Two religions

Aken, Kherty, Cherti

Ferryman of Meseket; ruled entranced to Aaru; usually depicted as ram-headed; guide of solar bark

Aker (one who curves), Akar, Ruti (two lions)

Possibly a first “of the earth”; looked to tomorrow and yesterday; connected with Geb; said to guard the entrance to the Duat

Amuanet (hidden one), Amunet, Amuntet

Whose shadow is a cloak of protection; less prolific wife of Amun; related to accession/jubilee festivals; part of the eight/OGDOAD; identified with Neith

Ammit, Ammut, Amehait (soul eater)

Part lion/hippopotamus/crocodile because they were biggest man-eating animals; “devourer of dead”; “eater of hearts”; believed to represent the same as the lake of fire: destruction; may be related to Sekhmet

Amun, Amon, Amen (possibly: what is concealed/invisible)

Local god of Thebes; fuses into Amun-Ra; associated with the Nile Goose for creation importance and the Ram for procreative energy; protector of the poor and vulnerable

Amun-Ra

Essentially monotheistic; transcendental self-created deity from which others emanated; most widely recorded

Anat

Warrior goddess of Ugarit; very similer to Hathor; daughter of RA; associated with fertility

Andjety (he of Andjet), Anezti, Anedjti

Possible precursor of Osiris; associated with king’s power/ruling underworld/responsible for rebirth

Anti (claw), Nemty (wanderer)

Nome 12/18; guardian of Sokar’s boat; associated names Dunawy/Dunanwy; Papyrus Jumilhae story

Anhur, Onuris, Onouris, An-Her, Anhuret, Han-Her, Inhert (one who leads back the distant one)

Originally god of war in Thinis; slayer of enemies; sometimes lion-headed; patron of the army; personification of royal warriors

Anuket, Anket, Anukis

Original personification of the nile; part of a triad with khnum, Satis; gazelle sacred animal; celebration of the Nile’s flood with festival where gifts were thrown into the river; 

Apis, Hapis (spelled Hapi-ankh)

The most important sacred animal; connected to Ptah, Osiris, Atum; worshipped in Memphis region; either a proper god or holy animal; strength, fertility, manifestation of the king; 

Arensnuphis (Iryhemesnefer, the good companion)

Kushite; said to be companion of Isis; syncretized with Anhur and Shu

Ash, Yuc

Lord of the Tenehu; god of the Vineyards of the Western Nile Delta; god of the oasis; associated with Set; connected to Min; seen as another name for Set

Astarte

Goddess of fertility, sex, war; often depicted with Anat; appears as daughter of Ra and married to Set along with Anat

Aten, Aton, Atonu, Jtn

The disk sun; originally an aspect of Ra; sometimes considered the moon or “silver Aten”; sometimes to be the king of all; name was drawn in a cartouche in 

Atum, Atem, Tem (interpreted as Complete one or The finisher)

The underlying substance of the world; all deities and things made of his flesh or his ka; self-created from mound (benben) in the Nu; said to create Shu and Tefnut by spitting; linked to the evening while Ra/Khepri linked with morning/midday; Khepri-Atum encompasses solar cycle;

Ba-pef, Bapef (that soul)

Aani, Aana

Sacred baboon icon form associated Thoth

Abaset

A goddess associated with hedgehogs only found in one place; hedgehog qualities are protection and possibly rebirth; may be associated with sun

A’ah, Aah,

God of moon and time—lunar calendar; linked to Khonsu, Thoth, Osiris;