47+ The Egyptian Gods Family Tree Pics. There's a lot of inbreeding needless to say, and like any family tree that involved inbreeding, it can get a little messy. In ancient egyptian mythology the principle egyptian gods and goddesses were referred to as the 'ennead of heliopolis' because the ancient city of heliopolis, egypt was considered to be the mound of creation from which the world arose.

Updated Simple Egyptian Family Tree Added Horus And Set Smite from i.imgur.com

This is a list of egyptian gods and goddesses from egyptian mythology. Hinduism is the product of 6000 years of contradicting and coalescing religious ideas, in which time is cyclical, the world's an illusion, and more or less everyone is an incarnation, reincarnation, preincarnation, aspect, or avatar. The old egyptians worshipped a few gods at different times and in different places.

Today's infographic is a crash course in egyptian history.

Please note that the egyptian god family tree is available as a print from the veritable hokum store. From ra the sun god who created all life on earth to isis the motherly goddess who gave birth to horus, the ancient egyptians worshiped a large variety of fascinating gods. These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient egyptian civilization. Included is a family tree of the ancient egyptian gods, a timeline of egyptian history, a map of upper and lower egypt, a guide to egyptian hieroglyphs, information on egypt's 12 largest pyramids, and family tree charts for the most famous pharaohs (dynasties 4, 12, and 18).