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Ra The ancient sun god of Egypt, reduced to a senile shell of his former power. The central quest of The Throne of Fire is waking him before Apophis breaks free. | Member |
Egyptian falcon god of kingship and war; chooses Carter Kane as his host through the Eye of Horus amulet.
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Isis Egyptian goddess of magic, healing, and motherhood. Sadie Kane's divine host. One of the most powerful gods in the Egyptian pantheon. | Member |
Osiris Egyptian god of the dead and resurrection. Julius Kane's divine host. His relationship with his brother Set and wife Isis shapes the mythology at the heart of the Kane Chronicles. | Member |
Set Egyptian god of chaos, storms, and the desert. The primary antagonist of The Red Pyramid, though his relationship with the Kanes becomes considerably more complicated in later books. | Member |
Anubis Egyptian god of funerals and judgement; appears to Sadie Kane as a handsome teenage boy in the Hall of Judgment. | Member |
Bast Egyptian cat goddess; bound into Sadie Kane's cat Muffin by Julius Kane; protects Carter and Sadie throughout the Red Pyramid quest. | Member |
Thoth Egyptian god of knowledge and writing; resides at the University of Memphis in the guise of a stained lab-coat blond man. | Member |
Sobek Egyptian crocodile god; attacks Carter Kane on the Mississippi riverbank; driven off by Bast. | Member |
Sekhmet Egyptian lioness goddess of destruction; the Eye of Ra in earlier ages. | Member |
Hathor Egyptian goddess of love and joy; her Seven Ribbons are a binding spell used by Zia Rashid. | Member |
Geb Egyptian earth god; husband of Nut; separated from her by Ra's command. | Member |
Nut Egyptian sky goddess; mother of Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys and Horus; receives Sadie Kane's ba in her sky home. | Member |
Shu Egyptian god of air and the wind; great-grandfather of Anubis; brings Leonid to Brooklyn House. | Member |
Tawaret Egyptian hippopotamus goddess of childbirth and home; head nurse at the Fourth House of Night; in love with Bes. | Member |
Bes Egyptian dwarf god; protector of children, women and households; uses his hideous 'BOO!' face to scare off enemies. | Member |
Nephthys Egyptian goddess; sister-wife of Set; reveals Set's secret name to Sadie Kane at the Place of Crosses. | Member |
Khepri The scarab-form morning aspect of Ra; greets the questers at the first stop on the sun boat journey. | Member |
Khnum The ram-headed evening aspect of Ra. | Member |
Hapi Egyptian god of the Nile floods; aids the Kanes on the river. | Member |
Babi Egyptian baboon god; possesses Sadie Kane's grandfather during the Faust visit and is later bound to serve Carter Kane. | Member |
Serqet Egyptian scorpion goddess; pursues the Kane siblings; defeated by Zia Rashid using the Seven Ribbons of Hathor. | Member |
Nekhbet Egyptian vulture goddess; possesses Sadie Kane's grandmother during the Faust visit and is later bound to serve Carter Kane at the Lake of Fire docks. | Member |
Ptah Egyptian god of creators and craftsmen; briefly inhabits a Bahariya farmer to deliver a warning to Sadie Kane. | Member |
Apophis The Egyptian serpent of chaos and Ra's eternal enemy; imprisoned with Bast for millennia and foreshadowed as a coming threat. | Member |