\paperw4200 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \b \cf4 \ATXht1328 Amon-Ra\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was the supreme deity, equated with the sun.\par
He was represented in human form with tw
o tall plumes on his head, and sometimes with the head of a ram.\par
\b \cf4 \ATXht1324 Bast (Bastet)\ATXht1338 \b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was the goddess of joy and the warmth of the sun. \par
She is represented as a lion or a cat.\par
\b \cf4 \ATXht1327 Hath
or (Athyr)\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was the goddess of music and of love. She was also the kingÆs wet nurse.\par
She can have the appearance of a woman with the head of a cow or even of a woman, but with the horns and ears of a cow, with the solar disc set betw
een them.\par
\b \cf4 \ATXht1326 Horus\cf0 \ATXht0 \b0 is presented as a hawk, or as a man with a hawkÆs head. He was considered the son of Osiris and Isis. He presided over the observance of rites and laws, and the pharaoh was his incarnation on earth
.\par
\b \cf4 \ATXht1326 Isis \b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was the protective deity of prosperity, births, navigators and the state. When her husband Osiris was killed and dismembered by her brother Seth, she managed to put the pieces back together and conceive Hor
us with him. She is represented as a woman bearing the solar disc between cowÆs horns on her head.\par
\b \cf4 \ATXht1330 Nut\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 \b \b0 is the goddess of the sky. She is represented arched, with only her hands and feet resting on the eart
h.\par
\b \cf4 \ATXht1326 Osiris\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was the spirit of vegetation. Originally he had been a human king, the one who had brought civilization to Egypt. \par
He is represented with the aspect of a mummy. He bears the royal attributes: the sc
