 The evidence is less clear for gods in human form, and this type of deity may have emerged more slowly than those in animal shape.Each region of Egypt originally had its own patron deity, but it is likely that as these small communities conquered or absorbed each other, the god of the defeated area was either incorporated into the other god's mythology or entirely subsumed by it.This resulted in a complex pantheon in which some deities remained only locally important while others developed more universal significance.