Goddesses

Amaunet - goddess of the north wind, wife of Amun. One of the eight primordial deities or divine forces known as the Ogdoad.

Anat, a warrior goddess of Canaanite origin, was worshiped in Egypt from the New Kingdom. In Egyptian mythology, Anat is the daughter of the solar deity Ra. She was depicted with a shield, spear, and axe, and was the protector of chariots. As a warrior, she had a temple in Tanis. Anat was also the goddess of cows.

Astate – a Canaanite goddess. In Egypt, she was considered a warrior goddess. She was the daughter of the god Ra, and her husband was Baal, with whom she had a temple in Memphis. Together with Anat, she was the protector of chariots.

Bastet ("She who is from Bast=Bubastis"), initially a provincial patron deity, gained popularity from the Middle Kingdom. Depicted as a cat or (earlier) a lioness, she was originally probably associated with warrior cults (she was called the "mother of the god of battle"). Over time, she "mellowed" and from the New Kingdom onward, became the patroness of joy, fun, war, ointments, pleasure, and sex. She is also associated with Mut, Sekhmet, Tefnut, and Hathor.

Buto - goddess of the north.

Hathor, actually Hat-Hor, meaning "House of Horus," "Castle of Horus," was a local Lower Egyptian fetish that over time evolved, partly due to the expansive absorption of many local deities, into one of the most popular female deities. In her most important functions, she was the goddess of heaven, giving birth to the solar disc. She was also considered the wife of Horus, and in theological speculations, she was associated with many other goddesses: Isis, Sekhmet, Maat, and Bastet, and eventually even with Aphrodite. Most often depicted as a cow or a woman with a cow's head and a solar disc between her horns, she was considered the goddess of love, dance, joy, the dead, and the sky. Later, she became the deity of fun, music, happy birthdays, and the protector of women. In Thebes, she was the goddess of the dead and the patroness of foreign lands. During the New Kingdom, the seven Hathors were goddesses of fate, determining a person's fate on the day of their birth. An important attribute, or even emblem, was the musical instrument, the sistrum. Hathor was also called the "eye of the sun"; she was worshiped primarily at Dendera, where her cult fetish was a pole topped with a woman's head and cow ears.

Heket - a goddess in the form of a frog, helping women with childbirth.

Hesat - a goddess appearing in the form of a white cow, worshipped as an incarnation of Isis in the city of Afih, where she was considered the mother of Anubis.

Isis, Aset, Eset, Isis - ("throne"), mistress of magical words; daughter of Geb and Nut, sister and wife of Osiris, mother of Horus, personification of the royal throne (depicted with a throne on her head). A protective and maternal goddess, she searched the world for her husband's 14 pieces until she found her. Initially worshipped as an exemplary wife and mother, later as a goddess of all creative power, mistress of the world of the dead (mysteries). Ruler of heaven and earth, initially a goddess - personification of the pharaoh's throne; patroness of magic. A goddess whose cult in Lower Egypt is documented from early dynastic times; associated with the Osirian circle. Worshipped primarily in Philae, but also throughout Egypt; Like other female deities, she was identified at various times with other goddesses: Hathor, Bastet, Sekhmet, and also with Demeter (in the Hellenistic period) and Astarte. Forms of Isis worship survived not only the end of Egyptian civilization but throughout antiquity. Very popular in Rome, she survived in various aspects and variations (iconography) even into the Renaissance. Depicted as a woman, often with a solar disk between cow's horns on her head or with a hieroglyph in the form of a throne, which was her name. Bronze figurines of Isis with infant Horus on her lap were popular; also with a scepter in her hand or the ankh sign, the symbol of life.

Kudshu, Kadesh – goddess of health, wife of the fertility god Mina. As a deity of Syrian origin, Kudshu was sometimes identified with Hathor. She was depicted naked, with lotus flowers and snakes, standing on a lion's back.

Maat - ("truth"), a goddess considered the daughter of Re; the personification of truth, justice, and order—both universal and social, and state-wide. She played an extremely important role during the judgment of Osiris. Worshipped since the Old Kingdom, in many places; depicted as a seated (rarely standing) woman with an ostrich feather on her head.

Meresger – a serpent goddess who lived atop a mountain and guarded the royal tombs in Thebes (present-day Luxor). She was a benevolent deity who, although she had the power to cure illnesses, could also inflict them on sinners.

Mut - (the name is phonetically identical to the word "mother," but it is unclear whether it should be translated this way?), a local Upper Egyptian goddess recorded from the Middle Kingdom onward. Her importance increased with that of Amun, whose wife, according to Theban myths, she was called Amaunet. She was depicted as a woman wearing a "vulture cap," usually with Egyptian crowns.

Naunet – the chief deity personifying the primordial waters. Naunet, along with her male counterpart Nun, was part of the Ogdoad, a group of eight deities personifying the forces of chaos.

Nebrot - goddess of the dead.

Nekhbet, Nekhbet - patron goddess of Upper Egypt (corresponding to the Lower Egyptian Wadjet), patroness of royal power; depicted as a vulture or a woman in a "vulture cap" (similar to the Theban Mut).

Nephthys (Egyptian: Nebet het = "lady of the palace"), a secondary goddess who owes her popularity to her role in the Osirian myth (she mourned the death of Osiris); according to various traditions, she was the sister of Isis or the mother of Anubis. Daughter of Geb and Nut, wife of Set. Depicted as a woman with her name written in hieroglyphs on her head.

Neith - (egip.Net), a prehistoric military fetish - two crossed arrows on a shield; a local warrior goddess in the Delta (Sais), who gained popularity over time (at her peak during the 26th Saitic Dynasty; the Greeks compared her to Athena). She is also depicted as a woman with a bow and arrows. Neith was also sometimes considered a protector of the dead; although interpreting the placing of arrows and a bow around a corpse in ancient times would be a far-fetched speculation about Neith's cult, she was also described in historical times as the patroness of weaving (!) and as such offered bandages and shrouds to ensure the afterlife.