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The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

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entity_id
{'description': 'Stable identifier (e.g. ENT_GRK_ZEUS, ENT_EGY_OSIRIS, ENT_ISL_MUSA)'}
canonical_name
{'description': 'Primary English name used in the database'}
greek_name
{'description': 'Greek-script name, where applicable'}
tradition
{'description': 'Religious or cultural tradition of origin'}
entity_class
{'description': 'Controlled top-level kind (19 values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, ruler, prophet, sage, saint, scriptural-figure, abstraction, collective, realm, ritual, title, object) — recommended for filtering by kind'}
entity_type
{'description': 'Granular free-text type descriptor (894 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category
{'description': 'Broader functional category (146 values — recommended for filtering)'}
primary_domains
{'description': 'Primary divine domains, comma-separated'}
evidence_confidence
{'description': 'Sourcing quality: A = direct primary-text attestation; B = strong secondary; C = inference; D = speculative'}
chthonic_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has underworld or chthonic associations'}
serpent_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has serpent or dragon associations'}
short_note
{'description': 'Scholarly description with source citations'}

173 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Egyptian"

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entity_id ▼ canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_EGY_AFRA Af-Ra (Flesh of Ra)   Egyptian Hidden form of Ra Night-sun the night journey; union of Ra and Osiris; nocturnal regeneration   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Amduat / Book of Gates 0 1 0 The ram-headed night form of the sun god — Ra united with his own corpse — who sails the barque through the Duat to be reborn at dawn. Central protagonist of the Amduat and Book of Gates. deity
ENT_EGY_AHA Aha   Egyptian Protective deity Apotropaic dwarf/lion protector household and birth protection; warding evil; combat with serpents   regional   B candidate_verified_name Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Aha ('the Fighter'), a leonine-dwarf apotropaic deity depicted strangling serpents on Middle Kingdom 'magic wands', an early antecedent of Bes. deity
ENT_EGY_AKER Aker   Egyptian Earth/netherworld deity Earth Deity earth; horizon; underworld; protection   Textual/funerary   A candidate_verified_name netherworld/earth deity 5 1 0 Earth and horizon god often shown as paired lions. deity
ENT_EGY_AMUN Amun   Egyptian Major deity Creator Deity hiddenness; kingship; creation; air   Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name major Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Major Theban deity, later fused with Ra. deity
ENT_EGY_AMUNET Amunet   Egyptian Primordial goddess Primordial Deity hiddenness; invisibility; air; creation   Hermopolitan/Theban   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian primordial deity 0 0 0 Amunet (also Amaunet, "The Hidden Female One") is the female counterpart of Amun ("The Hidden One") in the Hermopolis Ogdoad. As Amun's Ogdoad pair, Amunet embodies the feminine aspect of the primordial hidden and invisible force — the unknowable, concealed essence that permeates the pre-creation state. In the early Ogdoad theology of Hermopolis (Old Kingdom period), Amun and Amunet are a cosmological pair equivalent to the other three pairs. However, Amunet's theological trajectory diverges significantly from the other female Ogdoad members after the New Kingdom: while Amun rises to the supreme position in the Egyptian pantheon (becoming Amun-Ra, the state god of the Empire period), Amunet is partially displaced by Mut as Amun's consort in the Theban triad (Amun-Mut-Khonsu). Amunet survives, however, as a distinct deity in her own right — she appears in Pyramid Text utterances as a protective deity who "opens her arms" to embrace the deceased king, and she had her own cult at Karnak, where she appears as a woman wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt. Her continued presence alongside Amun in Karnak demonstrates the persistence of the Ogdoad theological tradition within the Theban religious system. Wilkinson (2003) pp. 100-101, 148-150. deity
ENT_EGY_AMUN_RA Amun-Ra   Egyptian Syncretic deity Creator Deity sun; hiddenness; kingship; creation   Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian syncretic deity 0 0 0 Fusion of Amun and Ra, central to New Kingdom state theology. deity
ENT_EGY_ANDJETY Andjety   Egyptian Local deity Funerary/kingship god kingship; the crook and flail; rebirth   regional   A candidate_verified_name Wilkinson, Complete Gods 0 1 0 An ancient funerary and kingship god of Busiris (Djedu), bearer of the crook and flail and prototype of the atef-crown, largely absorbed into Osiris. deity
ENT_EGY_ANHUR Anhur   Egyptian God War Deity war; hunting; sky; solar       A           God of war and hunting, whose cult centre was Thinis (This) in Upper Egypt; later also worshipped at Sebennytos in the Delta. Name means "He Who Leads Back the Distant One," referring to the myth in which he fetches the Eye of Ra (or the lion-form of Tefnut) from Nubia. In the New Kingdom Anhur was increasingly identified with Shu (his name compounded as Anhur-Shu), and both shared the role of upholding the sky. He was patron of the Egyptian army and later identified by Greeks with Ares (Onuris). Primary sources: Pyramid Texts, New Kingdom Theban royal inscriptions. Wilkinson (2003) pp. 106-107; UCLA Egyptology. deity
ENT_EGY_ANUBIS Anubis   Egyptian Major deity Underworld Deity embalming; psychopomp; funerary rites   Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name major Egyptian deity 4 1 0 Jackal god and guide of the dead. deity
ENT_EGY_ANUKET Anuket   Egyptian Goddess Nile Deity Nile; cataracts; fertility; nourishment   Regional   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian deity 3 0 0 Goddess associated with the Nile cataract region. deity
ENT_EGY_APIS Apis   Egyptian Sacred bull Memphite bull god the living bull of Ptah; kingship; the Serapeum   national   A candidate_verified_name Wilkinson, Complete Gods 2 0 0 The sacred living bull of Memphis, herald and ba of Ptah, who became Osiris-Apis at death and, in the Ptolemaic period, the root of Serapis; buried in the Saqqara Serapeum. deity
ENT_EGY_ASH Ash   Egyptian Desert deity Desert Deity desert; oases; foreign lands   Regional   B candidate_verified_name Egyptian deity 4 0 0 God associated with desert and oasis regions. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_01 Usekh-nemmt   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 1 of Maat (BD 125), "Far-strider," comes forth from Heliopolis (Anu); the deceased denies wrongdoing before him. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_02 Hept-khet   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 2 of Maat (BD 125), "Fire-embracer," from Kher-aha; the deceased denies robbery with violence. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_03 Fenti   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 3 of Maat (BD 125), "Nose," from Hermopolis (Khemenu); the deceased denies theft. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_04 Am-khaibit   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 4 of Maat (BD 125), "Devourer of Shades," from the Cavern (Qernet); the deceased denies murder. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_05 Neha-her   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 5 of Maat (BD 125), "Evil-faced," from Rosetau; the deceased denies stealing grain. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_06 Ruruti   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 6 of Maat (BD 125), "Double Lion," from the sky; the deceased denies stealing/purloining the offerings of the gods (Budge: "purloined offerings" — theft, not destruction). deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_07 Arfi-em-khet   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 7 of Maat (BD 125), "Fiery-eyes," from Letopolis (Khem); the deceased denies stealing the property of a god. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_08 Neba   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 8 of Maat (BD 125), "Flame" / he who comes forth backwards; the deceased denies lies and stealing offerings. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_09 Set-qesu   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 9 of Maat (BD 125), "Crusher of bones," from Heracleopolis (Hensu); the deceased denies lies. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_10 Utu-nesert   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 10 of Maat (BD 125), "Commander of fire," from Memphis (Het-ka-Ptah); the deceased denies stealing food. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_11 Qerrti   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 11 of Maat (BD 125), "Dweller in the cavern," from the West (Amentet); the deceased denies adultery. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_12 Hraf-haf   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor of Maat (BD 125), "Backward-facing," from the West; the deceased denies causing tears. (Budge/Ani place him at #12, Faulkner at #27 — a manuscript order variant.) deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_13 Basti   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 13 of Maat (BD 125), "Eater of entrails," from Bubastis (Bast); the deceased denies "eating the heart" (the Egyptian idiom for rapacity / hot-temperedness), not generic "foul deeds." (Distinct from the goddess Bastet.) deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_14 Ta-retiu   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 14 of Maat (BD 125), "He of the night," from the night/Hall of Thirty; the deceased denies perjury and assault. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_15 Unem-snef   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 15 of Maat (BD 125), "Eater of blood," from the slaughter-place; the deceased denies killing the sacred cattle. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_16 Unem-besek   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 16 of Maat (BD 125), "Eater of entrails," from Mabit; the deceased denies stealing cultivated land. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_17 Neb-Maat   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 17 of Maat (BD 125), "Lord of Maat," from Maati; the deceased denies eavesdropping. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_18 Tenemiu   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 18 of Maat (BD 125), "Wanderer," from Bubastis; the deceased denies slander. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_19 Sertiu   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 19 of Maat (BD 125), "He who acts willfully," from Heliopolis (Anu); the deceased denies anger without cause. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_20 Tutu   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 20 of Maat (BD 125), "Doubly evil," from the House of Min (Ati); the deceased denies adultery. (Distinct from the apotropaic god Tutu/Tithoes.) deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_21 Uamenti   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 21 of Maat (BD 125), "He of the underworld," from the Khebt chamber; the deceased denies defiling another man's wife. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_22 Maa-antuf   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 22 of Maat (BD 125), "He who sees what he brings," comes forth from Per-Menu ("House of Min"; the equation with Xois is uncertain — Per-Menu is variously placed at Panopolis/Akhmim); the deceased denies self-pollution. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_23 Her-uru   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 23 of Maat (BD 125), "Chief of the great ones," from Nehatu; the deceased denies inspiring terror. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_24 Khemiu   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 24 of Maat (BD 125), "Destroyer," from Kaui; the deceased denies transgressing the law. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_25 Shet-kheru   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 25 of Maat (BD 125), "Orderer of speech," from Urit (Wenes); the deceased denies stirring strife. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_26 Nekhenu   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 26 of Maat (BD 125), "Hooded one," from the secret place (Heqat); the deceased denies shutting his ears to the words of truth. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_27 Kenemti   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor of Maat (BD 125), "Dark one," from Kenmet (the Faiyum); the deceased denies blasphemy. (Budge/Ani #27, Faulkner #12 — order variant.) deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_28 An-hetep-f   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 28 of Maat (BD 125), "Bringer of his offering," from Sais (Sau); the deceased denies acts of violence. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_29 Sera-kheru   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 29 of Maat (BD 125), "Disposer of speech," from Unaset (the darkness); the deceased denies quarrelling. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_30 Neb-heru   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 30 of Maat (BD 125), "Lord of faces," from Netchfet; the deceased denies acting in haste. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_31 Sekhriu   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 31 of Maat (BD 125), "Plan-maker," from Uten; the deceased denies prying into others' affairs. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_32 Neb-abui   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 32 of Maat (BD 125), "Lord of horns," from Asyut (Sauti); the deceased denies multiplying words in strife. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_33 Nefer-Tem   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 33 of Maat (BD 125), "Nefertem," from Memphis (Het-ka-Ptah); the deceased denies doing evil. (Assessor bearing the name of the god Nefertem; distinct entry.) deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_34 Tem-Sepu   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 34 of Maat (BD 125), "Temsep," from Busiris (Tetu); the deceased denies witchcraft against the king. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_35 Ari-em-ab-f   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 35 of Maat (BD 125), "Doer in his heart," from Tjebu; the deceased denies stopping a neighbour's water. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_36 Ahi   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 36 of Maat (BD 125), "Watery one," from the abyss (Nu); the deceased denies being loud-voiced. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_37 Uatch-rekhit   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 37 of Maat (BD 125), "Commander of mankind," from Sais (Sau); the deceased denies cursing a god. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_38 Neheb-ka   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 38 of Maat (BD 125), "Nehebka," from the Harpoon nome; the deceased denies arrogance. (Assessor bearing the name of the serpent-god Nehebkau; distinct entry.) deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_39 Neheb-nefert   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 39 of Maat (BD 125), "Bestower of powers," from his city; the deceased denies stealing the bread of the gods. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_40 Tcheser-tep   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 1 Assessor 40 of Maat (BD 125), "Holy of head" / serpent with raised head, from the shrine; the deceased denies carrying off the cakes of the blessed dead. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_41 An-af   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 41 of Maat (BD 125), "Bringer of his arm," from Maati; the deceased denies despising the local god. deity
ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_42 Hetch-abhu   Egyptian Assessor of Maat Judge of the dead judgment of the dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 Assessor 42 of Maat (BD 125), "White of teeth," from the Faiyum (Ta-she); the deceased denies slaying the cattle of the god. deity
ENT_EGY_ATEN Aten   Egyptian Solar deity Solar Deity sun; light; creation; sustenance; monotheism       A           The solar disk, worshipped as the sole deity during the Amarna Period under Pharaoh Akhenaten (c. 1353-1336 BCE). Aten is the visible disk of the sun and the light emanating from it, conceptualised as the direct creative and sustaining force of all life; the Great Hymn to the Aten (c. 1347 BCE) articulates an almost monotheistic theology in which Aten creates the world daily at dawn and maintains all creatures by its warmth and light. Unlike earlier solar deities (Ra, Khepri, Harakhty), Aten was not portrayed in human or animal form but as the disk with rays ending in hands that extend the ankh (life) to the royal family only. Aten had been a minor solar aspect since at least the Middle Kingdom (attested in the "Story of Sinuhe," c. 1900 BCE) before Akhenaten elevated it to sole deity status. Wilkinson (2003) pp. 236-240; Murnane (1995) passim. deity
ENT_EGY_ATUM Atum   Egyptian Major deity Creator Deity creation; sun; kingship   Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name major Egyptian deity 2 0 0 Creator god of Heliopolitan theology. deity
ENT_EGY_BANEBDJEDET Banebdjedet   Egyptian Ram deity Fertility Deity fertility; virility; ba; Mendes   Regional   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian deity 4 0 0 Ram deity associated with Mendes. deity
ENT_EGY_BASTET Bastet   Egyptian Major deity Feline Deity protection; joy; fertility; domesticity   Regional/Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name major Egyptian deity 2 0 0 Feline goddess strongly associated with Bubastis. deity
ENT_EGY_BAT Bat   Egyptian Goddess Cow/sky tutelary goddess sky; cattle; cosmic protection; nome tutelary   regional   A candidate_verified_name Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Archaic bovine sky-goddess of the 7th Upper Egyptian nome, depicted as the inward-curling-horned cow head atop the Narmer Palette (Dyn. 0/1) and later absorbed by Hathor. deity
ENT_EGY_BES Bes   Egyptian Protective household deity Protective Deity household protection; childbirth; music; apotropaic protection   Domestic/Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian protective household deity 4 0 0 Protective household deity associated with childbirth, music, and apotropaic protection. deity
ENT_EGY_BUCHIS Buchis   Egyptian Sacred bull Hermonthite bull god the living bull of Armant; the ka of Montu   regional   B candidate_verified_name Dodson, Divine Creatures 2 0 0 The sacred bull of Hermonthis (Armant), living manifestation and ka of Montu; buried in the Bucheum. deity
ENT_EGY_DEDWEN Dedwen   Egyptian Local deity Nubian incense god incense; trade wealth; Nubia   regional   B candidate_verified_name Pyramid Texts; Wilkinson 0 0 0 A god of incense and the wealth of trade, "lord of Nubia," worshipped by the Egyptians in the south from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts) onward. deity
ENT_EGY_DUAMUTEF Duamutef   Egyptian Funerary deity Funerary Deity canopic protection; east; stomach   Funerary   A candidate_verified_name funerary deity 3 1 0 One of the Four Sons of Horus. deity
ENT_EGY_DUNANWI Dunanwi   Egyptian Tutelary deity Falcon nome god falcon kingship; nome tutelary; eastern sky   regional   B candidate_verified_name Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Falcon tutelary of the 18th Upper Egyptian nome, named in the Pyramid Texts and later largely assimilated to Horus. deity
ENT_EGY_FORTYTWO_ASSESSORS The Forty-Two Assessors of Maat   Egyptian Divine tribunal Judges of the dead judgment of the dead; the Hall of the Two Truths; the Negative Confession   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead Spell 125 0 1 0 The tribunal of 42 divine judges before whom the deceased recites the Declaration of Innocence (the "Negative Confession") in the Hall of the Two Truths, each judge hearing the denial of one specific sin. Book of the Dead Spell 125. deity
ENT_EGY_GEB Geb   Egyptian Major deity Earth Deity earth; fertility; kingship; creation   Heliopolitan/Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian deity 5 0 0 Earth god and father of Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys. deity
ENT_EGY_HA Ha   Egyptian Local deity Desert god the western desert; protection from Libyans   regional   B candidate_verified_name Wilkinson, Complete Gods 0 1 0 "Lord of the Western Desert," a protector god of the oases and the western frontier against Libyan incursion, shown with the desert-hills sign on his head. (Related to but distinct from Ash.) deity
ENT_EGY_HAPY_NILE Hapy   Egyptian Inundation deity Nile Deity Nile inundation; fertility; abundance; nourishment   Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian Nile deity 4 0 0 Deity/personification of the Nile inundation. deity
ENT_EGY_HAPY_SON_OF_HORUS Hapy Son of Horus   Egyptian Funerary deity Funerary Deity canopic protection; north; lungs   Funerary   A candidate_verified_name funerary deity 3 1 0 One of the Four Sons of Horus. deity
ENT_EGY_HARAKHTY Harakhty   Egyptian Solar/falcon deity Solar Deity horizon; sun; kingship; sky   Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian deity 1 0 0 Horus of the Horizon, often linked with Ra as Ra-Horakhty. deity
ENT_EGY_HAROERIS Haroeris   Egyptian Horus form Sky Deity Horus the Elder; sky; kingship; protection   Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian deity form 0 0 0 Horus the Elder, important in several local and temple contexts. deity
ENT_EGY_HARSIESE Harsiese   Egyptian Horus form Royal Deity Horus son of Isis; kingship; protection   Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian deity form 1 0 0 Horus as son of Isis. deity
ENT_EGY_HARSOMTUS Harsomtus   Egyptian Horus form Creator Deity Horus uniter; child god; creation; kingship   Temple/local   B candidate_verified_name Egyptian deity form 1 0 0 Horus form especially prominent in temple theology. deity
ENT_EGY_HATHOR Hathor   Egyptian Major deity Deity love; beauty; music; motherhood; sky   Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name major Egyptian deity 1 0 0 Major goddess often represented with cow symbolism. deity
ENT_EGY_HAUHET Hauhet   Egyptian Primordial goddess Primordial Deity infinity; eternity; primordial space   Hermopolitan   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian primordial deity 0 0 0 Hauhet is the female counterpart of Heh in the Hermopolis Ogdoad, personifying the feminine aspect of primordial boundlessness (Heh = infinity/boundlessness). Like Naunet, Kauket, and Amunet, she is depicted with a serpent's head in Ogdoad iconography — the serpent being the conventional representation for the female Ogdoad deities, expressing the primordial, chthonic, and apotropaic quality of the pre-creation state. Hauhet's individual role within the Ogdoad cosmological narratives is limited — she functions primarily as the feminine complement of Heh, ensuring the male-female balance that characterizes all four Ogdoad pairs (the balance of complementary cosmic forces that together constitute a single primordial reality). The paired structure of the Ogdoad (four male-female pairs representing four aspects of pre-creation chaos) reflects an ancient Egyptian cosmological principle that all fundamental realities have masculine and feminine aspects. Wilkinson (2003) pp. 100-101. deity
ENT_EGY_HEDEDET Hededet   Egyptian Goddess Scorpion goddess scorpion protection; healing of stings; maternal protection   regional   B candidate_verified_name Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Scorpion goddess named in the Pyramid Texts, a protective scorpion power later assimilated to Isis. deity
ENT_EGY_HEH Heh   Egyptian Primordial deity Primordial Deity infinity; eternity; primordial space   Hermopolitan/Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian primordial deity 0 0 0 Heh (also Huh, Hah) is the male member of the Ogdoad pair representing primordial infinity or boundlessness. His name means "million," "eternity," or "infinite number" — a conceptual expression of the unboundedness that characterized the pre-creation state. Heh is one of the most distinctively Egyptian divine concepts: the personification of boundless time and space before the ordered cosmos imposed limit and measure on eternity. He is particularly interesting as both an Ogdoad member (the primordial force of boundlessness) and as a separate deity in Egyptian religion: in his non-Ogdoad aspect, Heh is depicted as a kneeling man holding a palm rib (hieroglyph for "year") in each hand, with tadpoles hanging from the ribs as symbols of millions of years — a visual expression of infinite duration. In this form he is frequently placed in the hands of pharaohs as a symbol of eternal reign. As an Ogdoad member, Heh is the infinite spatial-temporal expanse that preceded creation; as an individual deity, he is the divine gift of eternal life that the creator bestows upon kingship. His female counterpart is Hauhet. Wilkinson (2003) pp. 100-101; Pinch (2002) pp. 132-133. deity
ENT_EGY_HEKET Heket   Egyptian Frog goddess Creator Deity birth; fertility; creation; frog; childbirth   Regional/Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian birth/creation goddess 3 0 0 Frog goddess associated with birth, fertility, and creation. deity
ENT_EGY_HEMEN Hemen   Egyptian Local deity Falcon god the hippopotamus hunt; oracular kingship   regional   B candidate_verified_name Wilkinson, Complete Gods 0 0 0 A falcon god of Hefat (Mo'alla) shown slaying the hippopotamus; syncretised as Horus-Hemen and attested in royal statuary (Taharqa). deity
ENT_EGY_HENKHISESUI Henkhisesui   Egyptian God East-wind deity the east wind; weather; cardinal-wind personification   regional   C candidate_verified_name Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Personification of the east wind, one of the cardinal-wind deities, ram-/scarab-form; attested chiefly in Late Period/Greco-Roman temple and coffin texts (later than most of this stratum), loosely linked to Anhur. deity
ENT_EGY_HEREHEQENU Hereheqenu (Horus the Praiser)   Egyptian Solar barque crew Crew of Ra the night barque; praise of the sun   funerary   B candidate_verified_name Amduat 0 1 0 Horus-of-praise, a member of the crew of the solar night-barque in the Amduat. deity
ENT_EGY_HERYSHAF Heryshaf   Egyptian Ram deity Creator Deity kingship; fertility; creation   Regional   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian deity 4 0 0 Ram god associated especially with Herakleopolis. deity
ENT_EGY_HESAT Hesat   Egyptian Goddess Cow goddess milk; motherhood of the bull gods   regional   B candidate_verified_name Wilkinson, Complete Gods 1 0 0 A cow goddess of milk and nourishment, mother of the bull gods (Mnevis) and an aspect of Hathor. deity
ENT_EGY_HORUS Horus   Egyptian Major deity Falcon Deity kingship; sky; protection   Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name major Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Royal falcon deity. deity
ENT_EGY_IABET Iabet   Egyptian Goddess Personification of the East the eastern direction; sunrise; purification   regional   B candidate_verified_name Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Goddess personifying the East (Iabtet), counterpart of Imentet the West, attested from the Old Kingdom and associated with the rising sun. deity
ENT_EGY_IAH Iah   Egyptian Moon deity Nature Deity moon; lunar cycle; time; fertility; nocturnal light       A           Egyptian moon deity; name simply means "moon" (Egyptian: Jꜥḥ); one of the oldest Egyptian lunar deities, attested in the Pyramid Texts (Old Kingdom); he is associated with the crescent moon and is depicted as a man wearing the crescent and full moon disc on his head; in the Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom he was the primary lunar deity of the Egyptian pantheon; his importance was gradually eclipsed by Khonsu (the moon deity of the Theban Triad) who absorbed his functions in the New Kingdom; Thoth also absorbed aspects of his lunar role; by the Ptolemaic period Iah had become largely a lunar symbol rather than an actively worshipped deity; his name survives in the element "Jah" (month) in the Coptic calendar deity
ENT_EGY_IGAI Igai   Egyptian Local deity Oasis god the western oases   local   B candidate_verified_name Hübschmann, Rosetta 8 0 1 0 "Lord of the Oasis," a desert/oasis god of the Dakhla region attested from the 3rd Dynasty through the Middle Kingdom. deity
ENT_EGY_IHY Ihy   Egyptian Child deity Music Deity music; joy; childhood; Hathor cult   Dendera/local   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian deity 1 0 0 Child god associated with music and Hathor. deity
ENT_EGY_IMENTET Imentet   Egyptian Goddess Personification of the West / necropolis the western direction; the necropolis; welcoming the dead   regional   B candidate_verified_name Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Goddess of the West and the realm of the dead, wearing the West (imnt) emblem on her head, attested from the Old Kingdom and closely linked to Hathor. deity
ENT_EGY_IMSETY Imsety   Egyptian Funerary deity Funerary Deity canopic protection; south; liver   Funerary   A candidate_verified_name funerary deity 3 1 0 One of the Four Sons of Horus. deity
ENT_EGY_IPY_OPET Ipy (Opet)   Egyptian Local goddess Hippopotamus goddess protection; Osirian motherhood; Thebes   regional   A candidate_verified_name Wilkinson, Complete Gods 0 1 0 The Theban hippopotamus goddess of protection and Osirian rebirth, honoured at the Opet temple of Karnak; related to but distinct from Taweret and Reret. deity
ENT_EGY_ISIS Isis   Egyptian Major deity Deity magic; motherhood; healing; kingship   Pan-Egyptian/Mediterranean   A candidate_verified_name major Egyptian deity 2 0 0 Major goddess with extensive Mediterranean cult. deity
ENT_EGY_IUNIT Iunit   Egyptian Goddess Theban/Hermonthis consort goddess nome tutelary; consort of Montu; the town of Iuni/Hermonthis   regional   C candidate_verified_name Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Local goddess of Hermonthis/Armant (Iuni), a consort of Montu in the Theban region, attested from the Middle Kingdom. deity
ENT_EGY_IUSAASET Iusaaset   Egyptian Goddess Primordial mother creation; the "hand of Atum"; the acacia   regional   B candidate_verified_name Wilkinson; Hart 0 0 0 A primordial Heliopolitan mother goddess, the "hand of Atum" and "grandmother of the gods," associated with the sacred acacia; Greek Saosis. deity
ENT_EGY_KAMAAT Ka-Maat (Bull of Maat)   Egyptian Solar barque crew Crew of Ra the night barque; truth   funerary   B candidate_verified_name Amduat 0 1 0 The "Bull of Maat," a member of the crew of Ra's night barque in the Amduat. deity
ENT_EGY_KAUKET Kauket   Egyptian Primordial goddess Primordial Deity darkness; primordial night; obscurity   Hermopolitan   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian primordial deity 3 1 0 Kauket (also Keket) is the female counterpart of Kek in the Hermopolis Ogdoad, personifying the feminine aspect of primordial darkness. Like the other three female Ogdoad deities (Naunet, Hauhet, Amunet), she is depicted with a serpent's head. Kauket shares the cosmological role of her male counterpart — together Kek and Kauket represent the totality of pre-creation darkness, the enveloping lightlessness before the first sunrise. Her attestation in individual religious texts is minimal; she functions primarily within the Ogdoad cosmological system as the feminine principle of darkness, ensuring the structural symmetry of the eight-member creative matrix. The serpent iconography of the female Ogdoad members may reflect the association of serpents with the underworld, regeneration, and the chthonic primordial forces that the female Ogdoad deities embody in contrast to the frog iconography of the male members (frogs being associated with the annual Nile inundation and fertility). Wilkinson (2003) p. 101. deity
ENT_EGY_KEK Kek   Egyptian Primordial deity Primordial Deity darkness; primordial night; obscurity   Hermopolitan   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian primordial deity 3 1 0 Kek (also Kuk) is the male member of the Ogdoad pair representing primordial darkness. His name means "darkness," and he personifies the absolute darkness that preceded the first sunrise — the primal lightlessness before Ra's emergence from the primordial waters brought light into being. In Egyptian cosmological thought, Kek's darkness is not simply the absence of light but a positive primordial force, part of the creative matrix from which creation emerges. He is depicted with a frog's head (standard for male Ogdoad members), sometimes carrying torches, an iconographic inversion that expresses his function as the deity who makes possible the very concept of light by embodying its primordial absence. In the popular internet subculture of the 2010s, "Kek" became a name applied to the deity of chaos/irony (via a misidentification and wordplay), wholly divorced from and unrelated to the Hermopolitan Ogdoad figure. The ancient Kek is a serious cosmological concept — the primordial darkness as creative potential — and should not be confused with the post-2016 folk etymology. His female counterpart is Kauket. Wilkinson (2003) p. 101. deity
ENT_EGY_KHENTAMENTIU Khentamentiu   Egyptian Local deity Necropolis god the necropolis; "Foremost of the Westerners"   regional   A candidate_verified_name Wilkinson, Complete Gods 0 1 0 The early jackal necropolis-god of Abydos, "Foremost of the Westerners," whose cult and epithet were absorbed by Osiris (and the name survives as an epithet of Osiris and Anubis). deity
ENT_EGY_KHENTEKHTAI Khentekhtai   Egyptian Local deity Crocodile/falcon god Athribis; kingship   regional   B candidate_verified_name Wilkinson, Complete Gods 0 1 0 The local god of Athribis (10th Lower nome), originally crocodile-form and later a falcon, syncretised as Horus-Khentykhety. deity
ENT_EGY_KHENTIKHETI Khenti-kheti   Egyptian Tutelary deity Crocodile/falcon god of Athribis nome tutelary; kingship; protection   regional   B candidate_verified_name Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Local god of Athribis (10th Lower Egyptian nome), originally crocodile-form and later falcon-form (Horus-Khenti-kheti), attested from the Old Kingdom. deity

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