entity_id,period_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status ENT_EGY_AKER,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Aker (the earth/horizon deity who guards the passage of the solar bark) is attested in the Pyramid Texts as the dual-headed lion deity of the eastern and western horizons,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_ANDJETY,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_ANHUR,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Anhur attested from the Pyramid Texts (Old Kingdom, c. 2375 BCE) through the Greco-Roman period when identified with Ares (Onuris).",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_ANUBIS,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Early funerary deity.,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,candidate_verified_name ENT_EGY_ANUKET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Anuket (Anukis; ""the embracer"") is attested from the Old Kingdom at Elephantine and the Nile cataracts; she is identified as the daughter of Khnum and Satet in the Elephantine triad; her earliest significant attestation is in Old Kingdom dedicatory inscriptions from the Elephantine region",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_ASH,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Ash appears in the Pyramid Texts as a protective deity of the Western Desert regions; his role as a seth-animal deity who guards the western lands connects him to the cosmic geography of the Old Kingdom funerary tradition,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_ATUM,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Atum is massively attested in the Pyramid Texts (c. 2375-2181 BCE) as the Heliopolitan creator deity; PT Utterance 600 describes his creation of Shu and Tefnut; he is the apex of the Ennead genealogy and the primordial self-created deity of Heliopolis,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_BABI,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,B,Baboon netherworld being attested in funerary literature.,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,candidate_verified_name ENT_EGY_BASTET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Bastet is attested from the 2nd Dynasty at Bubastis; the Pyramid Texts reference her; her cat goddess identity develops through the Old Kingdom; she is one of the oldest Lower Egyptian deities,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_DEDWEN,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_DUAMUTEF,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Duamutef (the jackal-headed Son of Horus; ""he who worships his mother"") guards the stomach; named in the Pyramid Texts alongside his three brothers; the canopic jar system has Old Kingdom roots even if full standardization comes in the New Kingdom",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_DUAT,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,The Duat (the Egyptian netherworld / afterlife realm) is extensively described in the Pyramid Texts; the concept of the Duat as the region through which Ra travels at night and where the dead are judged is foundational to Old Kingdom funerary theology,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_DUNANWI,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Falcon tutelary of the 18th Upper Egyptian nome, named in the Pyramid Texts and later largely assimilated to Horus.",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_FOUR_SONS_OF_HORUS,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"The Four Sons of Horus are named as a divine group in the Pyramid Texts (e.g. PT Utterance 552, § 1360); each guards one of the four cardinal directions; their role as guardians of the deceased king's viscera is established here in its earliest surviving form",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_GEB,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Geb (earth god) is attested throughout the Pyramid Texts as the son of Shu and Tefnut, spouse of Nut, and father of the second generation of the Ennead (Osiris, Isis, Seth, Nephthys)",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HA,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HAPY_NILE,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Hapy (the Nile inundation deity) is attested in the Pyramid Texts; the ""Hymn to Hapy"" (a Middle Kingdom text preserved in later copies) is the most elaborate expression of his cult but his Old Kingdom attestation is secure",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HAPY_SON_OF_HORUS,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Hapy Son of Horus (baboon-headed; distinct from Hapy the Nile god) is named in the Pyramid Texts; guards the lungs; PT Utterance 552 and the canopic jar system establish the Old Kingdom attestation,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HARAKHTY,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Harakhty (""Horus of the two horizons"") is attested in the Pyramid Texts; PT Utterance 266 names Ra-Harakhty as the solar falcon at the horizon; Old Kingdom solar theology identifies the rising and setting sun as Horus at the horizon; his name appears in the nomen of Khafra and in pyramid texts",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HAROERIS,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Haroeris is attested in the Pyramid Texts and Old Kingdom texts; his cult at Letopolis (Kom Ausim) is one of the oldest Horus cult centers; the two-eyed (solar + lunar) aspect of Haroeris is established in Old Kingdom theology,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HARSIESE,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Harsiese (Horus son of Isis; Hor-sa-Iset) is attested in the Pyramid Texts where the deceased king is identified with this specific Horus form as the posthumous child who avenges his father Osiris; PT Utterances repeatedly identify the king as ""Horus, son of Osiris and Isis""",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HATHOR,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Hathor is extensively attested in the Pyramid Texts; the 4th Dynasty pharaohs adopted the epithet ""son of Hathor"" at Dendera; her identification as the ""Eye of Ra"" and her role as the goddess of joy, love, and music are established in the Old Kingdom",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HEDEDET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Scorpion goddess named in the Pyramid Texts, a protective scorpion power later assimilated to Isis.",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HEKA,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HEKET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Heket (frog goddess of fertility and childbirth) is attested in the Pyramid Texts; she assists at the births of gods and kings; her role in the Pyramid Texts as a birth-helper is established in the Old Kingdom,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HENKHISESUI,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Personification of the east wind, one of the cardinal-wind deities, attested as a ram- or scarab-form figure and linked to Anhur.",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HEQAIB,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HERYSHAF,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Heryshaf (""He who is upon his lake"") is the principal deity of Herakleopolis Magna (ancient Henen-nesut / Ihnasya el-Medina); attested from Old Kingdom inscriptions; he is a ram-headed creator and fertility deity associated with the primordial lake; Old Kingdom temples at Herakleopolis document his early cult",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_HU,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,medium,Hu (divine utterance/creative word) is attested in the Pyramid Texts alongside Sia; both personify aspects of the divine creative faculty; Hu is the utterance by which Ra and Ptah create,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_IABET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Goddess personifying the East (Iabtet), counterpart of Imentet the West, attested from the Old Kingdom and associated with the rising sun.",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_IAH,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Iah attested in the Pyramid Texts as the primary lunar deity of the Old Kingdom period,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_IGAI,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_IHY,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Ihy (the sistrum-player; child god of music and joy) is named in the Pyramid Texts (PT Utterance 334: ""Ihy, son of Hathor, golden one""); he represents the ecstatic joy produced by Hathor's sistrum; the Dendera cult of Ihy as divine child is the New Kingdom/Ptolemaic elaboration of an Old Kingdom foundation",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_IMENTET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"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.",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_IMHOTEP,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_IMSETY,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Imsety (the human-headed Son of Horus) is named in the Pyramid Texts; PT Utterance 552; the liver-guarding role is established from the Old Kingdom funerary tradition; the canopic jar for the liver is among the earliest attested,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_ISIS,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Isis is attested in the Pyramid Texts as the daughter of Geb and Nut, wife of Osiris, and mother of Horus; her role as the divine mourner who resurrects Osiris is central to Old Kingdom funerary theology",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_ISI_EDFU,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_KHENTAMENTIU,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_KHENTIKHETI,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Local god of Athribis (10th Lower Egyptian nome), originally crocodile-form and later falcon-form (Horus-Khenti-kheti), attested from the Old Kingdom.",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_KHENTYIRTY,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Falcon god of Letopolis appearing as Khenty-irty ('Foremost of the Two Eyes')/Khenty-khety; attested from the Old Kingdom and linked to the waxing and waning of celestial light.,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_KHEPRI,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Khepri (the scarab beetle sun deity, representing the rising morning sun) is attested in the Pyramid Texts as the self-created dawn aspect of the solar cycle, alongside Ra (noon) and Atum (setting sun)",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_KHERTY,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_KHNUM,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Khnum of Elephantine is attested in Old Kingdom texts as the ram-headed creator who fashions humans on his potter's wheel; his Elephantine triad (Khnum, Satet, Anuket) is established in the Old Kingdom",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_KHONSU,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,medium,Khonsu appears in the Pyramid Texts in a violent aspect as a deity who consumes the hearts of the dead (PT 580); his role as the benevolent moon deity of the Theban Triad develops in the Middle and New Kingdoms; Old Kingdom attestation is limited,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_MAAT,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Central concept and goddess of cosmic order across Egyptian religion.,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,candidate_verified_name ENT_EGY_MAFDET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Early protective goddess associated with royal and anti-venomous power.,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,candidate_verified_name ENT_EGY_MEHEN,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,B,Serpent protective deity attested early and developed in funerary/solar contexts.,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,candidate_verified_name ENT_EGY_MEHETWERET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_MONTU,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Montu is attested in the Pyramid Texts as the falcon-headed war deity of Thebes; he was the primary Theban patron deity before Amun rose to prominence; his cult at Medamud, Tod, and Armant is established in the Old Kingdom",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_NEBETHETEPET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Heliopolitan goddess ('Mistress of the Offering/Contentment') personifying the creative hand of Atum, associated with Iusaaset and Hathor from the Old Kingdom onward.",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_NEFERTEM,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,medium,"Nefertem (lotus deity, son of Ptah and Sekhmet in the Memphis Triad) is attested in the Pyramid Texts; his identification with the primordial lotus of creation links him to Old Kingdom cosmology",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_NEHEBUKAU,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,B,Serpent deity attested in early funerary theology.,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,candidate_verified_name ENT_EGY_NEPHTHYS,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Nephthys is attested in the Pyramid Texts as the daughter of Geb and Nut and the twin sister of Isis; she assists Isis in the mourning and resurrection of Osiris; her role as a protective funerary goddess is established in the Old Kingdom,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_NUT,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Nut (sky goddess) is attested throughout the Pyramid Texts as the daughter of Shu and Tefnut and the mother of Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys; she arches over Geb to form the sky, and the deceased pharaoh is received into her body for rebirth",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_OGDOAD,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,medium,"The Ogdoad (eight primordial deities of Hermopolis Magna: Nun/Naunet, Amun/Amaunet, Heh/Hauhet, Kuk/Kauket — representing primordial water, hiddenness, infinity, and darkness) has roots in Old Kingdom theology; the individual members Nun and Amun appear in the Pyramid Texts; the full systematization as an ""eight"" (Hmnyw, the Ogdoad) is attested from this period",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_OSIRIS,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Royal funerary theology.,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,candidate_verified_name ENT_EGY_PTAH,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Ptah is the patron deity of Memphis, the Old Kingdom royal capital; the Memphite Theology (preserved in the Shabaka Stone, a Late Period copy of an Old Kingdom original) establishes him as the creator who creates by thought and word; he appears in the Pyramid Texts",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_QEBEHSENUEF,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Qebehsenuef (the falcon-headed Son of Horus; ""he who refreshes his brothers"") guards the intestines; named in the Pyramid Texts; Old Kingdom funerary tradition is the primary attestation period",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_RA,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Major solar deity attested in Old Kingdom sources.,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,candidate_verified_name ENT_EGY_RERET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Reret (""the Sow"") is an Old Kingdom hippopotamus goddess; she is associated with the constellation the Egyptians called ""the Hippopotamus"" (corresponding to Draco in modern astronomy); attested in Old Kingdom astronomical ceiling texts and protective amulet traditions; the hippopotamus as a protective deity figure is among the oldest Egyptian theological forms",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SAH,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SATET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Satet appears in the Pyramid Texts (PT Utterance 508: ""Satis purifies you with water from Elephantine""); her role as the goddess who pours the purifying Nile flood waters over the deceased king is established in the Old Kingdom funerary corpus",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SEFKHETABWY,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"'She of the Seven Horns', a form/aspect of the writing goddess associated with the foundation-ceremony 'stretching of the cord', attested from the Old Kingdom alongside Seshat.",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SEKER,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Seker (Sokar) is an ancient Memphite funerary deity attested from the Old Kingdom; his festival (the Sokar festival) is one of the oldest Egyptian religious celebrations; he is paired with Ptah in the Memphis funerary tradition,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SEKHMET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Sekhmet is attested in the Pyramid Texts as the fierce lioness goddess of war and pestilence; her Memphis connections (as Ptah's consort) establish her in the Old Kingdom theological landscape,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SEPA,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Centipede god of Heliopolis invoked against venomous creatures; attested from the Old Kingdom and later identified with Osiris.,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SERET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Lioness goddess associated with a Delta locality, one of the archaic feline tutelaries grouped with Bastet and Sekhmet.",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SERQET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Serqet (scorpion goddess) is attested in the Pyramid Texts as a protective deity who guards Osiris and assists the dead; she is one of the four canopic jar goddesses,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SESHAT,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Seshat is attested from the Old Kingdom Pyramid Texts and in royal foundation ceremonies; her role as divine record-keeper, measurer, and scribe of the gods is established in the Old Kingdom",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SHESMETET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Shesmetet is attested in the Pyramid Texts (PT Utterance 317, § 508: Shesmetet protects the king); a fierce lioness-goddess connected to the protective sekhmet-type tradition; the Pyramid Texts are her earliest textual attestation; her role as the necklace (shesmet) deity connects her to protective amulet theology",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SHESMU,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,B,Ambivalent funerary deity attested in early mortuary theology.,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,candidate_verified_name ENT_EGY_SHU,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Shu (god of air and light) is attested throughout the Pyramid Texts as the first offspring of Atum and the father of Geb and Nut; his cosmological role as the air that separates sky from earth is foundational to Old Kingdom theology,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SIA,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,medium,Sia (divine perception/understanding) is attested in the Pyramid Texts alongside Hu (divine utterance) as personifications of the divine cognitive faculties of Ra and Ptah; their appearance as companion deities on the solar bark is an Old Kingdom concept,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SOBEK,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Sobek is attested in the Pyramid Texts as the crocodile deity; his Fayum cult and his connections to Ra (Sobek-Ra) are established in Old Kingdom texts,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SOPDET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SOPDU,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Sopdu (falcon deity of the eastern frontier, associated with the star Sirius in some traditions) is attested in the Pyramid Texts and in Old Kingdom inscriptions at the Sinai turquoise mines",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SOULS_OF_NEKHEN,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Jackal-headed ancestral spirits of the predynastic rulers of Nekhen (Hierakonpolis) in Upper Egypt, paired with the Souls of Pe in the Pyramid Texts.",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_SOULS_OF_PE,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Falcon-headed ancestral spirits of the predynastic rulers of Pe (Buto) in the Delta, invoked acclaiming the king in the Pyramid Texts.",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_TATENEN,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,medium,"Tatenen (""the Exalted Earth"") is a Memphite earth deity who later merged with Ptah; his most prominent attestation is New Kingdom but he has roots in the Old Kingdom Memphite theology",SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,reviewed ENT_EGY_TAYET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_TEFNUT,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,Tefnut (goddess of moisture and cosmic order) is attested in the Pyramid Texts as the twin of Shu and the second offspring of Atum; her moisture complements Shu's air in the Old Kingdom creation cosmology,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_THOTH,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,high,"Thoth is attested in the Pyramid Texts (Old Kingdom) as the divine scribe, measurer of time, and moon deity; this corrects his current period assignment of Middle Kingdom only — his attestation goes back to the Pyramid Texts",SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_WADJWER,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_WENEG,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,A,Attested from the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Texts / Old Kingdom cult).,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed ENT_EGY_WOSRET,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM,medium,Wosret attested in the Pyramid Texts (Old Kingdom); her antiquity is secure but the textual record is sparse; her name survives in 12th Dynasty pharaonic names (Senusret),SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,reviewed