Ancient Egyptian Gods Family Tree

Family tree of the most important gods of the ancient egyptian pantheon and also some animals.

Ancient egyptian gods family tree. The below image created by korwin briggs at veritable hokum depicts a cartoon family tree of the egyptian gods. Ancient egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient egypt the beliefs and rituals surrounding these gods formed the core of ancient egyptian religion which emerged sometime in prehistory deities represented natural forces and phenomena and the egyptians supported and appeased them through offerings and rituals so that these forces would continue to function according to. For these see list of greek mythological creatures chaos the void. Ancient egyptian gods family tree base of family tree ra the sun god father of shu tefnut tefnut shu goddess of rain the god of wind son of ra daughter of ra brother husband to tefnut sister wife to shu geb nut god of earth goddess of sky daughter of shu tefnut son of shu.

Every mythology tends to start with the primordial origins and in egyptian mythology that scope is covered by the ancient egyptian gods nun and naunet the feminine form. The very geographical core of the ancient egyptian. This watery mass was endowed with enigmatic characteristics by the egyptians with its depth epitomizing both nothingness and infinity while also serving as the source of all. Some of these deities names are well known.

In this section you will receive a brief overview of the principal gods and goddesses in ancient egyptian mythology. Egyptian mythology and its family tree of gods pertaining to the last sentence of our introduction the nascent stages of ancient egyptian mythology were presumably influenced by the natural surroundings and events affecting egypt itself. Like the greek and roman gods which were probably inspired by their structure the egyptian gods were often arranged into family units although they weren t always. It is not surprising then that there were over 2 000 deities in the egyptian pantheon.

It s an incredibly fun take on the often confusing subject of egyptian divinities. In essence the ancient egyptians perceived nun as the watery abyss that basically held the universe by which the sphere of life was borne. The gods and goddesses of ancient egypt were an integral part of the people s everyday lives. The egyptian gods like isis osiris set horus thoth anubis and lots more were an incredibly diverse group.

The tree does not include creatures. The following is a family tree of gods goddesses and many other divine and semi divine figures from ancient greek mythology and ancient greek religion. Veritable hokum a comic about mostly history maybe science and probably some other stuff too.