Amun-Min
Amun-Min is mythologically regarded as the mother-wife of Amun-Min, which is also indicated by his title “bull of his mother”. Inscriptions from Karnak describe the goddess as „the mother together with the father in the beginning“ and as the embodiment of the primordial Lotus which gave birth to the sun god.
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When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -2000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in the Festival Hall of Thutmose III.
Relationships
- consort of
- Amunet
- syncretized with
- Min
- manifests as
- ithyphallic deity
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Amunet is mythologically regarded as the mother-wife of Amun-Min, which is also indicated by his title “bull of his mother”. Inscriptions from Karnak describe the goddess as „the mother together with the father in the beginning“ and as the embodiment of the primordial Lotus which gave birth to the sun god.”
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“Since rams were considered a symbol of virility, Amun also became thought of as a fertility deity, and so started to absorb the identity of Min, becoming Amun-Min. This association with virility led to Amun-Min gaining the epithet Kamutef, meaning "Bull of his mother"”
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“Since rams were considered a symbol of virility, Amun also became thought of as a fertility deity, and so started to absorb the identity of Min, becoming Amun-Min.”
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