deitydb: entities: 205 rows where tradition = "Egyptian"

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'}

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entity_id ▼	canonical_name	greek_name	tradition	entity_type	category	primary_domains	cult_scope	evidence_confidence	review_status	inclusion_basis	earth_association_score	chthonic_flag	serpent_flag	short_note	entity_class
ENT_EGY_75_FORMS_RE	The Seventy-Five Forms of Re		Egyptian	Litany collective	Aspects of the sun god	the invocations of the sun in the underworld	funerary	A	candidate_verified_name	Litany of Re	0	1	0	The seventy-five names/forms under which the sun god is invoked in the Litany of Re as he traverses the underworld — most being epithet-aspects of Ra himself rather than separate deities.	collective
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_AMENHOTEP_HAPU	Amenhotep son of Hapu		Egyptian	Deified human	Healing/oracle god	wisdom; healing; oracular intercession	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	deified sage of Amenhotep III	0	0	0	The architect and sage of Amenhotep III (18th Dynasty), uniquely granted a mortuary temple in his lifetime and later deified as a healer and oracle; shared a healing-incubation cult with Imhotep at Deir el-Bahari into Roman times.	hero
ENT_EGY_AMMIT	Ammit		Egyptian	Netherworld being	Underworld Being	judgment; devouring; afterlife punishment	Textual/funerary	A	candidate_verified_name	netherworld being	4	1	0	Devourer of the dead in judgment scenes.	spirit
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_ANKHNETERU	Ka-en-Ankh-Neteru (the World-Encircling Serpent)		Egyptian	Underworld serpent	Serpent of regeneration	nocturnal rebirth; the twelfth hour	funerary	B	candidate_verified_name	Amduat, 12th hour	0	1	1	The great serpent "Ka-en-Ankh-Neteru" ("Life of the Gods") through whose body the barque is towed in the Amduat's twelfth hour, the sun entering aged and emerging reborn as Khepri. (Often shortened to Ankh-neteru.)	monster
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_APEP	Apep		Egyptian	Serpent/netherworld being	Chaos Monster	chaos; darkness; enemy of Ra; underworld	Textual/funerary	A	candidate_verified_name	major netherworld being	4	1	1	Great serpent enemy of the solar god.	monster
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_BABI	Babi		Egyptian	Netherworld being	Wisdom Deity	aggression; virility; underworld; judgment	Textual/funerary	A	candidate_verified_name	netherworld being	4	1	0	Fierce baboon deity associated with the afterlife.	spirit
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_DECANS	The Decans (Egyptian decanal system)	δεκανοί	Egyptian	Astronomical collective	Star-clock deities	the 36 decanal stars; the star-clock; the 10-day week	national	A	candidate_verified_name	coffin star-clocks; astronomical ceilings	0	0	0	The system of 36 stars/star-groups rising at ten-day intervals that ruled the Egyptian decades and divided the night into hours, attested on Middle Kingdom coffin star-clocks and the astronomical ceilings of Senenmut, Seti I, and Dendera. (Individual decan readings are largely contested, so represented as the system; later received into Hellenistic astrology as the dekanoi.)	collective
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_DUAT	Duat		Egyptian	Netherworld/place power	Sacred Place	netherworld; afterlife; solar journey; judgment	Cosmological/geographic	A	candidate_verified_name	Egyptian sacred geography entity	5	1	0	Egyptian netherworld, modeled as a theological/geographic entity.	abstraction
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_ENEMIES_OF_RA	The Enemies of Ra (the Damned)		Egyptian	Underworld collective	The condemned dead	rebellion against the sun; annihilation in the pits of fire	funerary	A	candidate_verified_name	Amduat / Book of Gates	0	1	0	The bound, beheaded, and burned foes of the sun god — rebels condemned to the fire-pits of the Duat, their bodies, bas, and shadows annihilated.	collective
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_FOUR_RACES	The Four Races of Mankind		Egyptian	Anthropological collective	Peoples of the sun	the four kinds of humanity; the equal care of Ra	funerary	A	candidate_verified_name	Book of Gates, 5th division	0	0	0	The four peoples shepherded by Ra/Horus in the Book of Gates — Reth (Egyptians), Aamu (Asiatics), Nehesu (Nubians), Themehu (Libyans) — all destined for the afterlife.	collective
ENT_EGY_FOUR_SONS_OF_HORUS	Four Sons of Horus		Egyptian	Funerary deity collective	Funerary Deity	canopic protection; organs; funerary rites; Horus sons	Funerary	A	candidate_verified_name	Egyptian funerary deity collective	3	1	0	Collective of four funerary deities protecting the organs of the deceased.	collective
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_HEKA	Heka		Egyptian	Personified power	Divine magic	magic; the creative force; the barque crew	national	A	candidate_verified_name	Coffin Texts / Amduat	0	0	0	The deification of heka, magic itself — the primal creative force that even the gods wield. Paired with Sia (perception) and Hu (utterance); crews the solar barque. Cult role at Esna.	abstraction
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_HEQAIB	Heqaib		Egyptian	Deified human	Local saint-god	protection; local patronage	regional	B	candidate_verified_name	deified nomarch of Elephantine	0	0	0	Pepinakht "Heqaib," a nomarch of Elephantine under Pepi II (6th Dynasty) who led Nubian expeditions and was deified as a local patron; honoured at a purpose-built sanctuary on Elephantine with shrines, stelae, and royal dedications.	hero
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_HU	Hu		Egyptian	Divine personification	Abstraction	utterance; command; creative speech	Textual/theological	B	candidate_verified_name	divine personification	0	0	0	Personification of authoritative divine utterance.	abstraction
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

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