entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_EGY_AKER,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 255 (§ 300): Aker the double-lion deity of the earth's horizons guards the passage of the sun and the dead king at the eastern and western horizons; a specifically Pyramid Text deity whose primary evidence is the Old Kingdom funerary corpus
ENT_EGY_ANHUR,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,Pyramid Texts (Utterances referencing Onuris/Anhur): attestation of the deity's role as sky-upholder and hunter in the Old Kingdom textual tradition.
ENT_EGY_ANUBIS,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: Anubis (Inpw) is the embalmer and guide of the dead; ""Anubis who is upon his mountain"" is one of the most frequent epithets in the Pyramid Texts; Utterance 213 (§ 134): Anubis licks and assembles the king's limbs"
ENT_EGY_ASH,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,scholarly attestation,PT references to the Western Desert protective deity traditions include Ash; he guards the western lands that correspond to the underworld entrance in Old Kingdom cosmological geography
ENT_EGY_ATUM,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT Utterance 600 (§ 1652): ""O Atum-Khoprer, you were on high on the primeval mound; you rose up as the benben stone in the Mansion of the Phoenix in On [Heliopolis]; you spat out Shu, you expectorated Tefnut"" — the creation myth in its oldest textual form; Atum is the most frequent divine name in the Pyramid Texts"
ENT_EGY_DEDWEN,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"Dedwen of Nubia, Pyramid Texts."
ENT_EGY_DUAMUTEF,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT Utterance 552: Duamutef (jackal-headed Son of Horus; ""he who worships his mother"") guards the stomach; protected by Neith; primary attestation in the Old Kingdom funerary corpus"
ENT_EGY_DUAT,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: the Duat (the underworld/afterlife realm) is the destination and landscape of most Pyramid Text utterances; its topography — the Field of Rushes (Sekhet-Aaru), Rosetau, the barque of Ra — is established here in its earliest surviving form; the Pyramid Texts are the primary ancient source for Duat geography"
ENT_EGY_FOUR_SONS_OF_HORUS,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 552 (§ 1360) names the Four Sons of Horus as divine guardians; the Pyramid Texts establish their collective function as protectors of the four viscera of the deceased king; their association with the four cardinal directions is also established in the PT
ENT_EGY_GEB,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: Geb is the earth god, son of Shu and Tefnut; frequently invoked as a supporting deity in resurrection utterances; his title ""heir of the gods"" is established in the Pyramid Texts; Utterance 527 § 1248"
ENT_EGY_HAPY_NILE,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT throughout: Hapy the Nile flood god is invoked as the source of abundance; the king's power is compared to Hapy's; Utterance 442 (§ 820): the king's natron and water are identified with the flood; foundational Pyramid Text attestation
ENT_EGY_HAPY_SON_OF_HORUS,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 552: Hapy Son of Horus (baboon-headed; distinct from Hapy the Nile god) guards the lungs; protected by Nephthys; primary attestation in the Old Kingdom funerary corpus
ENT_EGY_HARAKHTY,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,Ra-Harakhty (Horus of the horizon) is named in the Pyramid Texts; PT Utterance 266 and throughout: the solar falcon at the moment of rising and setting; the Old Kingdom solar theology of which Harakhty is the key figure is established in the PT
ENT_EGY_HAROERIS,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,Haroeris (Horus the Elder) is named in the Pyramid Texts as a sky-falcon deity; Old Kingdom theological tradition distinguishes him from the posthumous Horus son of Osiris; PT attestation places his cult among the oldest documented in the corpus
ENT_EGY_HARSIESE,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"Harsiese (Horus son of Isis) is attested in the Pyramid Texts as the divine form the deceased king assumes — the avenger of his father Osiris; PT utterances repeatedly invoke ""Horus son of Isis"" as the paradigm for royal resurrection and vengeance"
ENT_EGY_HATHOR,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT Utterance 247 (§ 261) and throughout: Hathor receives the dead king with her embrace; she provides milk and nourishment; her role as ""she who is in the horizon"" connects her to the solar cycle; multiple utterances describe the king entering Hathor's arms"
ENT_EGY_HEKA,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,Heka attested from the Coffin/Pyramid corpus.
ENT_EGY_HORUS,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: Horus is the avenger of Osiris and the living king; the Pyramid Texts establish the king as Horus while living and as Osiris after death; Utterances 219-222 (§§ 159-182) contain the earliest narrative of the Horus-Seth conflict; ""Horus has seized Seth and set him under you"" (§ 142)"
ENT_EGY_HU,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT Utterance 251 (§ 273): Hu (the divine utterance, the authoritative word of the creator) is among the personified attributes of Ra's creative power; the Pyramid Texts are among the earliest texts attesting Hu as a distinct divine force"
ENT_EGY_IAH,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,Iah attested in the Pyramid Texts as the primary lunar deity of the Old Kingdom; the moon-name deity predating Khonsu's prominence
ENT_EGY_IHY,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT Utterance 334: ""Ihy, son of Hathor, golden one"" — Ihy is named in the Pyramid Texts as the divine child of Hathor who personifies the ecstatic joy of her music; his Old Kingdom attestation in the PT is his earliest surviving textual reference"
ENT_EGY_IMSETY,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 552: Imsety (the human-headed Son of Horus) is named among the four guardians; he guards the liver and is protected by Isis; primary attestation in the Old Kingdom funerary corpus
ENT_EGY_ISIS,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: Isis is the most active divine helper in the Pyramid Texts; she and Nephthys flank the coffin and call out to Osiris; her wings protect the dead; Utterance 366 (§ 627): ""Isis comes to you... she suckles you with the milk of life and sustenance"""
ENT_EGY_KHEPRI,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT Utterance 600 and throughout: Khepri (the self-created; the scarab-beetle) is the morning form of the sun, the god of becoming and transformation; the rolling of the sun across the sky is modeled on the dung beetle rolling its ball; primary attestation in the Pyramid Texts"
ENT_EGY_KHNUM,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterances and the Memphite tradition: Khnum the ram-headed creator god is invoked as the craftsman who shapes on the potter's wheel; his Elephantine cult is attested from the Old Kingdom; the Pyramid Texts include his protective and creative functions
ENT_EGY_MAAT,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: Maat (cosmic order/truth) is a presupposition of the entire Pyramid Text theology; the king acts according to Maat, is given Maat as an offering, and ascends to maintain cosmic order; Utterance 219 (§ 166) and throughout; her feather is the measure of judgment"
ENT_EGY_MIN,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 461 (§ 872) and elsewhere: Min the ithyphallic fertility god is invoked in the Pyramid Texts as the divine procreative force; his Coptos colossi (among the oldest Egyptian art) predate the Pyramid Texts; his presence in the PTs confirms his Old Kingdom theological standing
ENT_EGY_MONTU,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT throughout: Montu the falcon-headed war deity of Armant (Hermonthis) is invoked in warrior contexts in the Pyramid Texts; his Old Kingdom period is his earliest significant attestation; the Pyramid Texts establish his role as a royal war deity before Amon superseded him
ENT_EGY_NEKHBET,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: Nekhbet the vulture goddess of Upper Egypt is a protective deity invoked in the Pyramid Texts; she spreads her wings over the king; ""your mother Nekhbet comes to you"" (Utterance 508); among the oldest attested Egyptian deities"
ENT_EGY_NEPHTHYS,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: Nephthys is Isis's inseparable companion in the Pyramid Texts; she mourns at the coffin head while Isis mourns at the feet; Utterance 366 (§ 628): ""your sister Nephthys has come to you""; the two sisters as the protective pair flanking the dead is fully established in the Pyramid Texts"
ENT_EGY_NUT,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: Nut the sky goddess is one of the most invoked deities; the dead king is described as ascending to Nut and being received by her; ""O Great One who became sky..."" (Utterance 427 § 779); Nut swallows and re-births the sun each day"
ENT_EGY_OGDOAD,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,scholarly attestation,Individual Ogdoad members (especially Nun the primordial water and Amun the hidden one) appear in the Pyramid Texts; the full Ogdoad as an eight-fold collective is referenced; the Hermopolitan cosmogony is the background for the PT's primordial water theology
ENT_EGY_OSIRIS,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT throughout: Osiris is the central deity of the resurrection theology that runs through the entire Pyramid Text corpus; the dead king is identified with Osiris; Utterance 219 (§ 170): the earliest written form of the Osiris resurrection myth; hundreds of utterances invoke Osiris
ENT_EGY_PTAH,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 570 (§ 1467): Ptah (Ta-Tenen) is invoked in the context of the earth-god theology; the Pyramid Texts include several utterances with Memphis theological language; Ptah's role as the craftsman-creator who spoke the world into being is the substratum of the texts
ENT_EGY_QEBEHSENUEF,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT Utterance 552: Qebehsenuef (falcon-headed Son of Horus; ""he who refreshes his brothers"") guards the intestines; protected by Selket; primary attestation in the Old Kingdom funerary corpus"
ENT_EGY_RA,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT throughout: Ra is the solar deity whose boat crosses the sky daily; the dead king joins Ra on his barque; Utterance 244 (§ 248); the transition from Osirian to solar theology is visible in the Pyramid Texts as a theological tension between the two dominant frameworks
ENT_EGY_SAH,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,Sah/Orion in the Pyramid Texts.
ENT_EGY_SATET,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 508: Satis/Satet purifies the deceased king with water from Elephantine; her role as the guardian of the first Nile cataract who pours the purifying flood water is established in the Pyramid Texts; among the oldest attested state deities in the corpus
ENT_EGY_SEKER,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT throughout: Seker (Sokar) the falcon-headed funerary deity of the Memphis necropolis is a primary figure in the Pyramid Text underworld geography; he is lord of Rosetau (the entrance to the underworld); the Pyramid Texts are his earliest systematic attestation
ENT_EGY_SERQET,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: Serqet (Selket) the scorpion goddess protects the dead king; she loosens the throat of the dead so they can breathe; ""Serqet gives you breath"" (Utterance 366 § 625); one of the four protective goddesses of the canopic jars"
ENT_EGY_SESHAT,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 616 (§ 1742): Seshat the goddess of writing and measurement stretches the cord for the king's mortuary temples; her role in measuring the king's reign and recording his deeds is established in the Pyramid Text corpus alongside other scribal theology
ENT_EGY_SETH,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT throughout: Seth is named as the adversary who killed Osiris and opposes Horus; his power is apotropaically invoked in some utterances; the conflict between Horus and Seth is established in the Pyramid Texts as the primordial divine struggle; Utterance 219 and throughout
ENT_EGY_SHESMETET,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 317 and elsewhere: Shesmetet (the lioness goddess associated with the shesmet necklace) is invoked as a protective deity in the Pyramid Texts; her earliest textual attestation is in the Old Kingdom funerary corpus
ENT_EGY_SHU,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 600 § 1652: Shu created by Atum as the god of air and the space between earth and sky; PT throughout: Shu supports Nut the sky; his role as the first-created divine pair with Tefnut is established here
ENT_EGY_SIA,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 250 (§ 270): Sia (divine perception/intuition) personified alongside Hu; both travel with Ra in his solar barque; the Pyramid Texts are the primary ancient source for Sia as a named divine entity in Egyptian theology
ENT_EGY_SOBEK,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 317 (§ 507): Sobek the crocodile god is invoked in the Pyramid Texts as a protective deity with connections to the primordial waters; his Fayum and Kom Ombo cults have Pyramid Text foundation
ENT_EGY_SOPDET,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,Sopdet/Sirius in the Pyramid Texts.
ENT_EGY_TAYET,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"Tayet the weaving goddess, Pyramid Texts."
ENT_EGY_TEFNUT,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT Utterance 600 § 1652: Tefnut created alongside Shu by Atum; the moisture goddess; the primordial divine pair from whom Geb and Nut descend; established in the Pyramid Texts as the second rung of the Ennead
ENT_EGY_THOTH,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: Thoth (Djehuty) is the divine scribe and messenger; he delivers words between Horus and Seth; he records the outcome of the divine tribunal; Utterance 359 (§ 594): ""Thoth has judged between them"""
ENT_EGY_WADJET,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,PT throughout: Wadjet the uraeus cobra of Lower Egypt is the eye of Re protecting the king; she spits fire at enemies; invoked alongside Nekhbet as the Two Ladies; among the oldest attested Egyptian deities (Narmer Palette context confirmed by Pyramid Texts)
ENT_EGY_WENEG,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"Weneg the sky-supporter, Pyramid Texts."
ENT_EGY_WEPWAWET,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,"PT throughout: Wepwawet (""Opener of the Ways"") is the jackal-headed deity who leads the dead king through the paths of the underworld and opens the roads to the sky; among the most frequently named deities in the Pyramid Texts; Utterance 468 (§ 905)"
ENT_EGY_WOSRET,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation,Wosret appears in the Pyramid Texts as a powerful protective female deity in the Theban tradition; Old Kingdom attestation