... writes, "The gods individual persons, defined and characterized by their form and name. In this respect they are like human beings" (Morenz 24). The Egyptians had gods for everything. Sir Flinders Petrie states, "The earliest gods were the personifications of the sky and the earth. The sky goddesses was called Nut and the earth god was called Geb" (Petrie 2-3). Besides the earth and sky gods and goddesses there were animal gods and sun gods. According to John Baines the sun god was called Re. "The moon was also associated with a variety of gods and the most prominent being Thoth" (Baines 37). As you can see the Egyptians had a variety of gods and goddesses. In addition to the gods mentioned above they had gods in the form of statues and other forms of art. To be specific the Egyptians worshiped gods that were statues of falcons, cats, and ...

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