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* Aah, Iah - Moon sacred to Osiris, Djehuty (Thoth) and Khonsu
 
* Akh (Ax) - at times translated as 'soul', cf. Body and Soul
 
* Akhu, akhet (Ax.t): The blessed dead, ancestors
 
* Amen, Ammon, Amon, Amun, Amoun, Amun-Re or Amen-Re - Main God during the New Kingdom, identified with Zeus by the Greeks
 
* Amenirdis - Wife of the God (High priestess of Amen)
 
* Amenti - Realm of the Dead, cf Duat
 
* Ammit, Ammut -  Chimaera, destroyer of the hearts of dead who were not justified
 
* Amulet - charm or talisman
 
* Anch, ankh (anx) - Symbol of enduring life
 
* Anubis, Anpu, Khenty-Imentiu, Hermanubis - God, conductor of souls
 
* Apis, Serapis, Osiris-Apis - Bull symbolizing fertility venerated at Memphis
 
* Apophis, Apopis, Apep -  The serpent of Chaos, sometimes equated with Seth
 
* Apotropaic (from Greek) - Having the power to avert evil
 
* Atef - Crown worn by Osiris
 
* Aten, Aton - The sun disk, unique god of Akhenaten
 
==B==
 
* Ba (bA)
 
    The "soul"
 
    Spiritual force such as an anonymous divinity
 
    Manifestation of a god
 
    The king's power to rule
 
    The eternal forces of a human, depicted in tombs as a bird with a human head.
 
 
 
* Ba'ah, Seba-djai
 
    The planet Venus
 

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