Egyptian goddesses

In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet (/ˈsɛkˌmɛt/ or Sachmis (/ˈsækmᵻs/; also spelled Sakhmet, Sekhet, or Sakhet, among other spellings, means "the powerful one") is a warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing. She is depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians. It was said that her breath formed the desert. She was seen as the protector of the pharaohs and led them in warfare.

Maat or Ma'at was the ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice.

Bastet was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, worshiped as early as the 2nd Dynasty (2890 BC).

Astarte or Ashtoreth (Greek: Ἀστάρτη, Astártē) is the Hellenized form of the Middle Eastern goddess Ishtar, worshipped from the Bronze Age through classical antiquity.

Nut (/nʌt/ or /nuːt/) or Neuth (/nuːθ/ or /njuːθ/; also spelled Nuit or Newet) is the goddess of the sky in the Ennead of ancient Egyptian religion.

Hathor (/ˈhæθɔːr/ or /ˈhæθər/; Egyptian: ḥwt-ḥr; in Greek: Ἅθωρ, meaning "mansion of Horus") is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of joy, feminine love, and motherhood.

In Egyptian mythology, Meret (also spelled Mert) was a goddess who was strongly associated with rejoicing, such as singing and dancing.

Qetesh (also Kadesh /ˈkɑːdɛʃ/) is a goddess adopted into the ancient Egyptian religion from the religion of Canaan, popular during the New Kingdom.

Anuket was the personification and goddess of the Nile river in the Egyptian mythology in Elephantine, at the start of the Nile's journey through Egypt, and in nearby regions of Nubia.

Nu (/nuː/; "watery one"), also called Nun (/nʌn/ or /nuːn/; "inert one") is the deification of the primordial watery abyss in ancient Egyptian religion.

Menhit /ˈmɛnˌhɪt/ (also spelt Menchit) was originally a Nubian war goddess in Egyptian mythology.

Tenenet, alts. Tjenenet, Zenenet, Tanenet, Tenenit, Manuel de Codage transliteration Tnn.

Imentet was a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religion representing the necropolises west of the Nile.

Anat (/ˈɑːnɑːt/, /ˈænæt/) or Anath (/ˈænəθ/; Hebrew and Phoenician ענת, ‘Anōt; Ugaritic ‘nt; Greek Αναθ, Anath; Egyptian Antit, Anit, Anti, or Anant) is a major northwest Semitic goddess.

In Egyptian mythology, Satet (also spelt Satis, Satjit, Sates, and Sati) was the deification of the floods of the Nile River.

In early Egyptian mythology, Mafdet (also spelled Maftet) was a goddess who protected against snakes and scorpions and was often represented as either some sort of felid or mongoose.

Nephthys (Greek: Νέφθυς) or Nebthet was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion.

Mut, which meant mother in the ancient Egyptian language, was an ancient Egyptian mother goddess with multiple aspects that changed over the thousands of years of the culture.

Seshat, under various spellings, was the Ancient Egyptian goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing.

Mehit or Mehyt was an Ancient Egyptian goddess.