At Heliopolis, the On of the Bible, the priests proclaimed the existence of three Companies of the gods. The first Company was called the “Great” 𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓉻𓐰𓏏, the second the “Little” 𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅪𓐰𓏏, and the third had no special title; these Companies represented the gods of heaven, earth, and the Other World respectively. When all three companies were invoked they were represented thus: 𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹. The gods of the Great Company were: Temu, Shu, Tefnut, Seb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys; Khenti-Ȧmenti, Rā, Horus, and Uatchit were sometimes added. The gods of the Little Company were: Rā, Ȧm-Ȧnnu, Ȧm-Āntchet, Ȧm-Ḥet-Serqet, Ȧm-neter-ḥet, Ȧm-ḥetch-paār, Ȧm-Saḥ, Ȧm-Ṭep, Ȧm-Ḥet-ur-Rā, Ȧm-Unnu-resu, and Ȧm-Unnu-meḥt. The common Egyptian word for God and god is NETER 𓈖𓐰𓏏𓐰𓂋, which is symbolized by the sign 𓊹; goddess is NETERT 𓈖𓐰𓏏𓐰𓂋𓏏𓐰𓆇; the plurals are NETERU 𓊹𓊹𓊹 or 𓈖𓐰𓏏𓐰𓂋𓅱𓀭𓏪 “gods,” and NETERIT 𓈖𓐰𓏏𓐰𓂋𓇌𓏏𓆗𓏪 “goddesses.” The original meaning of the word NETER is unknown, but in the Dynastic Period it probably meant “high, exalted, sublime, divine, godlike,” etc. The following are some of the principal gods and goddesses, and the visitor will find an unrivalled series of figures of most of them in bronze, wood, stone, etc., exhibited in Wall-cases 119-132 in the Third Egyptian Room. Full descriptions will be found in the _Guide to the Third and Fourth Egyptian Rooms_, pp. 116-168:— ȦSȦR, Osiris, 𓁹𓐰𓊨𓐱𓀭, the man-god who rose from the dead, was deified, and became the king of the Other World and judge of the Dead. ȦST, Isis, 𓊨𓏏𓐰𓆇𓛖, the sister-wife of Osiris. SET 𓋴𓏏𓐰𓈜𓁣, the principle of Evil, and opponent of Osiris. NEBT-ḤET, Nephthys, 𓽠𓏏𓐰𓆇𓁐, the wife of Set. ȦNPU, Anubis, 𓇋𓈖𓐰𓊪𓅱𓝱, the Dog-god, or Jackal-god, son of Set. ȦP-UAT 𓄋𓐰𓊪𓐱𓏴𓈐𓐰𓏏𓐱𓏦, the Wolf-god, a friend and companion of Osiris. ḤERU, Horus, 𓅃𓐴𓏤𓀭, existed in several forms, _e.g._, Horus the Elder (Arouëris), Horus the Blind, Horus the Child (Harpokrates), Horus, son of Osiris, Horus, son of Isis, etc. NU 𓏍𓐰𓇯𓀭, god of the primeval watery mass out of which the world was made. ḤĀPI 𓎛𓂝𓐰𓊪𓐱𓏭𓈘𓐰𓈗𓀭, the Nile-god. KHEPERȦ 𓐍𓐰𓊪𓆣𓂋𓇋𓀭, the creator of the universe whose dwelling was Nu. TEḤUTI, Thoth, 𓅝𓐰𓏏𓐱𓏭𓀭, who created the world and all things in it by a word. KHNEMU 𓎸𓅓𓅱𓀭, who assisted in carrying out the work of creation. PTAḤ 𓊪𓐰𓏏𓎛𓀭, who assisted Khnemu in the work of creation. RĀ 𓂋𓐰𓂝𓇳𓐰𓏤𓀭, the Sun-god. SEB (ḲEB) 𓅬𓃀, the Earth-god. SHU 𓆄𓅱𓀭, the god of the air. ḤET-ḤERU, Hathor, 𓉡, a sky-goddess, who existed in seven forms. NUT 𓏌𓐱𓏏𓐰𓇯𓁐, a sky-goddess. TEFNUT 𓏏𓐰𓆑𓐰𓏌𓐱𓏏𓁐, a rain-goddess. NEKHEBIT 𓇑𓏌𓐰𓏏𓁐, the great goddess of the South.