Harsomtus [Greek]

Form of the god HORUS. Egyptian. In this form Horus unites the northern and southern kingdoms of Egypt. He is depicted as a child comparable with HARPOKRATES. At the Edfu temple, he is identified thus as the offspring of Horus the elder and HATHOR. Also Har-mau (Egyptian).

Hydrus / Idrus

Region: Egypt, River Nile
Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature: None
Sources: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, p183

Bata

Region: Egypt
Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature: None
Sources: Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins

Bat

Cow goddess of fertility. Egyptian (Upper). She was probably well known in the Old Kingdom (circa 2700 BC onward). Associated principally with Upper Egypt, for a while she may have rivaled Hathor in Lower Egypt but by the time of the New Kingdom (sixteenth century BC) her influence had waned. She may be represented on the Narmer Palette (Cairo Museum) which commemorates the unification of the two kingdoms.

Apophis / Apop / Apep / Apopis / Apepi / Aapep

Region: Egypt, Africa
Time Period: 6th – 5th century BC
References in Literature: Overthrowing Apep
Sources: Polenth, Drakhen’s Lair, Windseeker, Xdrac, Illiana, Alara, China and Japan pg 53, Tysha Dragon

Ennead

The Heliopolis pantheon. Egyptian (Lower). The nine major deities enumerated and given their genealogy by the priesthood of Heliopolis, the center of the sun-worshiping cult in Lower Egypt.

BASTET

ORIGIN Egyptian. Feline goddess associated with the vengeance of the sun god.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 2700 BC to the end of Egyptian history (circa AD 400).

SYNONYMS none.

CENTER(S) OF CULT Bubastis in the Delta region of Lower Egypt and probably at the Karnak temple complex in Upper Egypt.

BAST

The only fully developed cult of the cat existed in Egypt and it lasted for over 3,000 years. No one knows when the cat was first sanctified in Egypt.
Bast wasn’t associated with Isis until the New Kingdom, about 1600 bce and later. When associated with Isis it came to be recognized as the incarnation of deity, and it was the daughter of Isis and her husband, the sun-god Osiris (Osiris was also a Moon-god) (Isis was also a Sun/Moon/Earth Goddess by then).

Aspises

Region: Egypt, Africa
Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature: None
Sources: Circle of the Dragon

Anti

Guardian deity. Egyptian (Upper). Seems to have become assimilated with HORUS and was one of the protectors of the eastern sky in which the sun rises. According to some texts he is also responsible for the decapitation of the goddess HATHOR in a conflict for the throne of Egypt. Anti is known from Middle Kingdom coffin texts (circa 2000 BC).