Yamm was a Tyrannical god of the sea found who we know of from a fragmentary papyrus (Astarte Papyrus) which seems to hint that his exorbitant demands for tribute from the other deities were eventually thwarted by the goddess Astarte.
The A-Z list of Egyptian Gods
Yah – Another Moon God
It is interesting that the earliest references to the name Yah (Yaeh) refer to the moon as a satellite of the earth in its physical form. From this, the term becomes conceptualized as a lunar deity, pictorially anthropomorphic but whose manifestations, from hieroglyphic evidence, can include the crescent of the new moon, the ibis and [...]
Wosret – Goddess of Thebes
Wosret (Wasret),”The Powerful”, was a very seldom depicted local guardian goddess in Thebes (in Egyptian called: Waset).
She grew popular nation wide during dynasty 12 when three pharaohs took the name Senwosret, (in Greek: Sesostris) meaning – “The man (i.e. son) of Wasret”.
She had no temples of her own and can be seen as another form [...]
Weret
Weret was a god of the sky. In some records, he was referred to (like many others) as “The Great One”. His origin probably goes back to prehistoric times where he likely had been a local deity somewhere along the Nile.
From the Middle Kingdom his cult was combined with those of Thoth and Horus, and [...]
Wepwawet – (Upuaut) The Opener of the Ways
It was not unusual in ancient Egypt for more then one god to take the same form, with similar functions as another god. Wepwawet (Ophios, Upuaut), called the son of Isis, was one of several Egyptian deities to take the form of a canine, today often incorrectly identified as a wolf. Egyptologists now believe that [...]
Weneg – Ancient Son of Re
Weneg is an ancient son of Re referenced in Old Kingdom text. He seems to represent the cosmic order, rather like Re’s daughter, Ma’at, by supporting the sky and so keeping the forces of chaos from crashing down onto the earth. he is also a judge of other gods, probably administering the cosmic laws of [...]
Urthekau
Urthekau (sometimes also Werethekau) was the lion headed goddess who seldom was written about or depicted in reliefs or on papyrus etc. though she belonged to the “inner circle” of the gods. She had a lot of competition on the feline side from first of all the trio Bastet, Tefnut and Sekhmet but also others.
Urthekau [...]
Wadjet – The Serpent Goddess
When I started looking for information on Wadjet, I ran into the fact that she is not a well-known goddess, and while I could find some information on her, much of it was a repetitive. Digging deeper, I found some fascinating facts and quite a few contradictions.
Some of the problem in finding information about Wadjet [...]
Wadj Wer – The Pregnant God
Wadj Wer was a fertility god who’s name means “Great Green”. His origins were probably either off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast or along the major lagoos of the Nile Delta such as at Lake Mariut, Idku, Burullus and Mazala. As early as the Old Kingdom this deity is shown in a relief from the pyramid site [...]
Unut
Unut (Un, Wenut) was an old prehistoric deity originally in form of a snake called “The swift one”. She came from province 15 in Upper Egypt and was worshipped with Thoth at the capital Hermopolis. Later she got a woman’s body and a hare’s head. She was taken into the cult of Horus and later [...]
Thoth – God of Wisdom
The wisest of the Egyptian gods was Thoth (Djhuty, Djehuty, Tehuty), the baboon and ibis god of the moon. Thoth was the god who overcame the curse of Ra, allowing Nut to give birth to her five children, with his skill at games. It was he who helped Isis work the ritual to bring Osiris [...]
Tatenen – “Father of Gods” and the God of the Rising Earth
The Egyptian god Tatenen, sometimes written as Tatjenen, symbolizes the emergence of silt from the fertile Nile after the waters of the inundation recede. The meaning of his name is uncertain but may possibly mean “the rising earth” or “exalted earth”.
He is usually depicted as entirely human (though with the beard of a god) in [...]
Tefnut – Goddess of Moisture
Tefnut(Tefenet, Tefnet) was the lunar goddess of moisture, humidity and water who was also a solar goddess connected with the sun and dryness (more specifically, the absence of moisture). She was the daughter of the creator god, mother of the twin sky and the earth deities and the ‘Eye of Ra’ as well as a [...]
Tayet – Goddess of Weaving
Tayet was the goddess of weaving and the most crucial of her roles was providing woven cloth for embalming. In the letter which the pharaoh Senusret I sends to Sinuhe, an ex-harem official, inviting him back to Egypt after a long sojourn abroad, there is a fine passage evoking the rituals of the funerary cult. [...]
Taweret – Goddess Demoness of Birth,Rebirth and the Northern Sky
Taweret (Taueret, Taurt, Toeris, Ipy, Ipet, Apet, Opet, Reret) – The Great Female – was the ancient Egyptian goddess of maternity and childbirth, protector of women and children. Like Bes, she was both a fierce demonic fighter as well as a popular deity who guarded the mother and her newborn child.
She was depicted as a [...]
Tasenetnofret – The Good Sister
The goddess Tasenetnofret’ name means “the good (or beautiful) sister, consort of Haroeris and mother of Panebtawy in the western sanctuary of Kom Ombo temple. She is only a colorless manifestation of Hathor in the role of divine wife.
Ta-Bitjet – A Wife of Horus
Ta-Bitjet was a scorpion goddess referred to as the wife of Horus in a number of magical medical spells against poisonous bites. The power of the spell stems from the conjuration of the blood that flowed when Horus took her virginity upon an ebony bed.
Sopedu – The Border Patrol God
Sopedu was a border patrol god in his role of “lord of the east”, and was depicted either as a crouching falcon or Bedouin warrior wearing a crown of tall plumes.
However, in the Pyramid Texts, Sopedu’s astral nature is emphasized. The goddess Isis, in her aspect of the star Sirius (Sothis) who is the herald [...]
Sopdet
The goddess Sopdet personified the Dogstar (today called Sirius) whose first appearance over the north horizon announced the advent of the annual flooding of the Nile and the New Year.
In the First Dynasty she was thus called in texts: “The bringer of the New Year and inundation”.
Pyramid texts say that the king united with his [...]
Sobek – Guard of the Gods
The ancient goddess of war, Neith, was revered as the goddess of wisdom. At different periods she was identified with Athena, noted as the sister of Isis, and named the protector of Duamutef. Neith was the mother of Sobek, known as the crocodile god.
Sobek was most popular in the city of Arsinoe. In fact, the [...]