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1. Osiris and Isis are respectively recognized as the king and queen of the gods.
2. The Ka was believed to be life force that occupied the body and was released at death.
3. The Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, was considered to be a descendent of the gods and acted as the intermediary between his subjects and the gods.
4. Bastet is the only Egyptian feline goddess to represent a household cat.
5. Many stories say that from the ashes of a deceased phoenix rises a new, young phoenix.
6. In one story, Osiris's brother, Typhon, killed him in a jealous rage and scattered the pieces of his body throughout the Nile.
7. Anubis, the protector of the dead, was depicted with the head of a jackal due to the animal's ties with death.
8. Mummification was performed to preserve bodies so that they could be reunited with their souls in the afterlife.
9. Pyramids were thought to be a gateway to heaven.
10. The Egyptian religion lasted over 3,000 years.

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Watch this video to learn more about the Creation Myth of Egyptian Mythology!

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Here are some of the gods and goddesses of Egyptian Mythology!

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This is an image depicting how the Ancient Egyptians viewed the world. They saw Nut as the goddess of the sky/air and Geb as the god of the earth. Ra, the god of the sun, and several of the other gods sailed across the sky, resulting in the sunrise and sunset.

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Click the link below to read about the story of Isis and the Seven Scorpions, a tale demonstrating the kindness of Isis and the loyalty of her scorpions.

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After the murder of Osiris Isis tried to hide from Set, but he found her and imprisoned her in a spinning-mill and left her to weave her husband´s funeral linen. Thoth realised that Isis would be in danger if Set realised she was pregnant and came to her aid. He freed Isis from the mill and advised her to go into hiding in the marshes with seven scorpions named Tefen, Masetetef, Petet, Tjetet, Matet, Mesetet and Befen who swore to protect her and her unborn son. The goddess disguised her true form and began her journey. It was a long journey to the marshes and so she decided to stop at the house of a rich woman named Usert to ask for sustenance and a place to sleep for the night.

When the rich woman saw Isis (in the guise of an old beggar woman) and the scorpions, she rudely slammed the door in her face, enraging the scorpions.

Isis continued on to the house of a poor fisher-girl who welcomed her warmly and invited the goddess into her home, and offered her food and shelter.

Scepter topped with Isis in the form of a scorpion, Late Period

However, the scorpions were not about to forget the rich woman´s cruel actions and so they put all of their combined poison into their leader, Tefen, and he bit the woman´s child.

The poison racked the poor boy´s body and his distraught mother ran into the town with her child looking for help, but no-one could aid her. But, Isis heard the cries of the child and overcome with pity for the boy she returned. She called out the name of each scorpion and commanded the poison to leave the child´s body. The rich woman was overcome with remorse when she realised that she had snubbed the goddess while the poor girl had invited her into her home. To make amends she took all of her own property and gave it to the poor fisher-girl, causing the goddess to rejoice.

This story and the spell to cure scorpion stings were inscribed on numerous stelae and "cippi", the most famous of which is the Metternich Stela (composed during the reign of Nectanebo II during the Thirtieth Dynasty).

copyright J Hill 2010

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After the murder of Osiris Isis tried to hide from Set, but he found her and imprisoned her in a spinning-mill and left her to weave her husband´s funeral linen. Thoth realised that Isis would be in danger if Set realised she was pregnant and came to her aid.

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Click the link below to read the story of the Princess of Bekheten, a tale describing the time Khonsu, the god of the moon and time, healed a princess.

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Although it was Rameses III who built the Great Temple for Khonsu in Thebes it seems that this legend was recorded some time after.

Pharaoh was in the country of Nehern (thought to be in Western Syria near the Euphrates river), collecting his annual tribute, when the Prince of Bekhten came with the other chiefs to salute him and to present gifts. The other chiefs brought gold, lapis-lazuli, turquoise, and precious woods, but the Prince of Bekhten also offered his eldest daughter (who was very beautiful) as a wife. Pharaoh accepted, and took her back to Egypt, where he made her the chief royal wife and named her Ra-neferu ("the beauties of Ra").

Some time later, during the fifteenth regnal year, the Prince of Bekhten visited Thebes and presented offerings to the king and paid homage to him. He explained that Queen Ra-neferu's younger sister Bent-Reshet (or Bent-enth-reshet) was very ill and he implored Pharaoh to send one of his physicians. The king immediately summoned all of the learned men of his court and asked them to choose a skilled physician to travel to Bekhten and heal the Queen"s young sister. They chose the royal scribe Tehuti-em-beb and he set off to see the poor girl. When he examined her he realised that her illness was the work of an evil spirit, which could not exorcise. So the Prince of Bekhten asked Pharaoh to send a God to combat the spirit.

The envoy arrived in Egypt during the festival of Amun. When the Pharaoh heard the message he went straight to the temple of Khonsu Nefer-hetep, and said to the god, "0 my fair Lord, I have come once again into thy presence to petition you on behalf of the daughter of the Prince of Bekhten." The God imbued a statue of him with power and this image was sent to Beketen. After a journey of seventeen months. The god confronted the demon, who left the girl immediately, and she was cured. Then the demon spoke to Khonsu, recognising his power and asking for forgiveness. However, he also asked that a feast be held for himself and Khonsu before he left the mortal world for his own lands. A great fest was held and everyone had a great time, then the demon went home as promised.

The Prince realised how powerful Khonsu was and decided to keep his image in Bekhten. But after three years, Khonsu decided to return to Egypt in the form of a golden hawk. When the Prince saw this he felt ashamed for trying to keep the god there, and sent back all of the belongings of the god together with numerous offerings and gifts. When the tribute arrived in Egypt the pharaoh placed it at the foot of the statue of Khonsu in the Great Temple.

Adapted from "The Gods of the Egyptians" E.A. Wallis Budge

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Although it was Rameses III who built the Great Temple for Khonsu in Thebes it seems that this legend was recorded some time after. Pharaoh was in the country of Nehern (thought to be in Western Syria near the Euphrates river), collecting his annual tribute, when the Prince of Bekhten came with the other chiefs to salute him and to present gifts.