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Amun-Ra

deity sky ancient Egypt single tradition · 15

Amun-Ra is a fusion of Amun and the Sun god, Ra. He retained chief importance in the Egyptian pantheon throughout the New Kingdom (with the exception of the "Atenist heresy" under Akhenaten). Amun-Ra in this period (16th–11th centuries BC) held the position of transcendental, self-created creator deity "par excellence"; he was the champion of the poor or troubled and central to personal piety.

↻ synthesized from 15 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Important during the New Kingdom.

Relationships

co occurs with
Ra-Horus, Ra-Horakhty, Mnevis bull, Atum-Ra, Khnum-Ra, Min-Ra, Ptah-Sokar, Rekhyt deity, Khonsu-pa-khered, Zeus Ammon, Jupiter Ammon, Amun-Min, Amani, Montu, Sekhmet, Khnum, Khepri, Raet-tawy, Montu-Ra, Apep, Isis, Osiris, Horus, Hathor, Meretseger, Re
syncretized with
Ra, Amun, Zeus Ammon, Jupiter Ammon, Zeus, Jupiter, Min
aspect of
Ra, Amun
parent of
Khonshu
consort of
Mut, Amunet
allied with
Ptah
enemy of
Aten
manifested by
dt-serpent, Amun
child of
Ra, Amun

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Sources

wikipedia (15)
  1. Amun
  2. Solar deity
  3. Atenism
  4. Ra
  5. Solar chariot
  6. Meretseger
  7. Mut
  8. Rekhyt
  9. Amun-Ra
  10. High Priest of Amun
  11. Oracle of Ammon
  12. Oracle of Zeus-Ammon
  13. Precinct of Amun-Re
  14. Zeus Ammon
  15. Amun-Min

Source passages

“As Amun-Ra, he was petitioned for mercy by those who believed their suffering had come about as a result of their own or others' wrongdoing. Amun-Ra "who hears the prayer, who comes at the cry of the poor and distressed ... . Beware of him!”

#11568 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Initially, Akhenaten presented Aten to the Egyptian people as a variant of the familiar supreme deity Amun-Ra (itself the result of an earlier rise to prominence of the cult of Amun, resulting in Amun becoming merged with the sun god Ra), in an attempt to put his ideas in a familiar religious context.”

#15322 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Rituals to the god Amun, who became identified with the sun god Ra, were often carried out on the top of temple pylons. A pylon mirrored the hieroglyph for 'horizon' or akhet, which was a depiction of two hills "between which the sun rose and set", associated with recreation and rebirth.”

#15385 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“they were combined to create Amun-Ra, a solar creator god. It is hard to distinguish exactly when this combination happened, but references to Amun-Ra appeared in pyramid texts as early as the Fifth Dynasty. The most common belief is that Amun-Ra was invented as a new state-deity by the Theban rulers”

#17149 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The "solarisation" of several local gods (Khnum-Ra, Min-Ra, Amun-Ra) reached its peak in the period of the Fifth Dynasty.”

#17707 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001