Serapion

Serapion is a variant of Serapis, the name of a Greco-Egyptian god who was promoted by Ptolemy I Soter as a way to unite the Greeks and Egyptians he ruled over. Serapis was a fusion of the Egyptian god Osiris (which is the Greek form of Egyptian Asar, of unknown meaning though possibly “mighty” or…

Neith

Neith is the name of an Egyptian goddess associated with weaving, hunting, war, water, and wisdom. She is one of the oldest deities in the Egyptian pantheon, said to be there at the creation of the world. In some myths she is said to be the mother of Ra (sun god) and Sobek (crocodile god)….

Ptah

Ptah is the name of an Egyptian god, a creator god who created the world through thought and speech. He was associated with craftsman and architects and credited with inventing masonry. Ptah was a very important deity to the city of Memphis. In fact, it had a famous temple called Hut-ka-Ptah “temple of the soul…

Amunet

Amunet is the name of a primordial goddess in Egyptian mythology. She is the female counterpart of Amun (an Egyptian god of wind, the tutelary deity of the ancient city of Thebes in Egypt). Amunet is the feminine form of Amun meaning “the hidden one” which derives from an Egyptian root word meaning “to hide,…

Amon

Amon is the name of a primeval god in Egyptian mythology, the god of air, creativity, and fertility, and the tutelary deity of the ancient city of Thebes in Egypt. He personified hiddenness or obscurity. Amon became the most important deity in the Egyptian pantheon, especially after being fused with the sun god Ra, becoming…