an Egyptian divinity

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• Egyptian religion — Polytheistic belief system of ancient Egypt from the 4th millennium BC to the first centuries AD, including both folk traditions and the court religion. Local deities that sprang up along the Nile Valley had both human and animal form and were… …   Universalium

• Divinity — For other uses, see Divinity (disambiguation) and Divine (disambiguation). Divinity and divine (sometimes the Divinity or the Divine ) are broadly applied but loosely defined terms, used variously within different faiths and belief systems … …   Wikipedia

• Egyptian deity — noun a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians • Topics: ↑antiquity • Hypernyms: ↑deity, ↑divinity, ↑god, ↑immortal • Hyponyms: ↑Amen, ↑Amon, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Ancient Egyptian religion — Part of a series on Ancient Egyptian religion …   Wikipedia

• ISIS —    an Egyptian divinity, the wife and sister of Osiris and mother of Horus, the three together forming a trinity, which is characteristically Egyptian, and such as often repeats itself in Egyptian mythology, and typifying the life of the sun,… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• SERAPIS —    an Egyptian divinity of partly Greek derivation and partly Egyptian, and identified with Apis …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Ammon — /ˈæmən/ (say amuhn) noun classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter. {Latin, from Greek, from Egyptian Amen} …  

• Ammon — /am euhn/, n. 1. the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter. 2. the ancient country of the Ammonites, east of the Jordan River. * * * …   Universalium

• Ammon — /am euhn/, n. 1. the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter. 2. the ancient country of the Ammonites, east of the Jordan River …   Useful english dictionary

• Apopis — ▪ Egyptian god also called  Apep ,  Apepi , or  Rerek        ancient Egyptian demon of chaos, who had the form of a serpent and, as the foe of the sun god, Re, represented all that was outside the ordered cosmos. Although many serpents symbolized …   Universalium

• Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria — Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and of All Africa Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ̀ⲛⲣⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ̀ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ Coptic Orthod …   Wikipedia