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Two lions, facing opposite directions

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She is one of eight primaeval Deities Who existed before the beginning of the world, and who together made up the primordial ocean. Her name, meaning "the female hidden one", was simply the feminine form of Amun's own name. Therefore, it is likely that she was never an independent deity, but was created as his female counterpart.

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Syria, Palestine

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Jackal or jackal-headed man

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Woman with plumed headdress

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Underworld, chaos

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Syrian

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Household, childbirth

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Canopic jar (stomach and upper intestines)

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Fertility

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Cow or woman with cow's ears and horns and sun disc on head

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Childbirth

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Creator

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King, sky

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In child form

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Creator

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Woman with single feather headdress

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Son of Bastet

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Man with double-plumed headdress and erect phalus

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With sun disc and double-plumed headdress

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Woman with red crown

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Sometimes with a frog head

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Naked woman with body arched over the earth (the god Geb)

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Carried spear

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Mummified man with atef crown

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Mummified man with skull cap and was-djed-ankh scepter

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Ram-headed or falcon-headed

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Hawk-headed

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Lion or lioness headed Daughter of Ra

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Sister of Bastet

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Brother of Osiris and Isis

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Son of Atum, brother of Tefnut

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Hawk or mummified man with hawk head

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Double-plumed crown and ram's horns

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Household and childbirth goddess

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Sister of Shu Lioness or Cobra headed

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The ancient Egyptians believed that Thoth gave them hieroglyphics.

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Oversees coronation of king

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