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__** Horus **__ He was worshipped because he was believed to be the protector and guide to the pharaoh. People believed that that Horus was the pharaohs avatar on earth. __**Osiris**__ His original form is a green skinned man dressed in the pharaohs clothes. Another form he comes in is a green skinned man as a mummified pharaoh. His symbols are the crook and flail. **Osi****ris's** father was **Ra**. His wife was **Isis** and his son is **Horus**. He had a brother named **S****et**. **Set** killed **Osiris.** __**Osiris and** **Horus**__
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 * Horus** has other names. His other names are Heru, Hor, Harendotes, Har-nedj-itef, Har-Pa-Neb-Taui. Horus was the god of War, Sky, Protection, and Vengeance.
 * Horus's** most common form is a falcon-headed man. His other less-common forms are a lion with a head of a falcon, and a falcon resting on the neck of the pharaoh. In that form he is spreading his wings to either side of the pharaoh's head and whispering guidance in his ear.
 * Horus's** parents are **Osiris** and **Isis.** His wife is **Hathor.** His uncle is an evil god named **Set**.
 * Set** was **Horus's** most powerful enemy. **Set** killed **Osiris**, **Horus's** father.
 * Osiris** has other names too. His other names are Usiris, Asar, Asari, Aser, Ausar, Ausir, Wesir, Usir, Usire, and Asuare. Osiris was the god of afterlife, the underworld, and the dead. He was worshiped because he was believed to cause the plants to grow and the Nile to flood. He was also worshiped because he was the god of the dead and the Egyptians believed that the dead were blessed by him.

This is for M Calabro **Hapi** was the //God of the Niles//, the //Father of Gods// , and the //Water God//. **Hapi’s** other names were **Hep**, **Hap**, and **Hapy**, not to be confused by **Horus’s** son, **Hapy**. His titles were the //Running One//, the //Lord of the Fishes and Birds of the Marshes// , and the //Lord of the River Bringing Vegetation//. He was worshipped for controlling the Nile to bring water and deposited silt to help the crops. **Hapi** was shown as a bearded man, colored blue, with a big belly, wearing a loincloth around his waist, and with female-like breasts, showing his powers of nourishment. As god of the Northern Nile he wore papyrus plants on his head, and as god of the southern Nile he wore lotus plants. Pictures showed him carrying two plants and two vases that stand for the upper and lower Niles, but he doesn’t have any other forms. He was the husband of **Nekhebet** (for Southern Nile), and **Buto** (for Northern Nile). The interesting fact about him is that he was a popular god of Egypt but no temple has been found dedicated to him.

**Isis** was the //Throne Goddess//, the //Goddess of Wind// , //Magic// , //Nature// , //Motherhood// , //Fertility// , //and Children// , and //Giver of Life//. She was worshipped because she helped people with medicine and protected the dead. She could bring the dead to life. Her other names were **Aset**, **Ast**, and **Eset**. **Isis** is pictured as a woman wearing hieroglyphic symbols of her name that stands for a throne and she’s often seen wearing horns and a solar disk on her head, and sometimes she’s pictured with wings. She has another form from the Osiris Legend, and it’s a kite. She was the first daughter of **Nut** (Goddess of the Overarching Sky) and **Geb** (God of Earth), the sister of **Osiris** (God of the Dead), **Nephthys** (Lady of the House), and **Seth** (Lord of Upper Egypt), the wife of **Osiris** (her brother), and the mother of **Horus**. **Isis** is one of the earliest and most important goddesses in ancient Egypt. Her worship lasted in present day. One interesting fact is that her husband, **Osiris**, was killed by her other brother, **Seth**, twice.

Ra: Ra was the sun god, also the father of all of the gods. He has the head of an eagle and carries a staff. Above his head there is a sun with a cobra on the front. He is the father of the first couple Shu and Tefnut, grandfather of Geb and Nut, whose children were Osiris and Isis, Seth and Nephthys. Some interesting facts about Ra are that he dies at the end of each day and is born at the beginning of each day.

Anubis: Anubis is the Gaurdian of the underworld and the announcer of death. The egyptians worshipped him because he was the keeper of poisons and medicines. He has the head of a dog/jackal and carries of a staff. He also had the appearence of a dog/jackal. He is the son of Nephthys and Osiris, may have been the son of Neth. He was later adopted by Seth.