Excellent Egyptian Gods Trivia Quiz

Answer: Re/Ra

Re/Ra was the the first of the Egyptian gods. He also stood for life, rebirth, children, health and virility. Some said that he made people. He was associated with Horus, the god of the sky.

Answer: Anubis

Anubis was the god of the dead and helped prepare mummies. In hieroglyphs Anubis is actually spelt like Anpu. Anubis was the guardian of the dead who took souls to the underworld and protected them on their journey.

Answer: False

No, Hathor is the goddess of love. She also looked after dancing and music. She looks like a cow holding a sun disc on her head. She was thought of as the mother of the pharaoh. Her symbol was the sistrum.

Answer: Thoth

Thoth had the head of an Ibis. He invented speaking and writing and was the god of wisdom, learning, writing, fantasy, wit, speaking and inventions. He was also a god of the underworld, in charge of the scales in the Hall of Judgement.

Answer: true

Sobek was a crocodile headed god who was born from the water chaos when the world was created. He was the son of Neith and the Greeks called him Crocodilopolis. Sobek was worshiped to appease him and his animals.

Answer: The god of deserts and storms

In the myth he killed his brother Osiris because he was jealous of him. He killed him by showing him an expensive chest and saying that if he could fit in it, he could have it. Then when Osiris got in, Seth nailed the chest together then he threw the chest with Osiris in it into the Nile.

Answer: Mut

Mut is the wife of Amun and the mother of the god of the moon, Khonsu. She was the mother of all living things. She is either depicted as a woman, sometimes with wings, or a vulture, usually wearing the crowns of royalty.

Answer: Sekhmet

Sekhmet was the daughter of Re, the god of the sun. Sekhmet and Hathor nearly wiped out all of humanity when Re told her to punish all who forgot about him. Sekhmet is known as the eye of Re/Ra.

Answer: Cool and dry air

Shu was the god that separated the Earth from the sky. He was one of the gods that protected Re/Ra on his journey through the underworld. He has a twin sister who is also a god called Tefnut.

Answer: Osiris

Originally he was a god of agriculture and nature. There is a common myth about his death (killed by his brother Seth) and resurrection. In pictures he is normally shown with green skin.