A | B |
deity | divine status, a god |
god | refers to one believed to be greater than human |
goddess | a female god/deity |
polytheism | belief in many gods, more than one |
monotheism | to believe in one god/deity |
Ra | name for Egyptian sun-god |
Horus | name for Egyptian god of light |
Isis | name for female goddess represents the ideal mother and wife |
Osisis | Egyptian god of the dead |
Afterlife | life after death, everlasting, eternal life |
Amen-Ra | King of the Egyptian gods |
Anubis | Egyptian god with human head body of a jackal |
Akhenaton | First pharaoh to establish monotheism |
mummification | drying and embalming the corpse to prevent decay |
Aton | Egyptian sun god |
Book of the Dead | a collection of hymns, prayers, spells to guide the soul in the afterlife |
MaAt | goddess of truth, righteousness, harmony, balance, order, justice reciprocity |
Hathor | Egyptian goddess of joy, love and motherhood |