Egyptian Gods, Goddesses, and other Entities

This is a relatively exhaustive list asking the names of every god, goddess, and other entity of the Ancient Egyptian religion. A total of about 73 altogether. You will be allowed the maximum amount of time allowed by the site: 20 minutes 45 seconds. Good luck!
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Just type the names (I will usually accept all accepted variations of the names). The descriptions are all pretty much from Wikipedia.
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Ferryman to the Underworld
Aken
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The god of the horizon
Aker
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Crocodile-headed devourer in Duat
Ammit
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The hidden one, a local creator deity later married to Mut after rising in importance
Amun
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Female aspect of the primordial aspect of air in the Ogdoad cosmogony
Amunet
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A war god
Anhur
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Goddess of the seventeenth Nome of Upper Egypt
Anput
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Jackal-headed god of embalming and tomb care-taker who watches over the dead
Anubis
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The goddess of the Nile river
Anuket
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Evil serpent of the Underworld, enemy of Ra, and Egyptian god of chaos
Apophis
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Was probably a fertility figure at first, he was later merged with another god and associated with a solar cult. In addition, he was a bull
Apis
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The sun disk that was later advanced by Amunhotep IV (Akhenaten) as representing a monotheistic deity
Aten
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A creator deity and the setting Sun. An aspect of Ra
Atum
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God of baboons
Babi
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The manifestation of the deification of Ka (power/life-force) of a particular war god
Bakha
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A goddess, protector of the pharaoh and a solar deity where the Sun could be seen shining in her eyes at night
Bast
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Represented the cosmos and the essence of the soul (Ba)
Bat
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Dwarf demigod, associated with the protection of the household, particularly childbirth and entertainment
Bes
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God of the Earth and the first ruler of Egypt, and husband of Nut
Geb
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Goose god
Gengen-Wer
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God embodied by the Nile who represents life and fertility
Hapi
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Among the oldest of Egyptian deities, often depicted as a cow. Was the golden calf of the Bible and was later goddess of love and music
Hathor
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Goddess of childbirth and fertility who breathed life into humans at birth
Heget
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Represented by a pelican or a pelican-headed goddess. Was associated with safe passage in the Underworld, as well as symbolising protection against snakes
Henet
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Falcon-headed god most notably being the god of the Sky, god of War, and god of Protection
Horus
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Goddess of magical power and healing and later the wife of the ruler of the Underworld
Isis
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The great one who comes forth, the goddess who was called mother and grandmother of all of the deities
Iusaaset
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Deification of embalming fluid
Kebechet
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The scarab beetle, the embodiment of the dawn
Khepry
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A creator deity, god of the inundation
Khnum
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A lunar deity who was later considered an important god of healing. His name means "wanderer"
Khonsu
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The personification of darkness that often took the form of a frog-headed god
Kuk
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He who is true beside her. His cult was believed to have arrived during the New Kingdom era possibly from Nubia
Maahes
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A goddess who personified the concepts of truth, justice, and order
Ma'at
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She who runs swiftly, early deification of legal justice
Mafdet
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A protector goddess
Mehit
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Goddess of war, depicted as a lioness-goddess
Menhit
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Goddess of the Valley of the Kings
Meretseger
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Goddess of childbirth, and creator of each person's Ka, a part of the soul, thereby associated with fate
Meskhenet
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An ancient god of war and nomad; represented strength, virility, and victory
Menthu
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Represented in many forms, but usually male form, shown with an erect penis which he holds in his left handand an upheld right arm holding a flail. Later fused with other gods
Min
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The sacred bull of Heliopolis ,later associated with the Sun god as the offspring of the solar cow deity
Mnevis
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Mother, was originally the titile of the primordial waters of the cosmos
Mut
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A goddess, the primal waters from which all arose
Naunet
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Goddess of war, then great mother goddess. The goddess of creation and weaving, said to weave all the world on her loom
Neith
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Protector of Egypt, royalty, and the pharoah; always seen on the front of pharoah's double crown with Wadjet
Nekhbet
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Goddess of death, holder of the rattle, the Sistrum
Nephthys
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Goddess of heaven and sky, mother of many deities in addition to the Sun, Moon, and stars
Nut
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God the Underworld, fertility, and agriculture
Osiris
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She who tears, cult center at Beni Hasan
Pakhet
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A creator deity, also God fo craft
Ptah
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The "Lord of the North Wind"
Qebul
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The Sun, also a creator deity whose chief cult center was based in Heliopolis "city of the Sun"
Ra
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God of both the sky and the Sun, thought to be the god of the rising Sun
Ra-Horakhty
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Goddess of nourishment and harvest
Renenutet
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War God who was originally from Syria
Reshep
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The Goddess who represented the flooding of the Nile River, ancient war, and hunting
Satis
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God of death
Seker
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Goddess of destruction and death. Also personified an aspect of the Sun, a fiere protector of the pharoah, and a solar deity
Sekhmet
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Scorpion goddess, protectress, goddess of magic
Serqet
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Goddess of writing, astronomy, astrology, architecture, and mathematics
Seshat
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God of storms, the god of evil, desert, and patron of Upper Egypt
Set
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Crocodile god of the Nile
Sobek
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Embodiement of wind or air
Shu
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Goddess of the ancient city on the border of southern Egypt at the Nile River
Swenet
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Ancient Nature God
Tatenen
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Goddess of pregnant women and protector at childbirth
Taweret
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Goddess, embodiment of rain, dew, clouds, and wet weather
Tefnut
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God ofthe moon, drawing, writing, geometry, wisdom, medicine, music, astronomy, and magic. Cult centered in Khemennu
Thoth
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Snake goddess of Lower Egypt, patron and protector of Egypt and the pharaoh, always shown on the crown of pharaohs
Wadjet
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Fertility god and personification of the Mediterranean sea or lakes of the Nile delta
Wadj-wer
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Jackal god of Upper Egypt
Wepwawet
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A localized guardian goddess
Wosret
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