Sacred Egyptian Animals

This is a by no means complete list of the animals, mortal and supernatural, that were sacred to the ancient Egyptians, along with the deities they were considered to be sacred to. Pictures or statues of these creatures used during rituals will enable the subconscious mind to make a better link, thereby enhancing the ritual’s power.

• Asp – Buto
• Ass – Set
• Ape – Thoth
• Bull – Ptah, Menthu, Min 
• Cat – Bast, Mut
• Cobra – Buto
• Cow – Hathor, Sati, Mut
• Crocodile – Sebe,  Set
• Dog – Anubis
• Frog – Heqet, Hathor
• Goose – Amen-Ra, Seb, Isis
• Hawk – Osiris, Horus, Ra, Seker, and others
• Heron – Sacred in general
• Hippopotamus – Ta-Urt, Set
• Ibis – Thoth
• Jackal – Anubis
• Lion – Sekhmet, Mut
• Lynx – Benevolent Spirit
• Phoenix – Osiris
• Pig – Set
• Ram – Ba-Neb-Tetet, Khnemu
• Scarab – Khepera
• Scorpion – Selqet, Set
• Serpent – Apep, Buto, Renenet
• Shrew-Mouse – Buto
• Sphinx – Ra-Temu
• Swallow – Isis
• Tortoise or Turtle – Enemy of Ra
• Vulture – Nekhebet, Mut, Neith, and others
• Wolf – Wepwawet