Gods and Goddesses
- Amun - patron deity of Thebes
- Anubis - supervisor of mummification and the dead on the way to the underworld; god of rebirth
- Anuket - one of the Elephantine Triad; goddess of the Nile cataracts and Lower Nubia
- Aten - regarded as the sole god by Akhenaten
- Atum - the primordial god from whom all else arose
- Bastet - feminine counterpart of Bes; goddess depicted as a cat
- Bes - Nubian protector of households, mothers, children and childbirth
- Hathor - represented music, dance, joy, love, sexuality, and maternal care; crossed boundaries between worlds, helping deceased souls in transition to the afterlife; Horus's wife; worshipped especially in Dendera
- Horus - god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun, and the sky; depicted as a falcon-headed human; the son of Isis and Osiris; Hathor's husband
- Isis - wife and sister of Osiris; Seth's sister; helped the dead enter the afterlife; represented the birth experience
- Khnum - god of the source of the Nile; responsible for regulating the annual inundation of the Nile; one of the Elephantine Triad
- Mandulis - a Nubian sun god in Roman times
- Nephthys - sister of Isis, brother of Osiris and wife of her brother Seth; protector of the mummy; symbolizes the death experience
- Osiris - god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation; brother and husband of Isis; Seth's brother; father of Horus; main cult center at Abydos
- Ra - god of the sun, order, kings and the sky; one of the most important gods
- Satet (aka Satis) - one of the Elephantine Triad protecting Egypt's southern border with Nubia; also associated with the annual flooding of the Nile
- Seth - god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners; brother of Osiris and Isis
- Sobek - god depicting power, fertility, and military prowess; depicted as a crocodile-headed human
- Elephantine triad = Khnum, Satet and Anuket