Most Egyptian gods represented one principle aspect of the world: Ra was the sun god, for example, and Nut was goddess of the sky. ... When a god was angry, she might be portrayed as a ferocious lioness; when gentle, a cat. The convention was to depict the animal gods with a human body and an animal head.
Explanation:
im having a good day so i will further explain there usually portrayed with animal heads there almost like greek gods now depicted means drawing so come to think of it they've never seen the gods before so the draw what they would look like so the draw them with animal heads to describe them.
Most Egyptian gods represented one principle aspect of the world: Ra was the sun god, for example, and Nut was goddess of the sky. ... When a god was angry, she might be portrayed as a ferocious lioness; when gentle, a cat. The convention was to depict the animal gods with a human body and an animal head.
