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Lords of the Two Lands

The gods of the Nile and the long journey through the afterlife, from the Pyramid Texts to the Book of the Dead.

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AmmitDevourer of the DeadDevourer of the dead — the crocodile-lion-hippopotamus hybrid who crouched beside the scales and swallowed the hearts that failed the weighing.CreatureAnubisGuardian of the DeadGuardian of the dead — the black jackal god who embalmed Osiris, watched over the necropolis, and weighed the heart against the feather of truth.DeityApophis (Apep)The Serpent of ChaosThe great serpent who attacks the sun boat every night — Apophis is Egypt's embodiment of chaos, repelled again each dawn but never finally destroyed.Creature

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Bastet (Bast)Cat Goddess of BubastisEgypt's cat goddess — a lioness of the Eye of Ra who softened into the guardian of the home, honoured at Bubastis with the loudest festival in Egypt.Deity

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The DuatThe UnderworldThe Egyptian underworld — the night country crossed by the sun in twelve hours and by every dead Egyptian hoping to come out reborn at dawn.Realm

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HathorGoddess of Love, Music and the SkyCow-horned goddess of love, music and joy — Hathor is the sky that carries the sun, the mother of kings, and the one who meets the dead in the west.DeityHorusThe Sky FalconThe sky falcon — god of kingship whose torn-out eye became the symbol of healing, and who won Egypt's throne from Set after eighty years of litigation.Deity

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IsisGoddess of MagicGoddess of magic — the widow whose spells restored Osiris, the mother who hid Horus in the marshes, and the one Egyptian deity Rome adopted whole.Deity

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OsirisLord of the AfterlifeLord of the afterlife — the murdered king remade as the first mummy, whose resurrection promised every Egyptian a life beyond the grave.Deity

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PtahCraftsman-Creator of MemphisThe creator who made the world by thinking it and speaking it — Ptah of Memphis, patron of sculptors and architects, and lord of the Apis bull.Deity

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RaThe Sun GodThe sun itself as a god — Ra sails the sky by day, fights the serpent of chaos by night, and is reborn on the horizon every dawn.Deity

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SekhmetLioness Goddess of War and PlagueThe lion-headed Eye of Ra — Sekhmet is slaughter, fever and desert heat, and the same power that heals when the gods can persuade her to stop.DeitySetGod of ChaosGod of chaos — the red god of storm and desert who murdered Osiris, yet stood in the sun's boat each night to spear the serpent of nonexistence.DeitySobekThe Crocodile GodCrocodile god of the Nile, the marshes and raw pharaonic power — Sobek is the danger in the water turned into a protector, worshipped with living crocodiles.Deity

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ThothGod of Writing, Wisdom and the MoonIbis-headed lord of writing, reckoning and the moon — Thoth keeps the record at the judgment of the dead and settles the quarrels of the gods.Deity