EGYPTIANS GODS AND GODDESSES

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Their religion was important part of daily life in the ancient Egypt . The egyptians believed that their gods and goddesses controlled the working of nature. They built to honor their gods, and offered them food, gifts, and prayers.

Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses that they took part in creation,

some brought the flood every year, someoffered protection, and some took care of

people after they died. Others were either local gods who represented towns, or minor gods who represented plants or animals.

Regional Differences

Egyptians towns had their own gods and goddesses with own temples. Also egyptians worshiped certain principal gods, such as the sun god, Re and the falcon god, Horus.

Important Gods and Goddesses

HORUS He was the god of the sky, and son of Osiris , the creator

Horus became depicted as a falcon, or as a falcon-headed leading to Horus name (in Egyptian is Heru) which mean The distance one.

Osiris Was the god of the living or the dead. Osiris' murderer, his brother Set, usurps his throne. Meanwhile,

Osiris' wife Isis restores her husband's body, allowing him to posthumously conceive a son with her.

Isis She is the goddesses of the magic. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the

patron of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, and the downtrodden, and she listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats, and rulers. Isis is often depicted as the mother of Horus, the hawk-headed god of war and protection .