The Complete Kane Chronicles (114 page)

N’dah
“Protect”

Sa-hei
“Bring down”

Se-kebeb
“Make cold”

Tas
“Bind”

Aaru
the Egyptian afterlife, paradise

Ankh
a hieroglyphic symbol for life

Aten
the sun (the physical object, not the god)

Ba
soul

Barque
the pharaoh’s boat

Bau
an evil spirit

Bennu
phoenix

Canopic jar
vessel used to store mummy’s organs

Cartouche
a drawing of an oblong magical rope that contains and protects the hieroglyphs that spell out the name of a king or queen

Criosphinx
a creature with a body of a lion and head of a ram

Djed
a hieroglyphic symbol that stands for stability, strength, and the power of Osiris

Duat
magical realm

Hieroglyphics
the writing system of Ancient Egypt, which used symbols or pictures to denote objects, concepts, or sounds

Isfet
chaos

Ka
one of the five parts of the soul: the life force

Khopesh
a sword with a hook-shaped blade

Ma’at
order of the universe

Menhed
the scribe’s palette

Netjeri
blade
a knife made from meteoric iron for the opening of the mouth in a ceremony

Nome
district, region

Per Ankh
the House of Life

Pharaoh
a ruler of Ancient Egypt

Rekhet
healer

Ren
name, identity

Sahlab
a warm Egyptian drink

Sarcophagus
a stone coffin, often decorated with sculpture and inscriptions

Sau
a charm maker

Scarab
beetle

Shabti
a magical figurine made out of clay

Shen
eternal, eternity

Shesh
scribe, writer, or magician

Sheut
one of the five parts of the soul: the shadow; can also mean statue

Sistrum
bronze noisemaker

Souk
open air market

Stele
limestone grave marker

Tjesu heru
a snake with two heads—one on its tail—and dragon legs

Tyet
a magic knot and the symbol of Isis

Was
power; staff

Anubis
the god of funerals and death

Apophis
the god of chaos

Babi
the baboon god

Bast
the cat goddess

Bes
the dwarf god

Disturber
a god of judgment who works for Osiris

Geb
the earth god

Gengen-Wer
the goose god

Hapi
the god of the Nile

Heket
the frog goddess

Horus
the war god, son of Isis and Osiris

Isis
the goddess of magic, wife of her brother Osiris and mother of Horus

Khepri
the scarab god, Ra’s aspect in the morning

Khnum
the ram-headed god, Ra’s aspect at sunset in the underworld

Khonsu
the moon god

Mekhit
minor lion goddess, married to Onuris

Neith
the hunting goddess

Nekhbet
the vulture goddess

Nephthys
the river goddess

Nut
the sky goddess

Osiris
the god of the underworld, husband of his sister Isis and father of Horus

Ptah
the god of craftsmen

Ra
the sun god, the god of order. Also known as Amun-Ra.

Sekhmet
the lion goddess

Serqet
the scorpion goddess

Set
the god of evil

Shezmu
demonic god of blood and wine

Shu
the air god, great-grandfather of Anubis

Sobek
the crocodile god

Tawaret
the hippo goddess

Thoth
the god of knowledge