Khemetiu Deities

KHEMETI DEITIES

1. Re-Horakhty – king of the gods; god of the sun
2. Osiris – god of the dead
3. Isis – goddess of magic
4. Ptah – god of craftsmen
5. Geb – god of the earth
6. Nut – goddess of the sky
7. Hathor – goddess of marriage and fertility
8. Anubis – god of death and mummification
9. Thoth – god of writing, wisdom and knowledge
10. Bastet – goddess of hearth and home
11. Sekhmet – goddess of war and destruction
12. Sobek – god of rivers and crocodiles
13. Maat – goddess of order, truth, harmony and peace
14. Atum – god of creation; destined to return the world to the waters of Nu
15. Neith – goddess of creation; goddess of fate, the cosmos, weaving, hunting, and war
16. Amun – god of wind and air
17. Nu – god of the sea; embodiment of primordial chaos
18. Serket – goddess of nature, animals, and magic (particularly "natural" magics like druidry, and sorcery)
19. Set – god of storms, foreigners, merchants, deception, and chaos (a chaos that must exist as a necessary foil to order that gives it meaning)
20. Nephthys – goddess of childbirth, beer, and medicine
21. Khonsu – god of the moon
22. Meretseger – goddess of burial grounds
23. Renenutet – goddess of food and the harvest, wife of Geb
24. Aker – god of the underworld (c.f. Osiris who is king of the underworld, Aker *is* the underworld)
25. Ammit – devourer of souls
26. Meret – goddess of song and dance
27. Seshat – goddess of mathematics, accounting, astrology, and trade
28. Wadjet – goddess of protection against supernatural evil
29. Wepwawet – god of hunting, war, and victory
30. Shu – god of peace
31. Tefnut – goddess of rain and dew

N.B.¹ Though his chaos is seen as a necessary foil to order, and he was once a more popular deity, worship of Set has been in decline for centuries. Very few cities maintain his shrines, and even most common folk no longer offer him prayer or sacrifice.
N.B.² The Khemetiu also believe in the existence of people known as prophets, or Hem Netjeru. Hem Netjeru are believed to be in direct contact with a deity who has chosen them personally, acting as their representatives in the mortal world, and wielding a powerful artifact that is a crystallization of the power of their deity. They speak the will of the gods and are highly respected wherever they go. The Kemetic world may see a Hem Netjer once every hundred or even two hundred years. As of 2791 (203 BC), there has not been one since the assassination of the Hem Netjer of Isis in 2552, and before her the death of the Hem Netjer of Set at the Battle of the Netchteru Plains in 2399.