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Tauret: Great One of Birth (Greek name: Thoueris)
Thousands of smiling statues of hippopotami with pendulous breasts, long pleated hair and Hethert's horns-and-crescent headdress have been found as testament to the popularity of Taweret in ancient times as the protectress of childbearing women. She was also considered the main protectress of infants and children, along with Bes. The hippopotamus which is Her theophany was probably not venerated particularly for its mothering skills, but for brute strength and staying power - and its ability to scare just about anything that shouldn't be there away. In some texts, Taweret is also called "Opet," which is also the name given to the first festival of the Kemetic year held in honor of Amen and Mut at Karnak.

As a mother Goddess, Tauret accepts offerins similar to those of kemet's Great mother, the Goddess Hethert.

A beautiful prayer to Tauret was found on the stela of a woman buried near the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir-al-Bahri:

I give praise to Tauret,
in Her beautiful Name of 'One Who Comes in Perfection.'
I sing Her praises to heaven
and offer to Her ka everyday.
Be gracious to me, show me Your grace
Beautiful, Gracious One!
May You give me Your hand,
May You be my life's friend,
Bring me children!

Tefnut: Lady of Rain
One of the two first creations of the Self-Created One, Tem, Tefnut is twin to Shu and embodies the concept of airborne moisture, clouds, dew, or rain (Shu embodies the concept of air, wind or atmosphere). Tefnut is sometimes equated with Nit and Nut, and is depicted in New Kingdom jewelry and art as a female sphinx trampling the enemies of the Two Lands, equated with the Great Royal Wife of the king. Tefnut is generally depicted as a woman with a lion's head, surmounted by the sun-disk (resembling Sekhmet; however, Tefnut's ears are routinely pointed, whereas Sekhmet's are rounded), seated on a throne. She is sometimes shown as a full lion along with Her brother/twin Shu.

Jewelry, blessed water and wine are acceptable offerings to Tefnut.

This is a hymn from the Temple of Heru at Edfu, in which Tefnut is seen as an aspect of Hethert:

All hail, jubilation to You, O Golden One,
Sole ruler, Uraeus of the Supreme Lord Himself!
Mysterious One who gives birth to the divine entities,
Forms the animals, models them as She pleases, fashions men...
O Mother! ...Luminous One who thrusts back the darkness,
who illuminates every human creature with Her rays,
hail, Great One of many Names...
You from whom the Divine Entities come forth in this Your Name of Mut-Aset!
You-Who-Cause the throat to breathe,
Daughter of Ra, whom He spat forth from His mouth in this Your Name of Tefnut!
O Nit who appeared in Your barque in this Your Name of Mut!
O Venerable Mother, You who subdues Your adversaries in this Your name Nekhbet!
O You-Who-Knows-How-To-Make-Right-Use-of-the-Heart,
You who triumphs over Your enemies in this Your Name of Sekhmet!
It is the Golden One...the Lady of Drunkenness, of Music, of Dance,
of Frankincense, of the Crown, of Young Women,
Whom men acclaim because they love Her!
It is the Gold of the Divine Entities, who comes forth at Her season,
the month of Epipi, the Day of the New Moon, at the Festival of "She is Delivered"...
Heaven makes merry, the earth is full of gladness, the Castle of Heru rejoices.

Wesir: King of the Ancestors (Greek: Osiris)
A Name of obscure origin Who, like Aset, rose to prominence over antiquity to become one of the most lasting Names of all time, Wesir is first noted in the Pyramid Texts as a shadowy figure to which the deceased ruler is promised not to be abandoned (a rather undesired state is given to "Wesir and His spirits" in a dark and airless underworld). In later times, Wesir absorbed the forms and functions of nearly all other Names associated with death and the afterlife including Wepwawet, Yinepu, Sokar and Sebek to become Foremost of Westerners, Judge of the Dead and overseer of the blessed spirits (those who had died and been judged favorably in the Hall of Double Truth). Eventually Wesir would embody the "popular religion" of the people as final arbiter of destiny after death; the story of Wesir's death, from which life came nonetheless (note that it was not his OWN life or resurrection, as Wesir is the Lord of the Dead - he is NOT the lord of resurrection, a "green man" or a "Christ" figure in this sense) was borrowed and retold in both the Greek mysteries and other mystery cults abroad in the ancient world. In addition to His associations with death and afterlife, Wesir is the firstborn son of Geb and Nut (alternately Ra and Nut) and embodies the Black Land of the Two Lands itself, the fertile soil which yearly is "murdered" by the encroachment of the Red Land (Set's desert), yet returns to growth at the rising of the Sopdet-star attributed to Aset, Wesir's sister-wife. "Corn mummies" of seeded dirt formed in the shape of Wesir were placed in tombs to germinate in the darkness, demonstrating Wesir's power; such a corn-mummy in Tutankhamen's tomb was carried into the light by Carter and Carnarvon's team to reveal sprouts of barley and emmer, frozen forever in time.

Offerings such as corn mummies as well as the traditional funeral of bread, beer and grains are welcomed by Wesir; Kemetic orthodox devotees have said that He likes to recieve potted plants and trees (still growing, not cut), honey and graham-style crackers. He does not, for obvious reasons, like to recieve the perfumed sand that some other Gods and Goddesses like to recieve from time to time.

The following prayer is given to accompany a libation (liquid offering), either of water, or preferably dark beer. Once one has said the prayer, the libation can be made:

This libation is Yours, Wesir,
For You comming forth from Your Son,
Comming forth from Heru.
I come to bring You Heru's Eye to refresh Your heart.
I have brought it to You, under Your sandals,
this liquid which comes forth from You.