egyptian
This is an old revision of the document!
Egyptian Gods (Backbone)
From the 5th edition Players Handbook, p. 299
Deity | Influence | Alignment | Suggested Domains | Symbol | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Re-Horakhty | god of the sun, ruler of the gods | LG | Life, Light | Solar disk encircled by serpent | also called “Ra” |
Anubis | god of judgment and death | LN | Death | Black jackal | |
Apep | god of evil, fire, and serpents | NE | Trickery | Flaming snake | |
Bast | goddess o f cats and vengeance | CG | War | Cat | Rathwyn's deity |
Bes | god of luck and music | CN | Trickery | Image of the misshapen deity | |
Hathor | goddess of love, music, and motherhood | NG | Life, Light | Horned cow’s head with lunar disk | |
Imhotep | god of crafts and medicine | NG | Knowledge | Step pyramid | |
Isis | goddess of fertility and magic | NG | Knowledge, Life | Ankh and star | |
Nephthys | goddess of death and grief | CG | Death | Horns around a lunar disk | |
Osiris | god of nature and the underworld | LG | Life, Nature | Crook and flail | |
Ptah | god of crafts, knowledge, and secrets | LN | Knowledge | Bull | |
Set | god of darkness and desert storms | CE | Death, Tempest, Trickery | Coiled cobra | Outlawed throughout the kingdom |
Sobek | god of water and crocodiles | LE | Nature, Tempest | Crocodile head with horns and plumes | |
Thoth | god of knowledge and wisdom | N | Knowledge | Ibis |
There are numerous other (lesser) deities in the pantheon.
egyptian.1428702369.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/05/27 18:41 (external edit)