Egyptian Gods

<BODY> <P><STRONG>Here are Mark's drawings of Egyptian Gods and a brief description of each God.</STRONG></P> <TABLE BORDER="BORDER"> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god1.gif" ALT="Sobek" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>SOBEK - The Crocodile headed god who controlled water supplies.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god2.gif" ALT="Thoth" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>THOTH - The Ibis headed god of wisdom who invented speaking and writing.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god3.gif" ALT="Seth" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>SETH - The god of desert and storms. The enemy of OSIRIS.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god4.gif" ALT="Horus" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>HORUS - The Falcon headed god who looked after the Pharaohs.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god5.gif" ALT="Re" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>RE - The Sun god. Some said that he had made the people. The Egyptians called themselves the cattle of Re.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god6.gif" ALT="Sekhmet" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>SEKHMET - The Lioness goddess of War.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god7.gif" ALT="Bes" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>BES - The Dwarf god of happiness and prorector of the family.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god8.gif" ALT="Anubis" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>ANUBIS - The Jakel headed god of the dead. He helped to prepare mummies. Anubis was the main god for weighing the heart and deciding who could get into the afterlife.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god9.gif" ALT="Osiris" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>OSIRIS - God of death and rebirth, the underworld and the earth. Long ago he had taught people to farm. Osiris was the first pharaoh to go into the afterlife because his wife bandaged him up after his brother Seth had slain him and cut him into 14 pieces.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god10a.gif" ALT="Hathor" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>HATHOR - the Cow -horned Goddess of love. She also happiness, dancing and music.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god11.gif" ALT="Ptah" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>PTAH - the God who spoke the names of all things in the world. By doing this he made them exist.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../images/god12.gif" ALT="Isis" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="309"></TD> <TD><B>ISIS - Wife of Osiris, she took special care of women and children.</B></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P>Click<A HREF="index.htm">here</A> to go back to the main Ancient Egypt Page.</P> </BODY>