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Goddesses and Gods.wps - Welcome to Our Temple

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Apis Apis: Apis Apis The black bull, symbol of fertility <strong>and</strong> the undying soul.<br />

Aten Aten: Aten Sun God who turned in<strong>to</strong> a monotheistic entity, then lost his footing among<br />

the other gods <strong>and</strong> goddesses.<br />

Bastet Bastet Bastet or or Bast Bast: Bast The Goddess of the Sun <strong>and</strong> pleasure. She has a human body <strong>and</strong> the<br />

head of a cat. She carries a rattle <strong>and</strong> wears a breastplate decorated with the head of a<br />

lion.<br />

Bes Bes: Bes Bes God of good fortune <strong>and</strong> protection of pregnant women.<br />

Geb Geb: Geb The God of the Earth. He often lies beneath Nut, the Goddess of the sky. He has<br />

dark skin <strong>and</strong> sometimes wears a goose on his head.<br />

Hathor Hathor: Hathor The Goddess of beauty, love, <strong>and</strong> pleasure. She is a woman with the horns of<br />

a cow. Sometimes all of her takes the form of a cow. She often carries a rattle.<br />

Horus Horus: Horus A Solar god <strong>and</strong> avenger of evil. Horus is seen in the form of a man with the<br />

head of a falcon with the Moon as one eye <strong>and</strong> the Sun as the other. Sometimes he<br />

appears as a child st<strong>and</strong>ing on the back of a crocodile.<br />

Hauhet Hauhet: Hauhet Goddess of boundless infinity.<br />

Hekat Hekat: Hekat Goddess of midwifery <strong>and</strong> childbirth, associated with water.<br />

Isis Isis: Isis The mother Goddess. She is associated with fertility, the Moon, magick, <strong>and</strong><br />

resurrection. She is usually seated <strong>and</strong> sometimes holds the infant Horus.<br />

Ius Ius-a'as Ius a'as a'as: a'as Goddess of creation.<br />

Ma'at Ma'at: Ma'at Goddess of truth.<br />

Mehet Mehet-Weret<br />

Mehet Mehet Weret Weret: Weret Goddess of sky <strong>and</strong> floods.<br />

Merit Merit: Merit Goddess of music.<br />

Min Min: Min God of roads, fertility, <strong>and</strong> agriculture; protec<strong>to</strong>r of travelers.<br />

Neith Neith: Neith Goddess of destiny, war, <strong>and</strong> the mother of Ra; protec<strong>to</strong>r of the dead; bisexual.<br />

Nekhbet Nekhbet: Nekhbet Nekhbet Primal mother Goddess; divine nurse.

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