Legends of the Gods

Egyptian gods — Minor Figures

11 figures from Legends of the Gods who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Harpokrates

god · first appears The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 7

  • The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 7 · parent: Isis “Moreover, Isis is said to have had union with Osiris after his death, and she brought forth Harpokrates, who came into the world before his time, and was lame in his lower limbs.”
  • The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 7 · parent: Osiris “Moreover, Isis is said to have had union with Osiris after his death, and she brought forth Harpokrates, who came into the world before his time, and was lame in his lower limbs.”

Heka

first appears The Legend of the Death of Horus through the Sting of a Scorpion · Incantations against Reptiles and Noxious Creatures · Part 2

  • The Legend of the Death of Horus through the Sting of a Scorpion · Incantations against Reptiles and Noxious Creatures · Part 2 · protégé: Osiris “Hail, ye who dwell in the water, crocodiles and fish, Ra shutteth up your mouths, Sekhet stoppeth up your throats, Thoth cutteth out your tongues, and Heka blindeth your eyes. These are the four great gods who protect Osiris by their magical power, and they effect the protection of him that is on the water, of men and women of every kind, and of beasts and animals of every kind which are on the water by day.”

Sekhet

goddess · first appears The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind · Chapter I · Part 2

  • The Legend of the Death of Horus through the Sting of a Scorpion · Incantations against Reptiles and Noxious Creatures · Part 2 · protégé: Osiris “Hail, ye who dwell in the water, crocodiles and fish, Ra shutteth up your mouths, Sekhet stoppeth up your throats, Thoth cutteth out your tongues, and Heka blindeth your eyes. These are the four great gods who protect Osiris by their magical power, and they effect the protection of him that is on the water, of men and women of every kind, and of beasts and animals of every kind which are on the water by day.”

Thoueris

first appears The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 7

  • The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 7 · with Typhon “We are, moreover, told that amongst the great numbers who were continually deserting from Typhon's party was his concubine Thoueris, and that a serpent which pursued her as she was coming over to Horus was slain by his soldiers.”

Nekhebit

goddess · first appears The Legend of Horus of Behutet and the Winged Disk · Part 6

  • The Legend of Horus of Behutet and the Winged Disk · Part 6 · with Heru-Behutet “And he made the goddess Nekhebit and the goddess Uatchit to be with him in the form of serpents, so that they might make the Sebau fiends to quake in [all] their limbs (or, bodies).”

Uatchit

goddess · first appears The Legend of Horus of Behutet and the Winged Disk · Part 6

  • The Legend of Horus of Behutet and the Winged Disk · Part 6 · with Heru-Behutet “And he made the goddess Nekhebit and the goddess Uatchit to be with him in the form of serpents, so that they might make the Sebau fiends to quake in [all] their limbs (or, bodies).”

Tem

god · first appears The Legend of the Death of Horus through the Sting of a Scorpion · A Hymn of Praise to Horus · Part 3

  • The Legend of the Death of Horus through the Sting of a Scorpion · A Hymn of Praise to Horus · Part 3 · servant: Thoth “I am Thoth, the firstborn son, the son of Ra, and Tem and the Company of the gods have commanded me to heal Horus for his mother Isis, and to heal him that is under the knife likewise.”

Khensu Nefer-Hetep

god · first appears A Legend of Ptah Nefer-hetep and the Princess of Bekhten · Part 1

  • A Legend of Ptah Nefer-hetep and the Princess of Bekhten · Part 1 · with Khensu Pa-ari-sekher “Then Khensu, in Thebes, [called] ‘Nefer-Hetep’, was carried to Khensu, [called] ‘Pa-ari-sekher,’ the great god who driveth away the spirits which attack.”
  • A Legend of Ptah Nefer-hetep and the Princess of Bekhten · Part 2 · protégé: Khensu Pa-ari-sekher “And Khensu in Thebes, [called] ‘Nefer-Hetep,’ inclined his head with a deep inclination twice. And he made [his] protective power to pass into Khensu, [called] ‘Pa-ari-sekher-em-Uast,’ in a fourfold measure.”

Serq

first appears The Legend of the Death of Horus through the Sting of a Scorpion · Incantations against Reptiles and Noxious Creatures · Part 1

  • The Legend of the Death of Horus through the Sting of a Scorpion · Incantations against Reptiles and Noxious Creatures · Part 1 · enemies with Apep “The spell of the Scorpion-goddess Serq driveth back thy might.”

Khnemu

god · first appears A Legend of the God Khnemu and of a Seven Years' Famine · Part 2

  • A Legend of the God Khnemu and of a Seven Years' Famine · Part 2 · protégé: Neter-Khat “I will make Hap (i.e., the Nile) rise for thee”

Ptah

god · first appears A Legend of the God Khnemu and of a Seven Years' Famine · Part 1

  • A Legend of the God Khnemu and of a Seven Years' Famine · Part 1 · child: I-em-hetep “My mind hath remembered, going back to former time, when I had an advocate, to the time of the gods, and of the Ibis-god, and of the chief Kher-heb priest I-em-hetep, the son of Ptah of his Southern Wall.”

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