Thoth was the god of learning, a benefactor to gods and men. He was the sacred scribe and was shown as a man with an ibis head.
Hathor, the goddess of joy and love, protected women. She was represented as a cow.
Amon, king of the gods, was a patron of the Pharaohs and a god of fertility. He had a plumed crown and was shown with either a ram's head or a human one.
Men was the monotheistic god presented by the reforming Pharaoh Akhenaton. He was represented simply by a solar disk with rays.
Khepri, the scarab beetle god, rolled the sun before him through the sky and symbolized the ideas of rebirth and eternal life.
Maat, the goddess of truth and justice, was represented as a woman sitting on her heels or standing and wearing an ostrich plume.
The Pharaoh, or king of Egypt, was worshiped as a god and was believed to have descended from gods.
Sacred animals who were worshiped as gods include Apis, the bull; Petesuchos, the crocodile; Ba Neb Djedet, the sacred ram; and Bennu, the bird. But many other animals were regarded as holy, including cats and dogs.
