Goddess Names

The Nile River Goddess. For more information and images of the Nile Goddess I recommend the Land of Pyramids website.

The cat headed Goddess was associated with both fertility and childbirth.

The war Goddess of the Lower Niles, she protected the Pharaoh and his warriors during battle.  As the cat Goddess she is also very protective of the young.

Goddess of destructive warfare and sibling/partner of the war God Mars.

Egyptian Goddess of the sky. Hathor is depicted with the solar disk indicating that this is one of her many areas of influence.

A frog headed, Egyptian Goddess who is midwife to the sun each morning

This many faceted Goddess was born in the swamps of the Nile delta and is linked to the annual flooding of this great river. She brings the nutrients in the rich silted water that ensure a good harvest.  She also taught the women how to grind and store c

This powerful and widely worshipped Goddess was not only a moon deity, but a Goddess of the sun as well.

This famous Goddess was born in the swamps of the Nile.

Considered by many historians to be an aspect of Sekhmet. Her name translates as “she who slaughter.”  Also known as Menchit.

A funerary Goddess associated with death, magic and reincarnation.

One of the prehistoric fertility Goddesses worshipped in the Nile Delta.  She had the head of a bird.

According to some myths this lunar Goddess was the wife of Thoth. She was also the deity of time, the stars, and architecture.

The lioness headed Goddess of Upper Egypt her name means “powerful one.” Also known as the “lady of slaughter” because in her aspect as the “eye of Ra” she stained the battlefields red with the blood of humans.

Goddess of morning dew, linked to the East where the sun begins its travels across the skies.

She is the Egyptian version of the Greek Goddess of Victory.