BAST-  Goddess of Cats, The Sun and Moon (after 1000BC) and Pleasure.  She is depicted either as a Cat-headed woman, or as a cat (lioness).  She's the daughter of Ra, and bears the title of one of the "Eyes of Ra" , An 'avenger' who would destroy the enemies of Egypt, and the Gods. She is commonly associated with the gentle, life-giving aspects of the Sun (while Sekhmet is the hot, killing aspect). Her main temple was in Bubastis, Egypt, and her worshipers are called EyeBastet

HATHOR- Goddess of the Sky and Motherhood.  She is also called the Celestial Cow.  The Sky is said to be her Body and she shelters her Husband, Horus, when he takes flight as a hawk.  In early pictures she's shown as a cow with the Sun between her horns, and later as a slender woman with cow ears, and a horns-and-sun disk Headdress, and much later as a woman with a cow's head.  She is the daughter of Ra, and also has the title of one of the "Eyes of Ra", an 'avenger' who would destroy the enemies of Egypt, and the Gods.

HORUS-  God of the Sky, and commonly called a Creator God.  He is the Son of Osiris, and Isis.  He is depicted either as a Hawk, or a Hawk-headed man.  He is the main opponent of Set (who killed his Father)  a Passage from "Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt" (by R.T. Rundle Clark, p. 216) sums Horus up in his own words- "I am Horus, the great Falcon upon the ramparts of the house of him of the hidden name. My flight has reached the horizon. I have passed by the gods of Nut. I have gone further than the gods of old. Even the most ancient bird could not equal my very first flight. I have removed my place beyond the powers of Set, the foe of my father Osiris. No other god could do what I have done. I have brought the ways of eternity to the twilight of the morning. I am unique in my flight. My wrath will be turned against the enemy of my father Osiris and I will put him beneath my feet in my name of 'Red Cloak'."

ISIS- a sky Goddess.  She was by and far the most popular Goddess in Egypt.  She was worshipped as the divine mother-goddess, faithful consort of Osiris, and dedicated mother of Horus. and in the 'Osiris Myths'  she ruled over the Dead.  After Set killed Osiris, he scattered his body part all over the world.  Isis found each piece (except his manhood), and reassembled them.  During which time she became pregnant with Horus.   She gave birth to Horus in the Swamps of Khemnis, where she raised him in secret.  She is depicted as a woman with a horns-and-sun disk headdress with the Child Horus on her lap.  Or she is shown kneeling, with wings out stretched over an infant Horus, and occasionally she was shown as a kite over the mummified body of Osiris.

MA'AT- Goddess of Truth, Justice, and Order. She was the final judgment of souls. In the "Hall of Two Truths" the heart of the deceased would be weighed by ANUBIS against the Feather of Truth, which is her symbol. If the verdict was favorable then the deceased could look forward to a happy afterlife; if not, the soul was quickly devoured by the hybrid Ammit.  She is depicted as a woman with an ostrich feather headdress.

NUT- a Sky Goddess. She was the barrier separating the forces of chaos  from the ordered cosmos in this world. The god Ra was said to enter her mouth after setting in the evening and travel through her body during the night to be reborn from her each morning. She also swallows the stars and has them reborn later. In the death cult she plays a part in the resurrection of the dead; she is portrayed on the inside of the lids of the sarcophagi. The pharaoh was said to enter her body after death, from which he would later be resurrected.  She is depicted as a naked woman with star painted on her body.

OSIRIS- God of the Underworld, Fertility, Rebirth, and vegetation. He is the husband of Isis, and Father of Horus. Osiris was killed by his brother Set, who locked his body in a chest and threw it into the Nile.  Later it washed up onto the shore and was trapped inside a huge tree. Isis (who had been searching for her husband) discovered the trunk, and retrieved the body. While Isis was away, however, Set found the body, and cut it up into small pieces, and scattered them throughout the world. When Isis finally found all of the pieces, She was so sad Ra, the father god, heard her wailing, and took pity on her. He sent Anubis and Thoth to her. They mummified Osiris, and put his body in a lion headed pier. Isis then changed into a kite and fanned breath into Osiris.  He was not allowed to stay in the land of the living, however, and He was sent to the underworld to serve as king, and to judge the souls of the dead.

RA (RE)- God of the Sun.  He is the most important of the Egyptian gods, the personification of the (midday) sun. He created himself from a primordial lotus flower. He then created Shu (air) and Tefnut (water), who in turn engendered the earth-God Geb and the sky-goddess Nut. Ra was said to have created humankind from his own tears.  The sun itself was taken to be either his body or his eye.  Ra is depicted as a man with the head of a falcon, crowned with the sun disc encircled by the uraeus.

SEKHMET (SAKHMET, SAKHET)- Goddess of War, and the destructive aspects of the Sun.  She was also called the Lady of Pestilence, and  She was also the Goddess of Order over Chaos, Physicians, and Artisans.   She was a vengeful Goddess associated with war and divine vengeance. According to a tale known as "The Destruction of Mankind" Sekhmet was the "Eye of Ra", a vengeful aspect of the usually benevolent goddess Hathor. The sun god Ra sent Sekhmet to slay mortals who were plotting against him. Sekhmet became so enthusiastic about her task that she nearly slew all of humanity. Ra prevented this by tricking her into drinking vast quantities of beer which had been colored to look like blood. The intoxicated goddess had to abandon the slaughter and humanity was saved.   She was depicted as a warrior woman with the head of a lion.  Her main temple was Memphis, Egypt.

SET (SETH)- God of war, desert, storms and foreign lands.  He was responsible for much strife amongst the Gods. And he preyed on the souls of the newly dead.  During the 3rd millenium BCE Set replaced Horus  as the tutelary deity of the pharaohs, but when he murdered Osiris, Horus was restored to his original status. The war that followed that transition lasted eighty years, during which Set tore out Horus' left eye and Horus tore off Seth's foreleg. Eventually, Horus emerged victorious, and thus became the rightful ruler of the kingdoms of Egypt. Seth was forced to return the eye of Horus and was then castrated. Despite his reputation, Set has some good characteristics. He protects the sun barge of Ra during its nightly journey through the underworld and he fights the snake-like monster Apep. Set was depicted as a man with the head of uncertain origin, although some say it's the head of an aardvark, and others say a donkey. He had a curved snout, erect square ears and a long forked tail. He was sometimes entirely in animal form with the body of a greyhound. Some animals sacred to him where the dog, the jackal, the gazelle, the donkey, the crocodile, the hippopotamus, and the pig.

THOTH (DJEHEUTY)- God of Wisdom, the inventor of writing, and is the Patron of scribes. He is a God whose counsel is always sought, even by Ra. His most significant role is during the battles of Horus and Set. He is a Loyal supporter of Horus and Isis, saying that Horus' claim to the throne is just and the murderous Set has no right to the kingship of Egypt.  Thoth is a reliable mediator and peacemaker. He is also present at the judgment of the dead. He would question the deceased before recording the result of the weighing of the deceased's heart. If the result was favorable Thoth would declare the deceased as a righteous individual who was worthy of a blessed afterlife.  He is depicted as a man with the head of an ibis holding a scribal palette and reed pen, or as an ibis or baboon.

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