I’ll be honest, I’m a big fan of Marvel’s new series, “Moon Knight.” But things can get a bit complicated if you aren’t an expert on Egyptian history. There are so many gods featured in the story that it might leave your head spinning a bit. So, I’m going to make things easier for you. Below you will find the gods featured in the series and some information about who they are.
One of the most important gods featured is the moon god, Khonshu (F. Murray Abraham), which Mark and Steven (Oscar Isaac) serve as an avatar for. Khonshu, featuring the head of a skeleton bird, controls the movement of the moon across the sky.
The villain of the series, Harrow, played by Ethan Hawke, is the avatar of the crocodile-headed goddess Ammit (Sofia Danu) who is the god of death, judgment, and funerals. She’s also known as “Devourer of the Dead”.
Osiris, who is often depicted with green skin, was introduced during the meeting of the gods and serves as the gods’ leader. Osiris is the most powerful god and is over agriculture, life, resurrection, and death.
Tawaret (Antonia Salib) is the hippo-faced wife of Osiris and the goddess of fertility, birth, and domestication. She is powerful and can bring people back from the dead and holds a high place amongst the gods. With Steven/Mark being killed in this week’s episode, this may mean that she will bring them back to life in the next episode.
Horus bears the head of a falcon and is the child of Osiris and Isis. He is the God-King of the sky and represents power.
Hathor (Díana Bermudez) is close to Khonshu and was the first to greet Steven/Mark at the meeting and give them a hint of where to find Ammit. The goddess of music is married to Horus.
The lion-faced god Tefnut controls the rain and is only briefly seen in episode 3.
Moon Knight was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin and was introduced in the comic Werewolf by Night #32 in August of 1975, before getting his comic in the early 80s. Watch “Moon Knight” now on Disney+.
