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Goddesses and Gods.wps - Welcome to Our Temple

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Nephthys Nephthys: Nephthys Nephthys The Goddess of Earth <strong>and</strong> fertility. She takes the form of a woman with a<br />

hieroglyph on her head.<br />

Nut Nut or or Nuit Nuit: Nuit Nuit The Goddess of the sky. She is young <strong>and</strong> slim. Stars shine from within<br />

her body. She usually appears naked, arched over Geb, the Earth God.<br />

Osiris Osiris: Osiris The God of fertility <strong>and</strong> resurrection. He takes the form of a mummy with the<br />

head of a live man. His face has a slight green cast.<br />

Ptah Ptah: Ptah Ptah The God of creation <strong>and</strong> chief of the underworld. He takes the form of a<br />

mummified man with a shaved head or appears as a dwarf.<br />

Ra Ra: Ra The Sun God. He takes the form of a man with the head of a falcon. As the Sun<br />

appears <strong>to</strong> move across the sky, so he travels through the sky. At night, he journeys<br />

through the underworld <strong>and</strong> his head takes the form of that of a ram.<br />

Renenet Renenet: Renenet Goddess of prosperity <strong>and</strong> the home.<br />

Sekhmet Sekhmet: Sekhmet Goddess of protection.<br />

Selket Selket: Selket Goddess of scorpions; protec<strong>to</strong>r of the dead, travelers, <strong>and</strong> weather.<br />

Seshat Seshat: Seshat Seshat Goddess of writing <strong>and</strong> patron of libraries.<br />

Seth Seth: Seth God of s<strong>to</strong>rms <strong>and</strong> chaos.<br />

Shu Shu: Shu Goddess of moisture.<br />

Sobek Sobek: Sobek Crocodile God of lakes <strong>and</strong> protection.<br />

Taweret Taweret: Taweret Hippo Goddess of childbirth.<br />

Tefnut Tefnut: Tefnut God of air.<br />

Thoth hoth hoth: hoth God of knowledge, wisdom, <strong>and</strong> the moon.<br />

Wadjet Wadjet: Wadjet Serpent Goddess of protection, children, <strong>and</strong> the l<strong>and</strong>.<br />

Wosret Wosret: Wosret The powerful woman.

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