Who is the Egyptian god of flies and what was his role?

The Egyptian Deity usually associated with “flies” (actually, the Hebrew word in Exodus is “swarm”) is the Goddess Uatchit. She is the Lady of the marshes where papyrus grows and many insects live. She is known as Goddess of the flame and the noon day heat. She guards all life in the Nile Delta. read more

The Egyptian Deity usually associated with “flies” (actually, the Hebrew word in Exodus is “swarm”) is the Goddess Uatchit. She is the Lady of the marshes where papyrus grows and many insects live. read more

His name was corrupted, probably as a slur, to mean “Lord of the Dung”, politely translated as “Lord of the Flies” since flies hang around dung. Again, this is not the Egyptian Goddess but she is sometimes confused with the Ugaritic God because of the similarity of the titles. read more

This dual role was in turn combined with the Egyptian concept of divine kingship: the king at death became Osiris, god of the underworld; and the dead king’s son, the living king, was identified with Horus, a god of the sky. Osiris and Horus were thus father and son. The goddess Isis was the mother of the king and was thus the mother of Horus and consort of Osiris. The god Seth was considered the murderer of Osiris and adversary of Horus. read more