Goddesses of Ancient Egypt ~ A

Aahmes-nefertari
Queen, circa 1540 B.C.E., who was elevated to goddess stature as a protector/punisher of humans.

Ahat
A cow goddess.

Ahemait
An Egyptian underworld goddess who is part lion, part hippopotamus, and part crocodile, and who eats the souls of the unworthy dead.

Ahti
A malevolent goddess, depicted with the head of a wasp and the body of a hippotamus.

Ailuros
A cat-deity of ancient Egypt, also called Bast or Bastet.

Akhet
Goddess of the seasons and sunset, sometimes called Goddess of the Nile.

Akussa
(Akusaa) Egyptian Goddess of Sunset, wife of Atum

Amatheunta
The Egyptian goddess of the sea.

Amaunet
An Egyptian mother goddess, called the "Hidden One". She is the personification of the life-bringing northern wind. She belongs to the Ogdoad of Hermopolis. Within this group of gods her consort is the god Amun. She is referred to as 'the mother who is father' and in this capacity she needs no husband. Amaunet was regarded as a tutelary deity of the Egyptian pharaohs and had a prominent part in their accession ceremonies. She is portrayed as a snake or a snake-head on which the crown of Lower Egypt rests.

Amemet
Goddess of the underworld. Listed in the Book of the Dead.

Ament
Ancient Egyptian Hawk Goddess. Libyan/Egyptian Goddess of the West. She lived in a tree at the edge of the desert where She watched the gates of the underworld and welcomed the newly deceased. She appears with an ostrich feather on Her head.

Amentet
(Amenti) An Egyptian goddess, the personification of the West (amenti), as well as the western areas where the sun sets and where the entrance to the underworld reputedly lies. Here she welcomes the deceased who enter the city of the dead.

Amit
Fire goddess of Tuat (the underworld).

Ammit
Part crocodile, part lion, and part hippopotamus, she is a goddess of the underworld.

Amn
Another goddess of the underworld.

Anatha
Goddess of love and war. Also known as a mountain goddess.

Anatis
A goddess of the moon.

Anka
A creator goddess, wife of Khnum.

Ankhtith
Goddess depicted as a serpent with the head of a woman.

Ankt
A spear-carrying Egyptian war goddess.

Anouke
An elder Egyptian goddess of war, identified with Neith. Anouke was pictured with a bow and arrows and a shuttle.

Anuket
The Clasper. Goddess personifying the Yonic source of the Nile Flood. Her symbol was the cowrie. Bringer of food, Creator of all good things, Filler of granaries, Patroness of the poor and needy. The Embracer (Anukis - Greek) Water Goddess. She wore a feather headdress. In Upper Egypt, around Elephantine, Anuket was worshipped as the companion (generally the daughter) of Khnum and Sati. Her sacred animal was the gazelle. She was believed to be the dispenser of cool water, and wore a feathered crown on her human head. Later merged with Nepthys.

Arsinoe
The wet-nurse of Orestes (the son of Agamemnon), or according to some, she is the mother of Asclepius by Apollo. She has also been referred to as the wife and sister of King Ptolemy Philadelphos, deified and identified with both Aphrodite and Isis. A temple was built for her at Zephyrion on the Egyptain coast.

Ashtoreth
Moon goddess and goddess of war. She is depicted with the head of a lion. Probably devolved from the Syrian Astarte.

At-Em
Goddess of time.

Athtor
The personification of Mother Night, the primordial element covering the infinite abyss. (avatar of Choronzon or vice-versa?)

Au Set
Whom the Greeks called Isis - Oldest of the Old, from Whom all things arose, Eternal Savior of the race of men. She was the Egyptian throne, the pharaohs sat on her lap, protected by Her arms or wings. She was worshipped throughout the Greco-Roman world as well as in Egypt where She was known as Au Set. Lady of the Moon, Mother of the Crops. Offerings of baskets of grain, guarded by sacred serpent. Swallow was sacred to Her. Sycamore Her sacred tree. Bloodstone and turquoise Her sacred stones. Exceeding Queen. Tamarisk tree, Water lily sacred to Her. The One Who is All held dominion over life and death, marriage, healing, handicrafts and writing, fertility and immortality. Daughter of Nut, the Sky and Geb, the Earth, She was born in the swamp land of the Nile. The ankh is the symbol of the union of AuSet (Isis) and Osiris. Her wings and solar disc nestled between lunar bovine horns denotes Her protection of the Pharaohs (the male spirit) and Her promise of rebirth.

Ausaas
The wife of Harakhti, one of the manifestations of Horus.

Aukert
A name for the Underworld which is sometimes personified as a goddess.