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Character & Creature Catalogue
Meet the beings of folklore and mythology: explore creatures, deities and spirits by name, description and associated tradition.
2,521 reference entries · 1,598 in the creature catalogue · 923 in the deity catalogue
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| Name | Tradition | Description | Mapped traditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| AmaunetDeity catalogueDivine and sacred beings (suggested) | Egyptian (Upper) | Amaunet, ‘the hidden one’, is an Upper Egyptian fertility goddess associated with hidden power and the Ogdoad. She appears to have been an early consort of Amun and is depicted in human form with a snake’s head. At Thebes she served as a benign protector, particularly at royal accessions. Mut largely overshadowed her fertility role; she is sometimes equated with Neith and may bear the Delta’s red crown. | 2 |
| AntiDeity catalogueDivine and sacred beings (suggested) | Egyptian (Upper) | Anti is an Upper Egyptian guardian deity who protected the eastern sky where the sun rises and seems to have been assimilated with Horus. Some texts attribute Hathor’s decapitation during a struggle for Egypt’s throne to him. Known from Middle Kingdom coffin texts around 2000 BC, he appears as a falcon or falcon-headed human on a crescent-shaped barque. | 2 |
| AnukisDeity catalogueDivine and sacred beings (suggested) | Egyptian (Upper) | Anukis is a minor Upper Egyptian birth goddess with cult centres in lower Nubia and at Elephantine, dwelling in the Lower Nile cataracts. Her parentage is variously given as Re, or Khnum and Satis. An image of her suckling the pharaoh suggests links with birth and midwifery, alongside a malignant role as a strangler. Her sacred animal is the gazelle; she wears a feathered turban. | 2 |
| BatDeity catalogueDivine and sacred beings (suggested) | Egyptian (Upper) | Bat is an Upper Egyptian cow goddess of fertility, depicted as a cow or in human form with bovine ears and horns. Probably known in the Old Kingdom, she may briefly have rivalled Hathor in Lower Egypt, but her influence declined by the New Kingdom. She may appear on the Narmer Palette and frequently features in Egyptian jewellery, amulets and ritual sistrum rattles. | 2 |
| BenuDeity catalogueDivine and sacred beings (suggested) | Egyptian (Upper) | Benu is an Upper Egyptian deity representing a sun god in bird form and associated with Atum of Heliopolis. Said to have created himself from the primeval ocean, he sometimes symbolises rebirth after death. Depicted as a yellow wagtail in the Old Kingdom and later as a crowned heron, he may have contributed to the Greek classical Phoenix tradition. | 2 |
| IhyDeity catalogueDivine and sacred beings (suggested) | Egyptian (Upper) | Ihy is a minor Upper Egyptian god of music who personifies the joyous sound of the ritual sistrum associated with Hathor. The son of Hathor and Horus, he is particularly known from Hathor’s sanctuary at Dendara. He is portrayed as a naked child with a sidelock and a finger in his mouth, and may carry a sistrum and necklace. | 2 |
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