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Egyptian gods by ChoA

Ma'at was the goddess of truth, justice and order. She was the wife of Thoth with 8 children, also the daughter of Ra, the god of the sun.Ma'at portrayed as a woman and wore an ostrich feather on her hair with a crown to represent justice. She also wore a pair of wings attached to her arms. Ma'at or Netjer was highly respected from the Egyptians. There are many facts that interesting, Ma'at means truth in the Egyptian language. Ma'at was defined as an idea to the Egyptians because she gave many ideas to her people. She also had interest in the universe and her surroundings in ancient Egypt. She also made sure that the seasons changed and the stars moved in the heavens. Last but not least, Ma'at had a hall that was named after her that was used for ceremonies for afterlife.
 * Ma'at**:


 * Isis**:

Isis was the goddess of magic and life. She was the first daughter of Geb, the god of Earth, and Nut the goddess of the sky. She was the sister of Nepththys too. Isis was also known as " the one who is all" and "lady of ten thousand names". She was described as a half animal because she had a body of a woman and horns of a cow. Isis wore a symbol, a throne, upon her head. Sometimes she had wings on her arms. Isis was depicted as holding a lotus or a Sycamore tree. The name "Isis" means queen in the egyptian language. Besides of being a pharaoh, she was the most powerful goddess in the ancient world. Also she was a caring goddess who taught her people the skills of reading and agriculture. Also, Isis got married to her brother Osiris. Isis gave birth to her baby boy, Horus, who was later the god of the sun. But, there was no happy ending, Osiris was later killed by his own brother Seth. Luckily, Isis put all the pieces together and gave Osiris half afterlife.

**Khonsu** Also known as Khonsu Hotep expeller of demons,or Khonsu Djehuti. He is god of the moon time and ailments. Khonsu has many forms but here are a few,he can appear as a mummified man in the posture of a mummy,he may also appear as a falcon headed man with a lunar on a crescent headress, another form is a human wearing the sidelock of a youth and the curved beard of a god. He is sometimes known as the son of Amun and Mut sometimes known as son of Sobek and Hathor. Here's something wild, Khonsu gambled away moonlight to Thoth god of wisdom so he could create the five extra days at the end of the Egyptian calendar so Nut goddess of the sky could give birth to five children. This is why the moon waxes and wanes every month. Another interesting fact about Khonsu is, he used to be crazy that's right bonkers a complete lunatic he used to kill other gods.

Khepri Khepri's other names are Kheper, Khepra, and Chepri. He is god a god of creation, movement of the sun, and rebirth. Khepri appears as A man with the head of a scarab. He can also appear as a scarab beetle. Khepri is closely associated Atum, Nefertum, and Ra. An interesting fact about Khepri is: The female scarab lays her eggs in a ball of dung while the baby scarabs hatch and eat there way out of the dung the female scarab pushes the ball along. There for the egyptian associated Khepri with pushing Ra (the sun) up into the sky and down threw the underworld until the next day when Khepri would push Ra up again.

By, S Cafferty