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- FALSE GODS:
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- Some of the possible Egyptian gods and goddesses exposed as impotent through the ten plagues:
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- Nile River:
- Hapi - spirit of the Nile
- Osiris - Nile is his bloodstream
- Khnum - guardian of the Nile
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- Frogs:
- Heqt - form of frog; god of resurrection
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- Gnats
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- Flies
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- Death of Livestock:
- Hathor - mother-goddess; form of cow
- Apis - bull of god Ptah; symbol of fertility
- Mnevis - sacred bull of Heliopolis
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- Boils:
- Imhotep - god of medicine
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- Hail:
- Nut - a sky goddess
- Isis - goddess of life
- Seth - protector of crops
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- Locusts:
- Isis - goddess of life
- Seth - protector of crops
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- Darkness:
- Re, Aten, Atum, Horus - all sun gods of sorts
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- Death of Firstborn:
- The deity of Pharaoh
- Osiris - the river of life
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- (source - Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament, © 1994 Zondervan, p. 85)
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