as a child sitting on his mother's lap. Was invoked to ward off evil creatures.

Harmakhis - (a.k.a. Harmatchis) An incarnation of the god Horus, this one appearing as the Sphinx of Giza and representing ressurection identified by the setting and rising sun.

Haroeris - (a.k.a. Har-Wer) An ancient incarnation of Horus, considered "Horus the Elder", a combination of falcon-headed Horus and Wer, an ancient creation god.

Hat-Mehit - (a.k.a. Hatmehit, Hatmehyt, Het-Mehit, Hetmehit) A fish goddess primarily worshipped in the Nile Delta. Her husband was Banebdjetet.

Hathor - (a.k.a. Heret) The goddess of Happiness, Frolicing, and Cavorting. Was also a protector of women and had a complex history.

Hauhet - (a.k.a. Hehet) Goddess of infinity and formlessness. The female counterpart to Hah.

Hedetet - A little known goddess who took the form of a scorpion.

Heket - (a.k.a. Hek, Hektet, Heqat, Heget) An Egyptian goddess of childbirth. Was depicted on temple walls as a woman with a frogs head and on amulets as a frog.

Hemen - A little known Egyptian falcon god.

Hemsut - (a.k.a. Hemuset) A goddess of fate.

Henet - A pelican headed goddess who seemed to be linked to one's passing into the afterlife.

Heptet - The goddess who protected Osiris's body and soul in the afterlife. Had the head of a snake and held twin daggers.

Herishep - (a.k.a. Herishef) A minor god in Northern Egypt, he had a ram's head and horns and was associated with fertility.

Heru-Behudti - Horus in the form of the scorching sun.

Hez-Ur - A little known Egyptian baboon god.

Heka - (a.k.a. Hike) God of magic and magical rituals. Son of the Egyptian creator god Atum.

Horus - The great Egyptian sky god whose eyes were the sun and the moon. Son of Isis and Osiris and nephew of Seth.

Iat - A minor goddess of milk, childbirth, and nursing.

Ihy - God of music and dancing.

Imentet - An ancient Egyptian goddess who welcomed the deceased to the afterlife in Western Egypt.

Imhotep - (a.k.a. Imhetep, Immutef, Iunmutef) A mortal commoner whose brilliance in sculpture, architecture, and mathematics helped him ascend to the rank of a god.

Imiut - An ancient Egyptian god whose name means "He who is in his wrappings". May have been connected with the Underworld.

Iptet - A goddess of childbirth who took on the form of a hippopotamus.

Isis - (a.k.a. Aset) An extremely popular goddess, originally protected sailors but then became the Great Mother Goddess after giving birth to Horus.

Jah - (a.k.a. Joh) A god of the moon.