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Amun

deity sky Egyptian single tradition · 57

Amun is a deity in Egyptian mythology who is sometimes depicted with many eyes.

↻ synthesized from 57 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Earliest evidence from the Old Kingdom.

Relationships

co occurs with
Bes, Mokumokuren, Lord Shiva, Tripura Sundari, Adi Parashakti, Durga, Harpara-pa-khered, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Montu-Ra, Montu-Ra-Horakhty, Nubit, Ra-Horakhty, Ra-Horus, Hathor-in-Benenet, Ogdoad, Niau, Niaut, Neferhotep, Hathor within the Benenet, Khonsu the Elder, Hathor the Elder, Sopdu, Bast, Naunet, Nun, Hauhet, Heh, Kek, Mnevis bull, Nephthys, Apophis, Neith, Ihy, Anat, Miket, Sia, Eye of Ra, Hariese, Baʿal Shamem, Baʿal Malage, Baʿal Ugarit, Teshub, Kumarbi, Amunet, Nut, Shai, Renenutet, Four sons of Horus, Amenhotep I, Two Ladies, Gengen-Wer, Amun-Re-Kamutef, Amaunet, Nu, Khnum-Ra, Hapy, Min-Horus, Irta, Henkhisesui, Ḥutchai, Qebui, Shehbui, Geb, Onuris, Apis, Bennu, Nefertem, Heru-ur, Shu, Atum, Ma'at, dt-serpent, Wosret, Mut-Min, Min-Hor-Nacht, Mut-Tefnut, Khonsu-Shu, Im-ho-tep, Anhur, Harsomtus, Aamon, Ba'al-Ḥammon, Montu, Ahmose-Nefertari, Hatshepsut, God's Wife of Amun, Ahmose-Meritamun, Neferure, Zeus Ammon, Mut, Divine Adoratrice of Amun, Jupiter Ammon, Ka, Land of Sokar, Khonshu, Amun of Thebes, Ptah, Amun of Napata, Dodomeki, Ophanim, Seraphim, Azrael, Indra, Argus Panoptes, Cuegle, Thoth, Sekhmet, Helios, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Kauket, Tefnut, Baal, Resheph, Apep, Meretseger, Hadad, Baalshamin, Osiris, Bastet, Kuk, Sobek, Khepri, Set, Aker, Anubis, Maahes, gods, Hathor
parent of
Tjenenyet, Khonsu-Neferhotep, Harsomtus, Min-Amun, Khonshu, Amun-Ra, Khonsu
allied with
Apedemak, Serket, Neith, Khnum, Baalat Gebal, Shu, Rekhyt, Pat, Khonshu, Mut, Horus, Satis, Re
syncretized with
Zeus Ammon, Jupiter Ammon, Zeus, Jupiter, Baʿal Zaphon, Baal Zaphon, Min, Ra, Baal Zephon
manifests as
serpent, Kamutef, Amun Re, statue with broad collar and sun disk, Amun-Ra
consort of
Amaunet, Isis, Wosret, Mut, Amunet, Mut, Lady of Heaven
aspect of
Atum
child of
Ipet-Nut, Zeus, Pasiphaë
manifested by
Amenope, Amun-Min-kamutef, Kematef, Amun-Irta, Amani, Amun of Napata, Amun of Thebes
served by
priests
has aspect
Amun-Min, Amani, Amun-Ra, Amun Re
enemy of
Aten

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Sources

wikipedia (57)
  1. List of many-eyed creatures in mythology and fiction
  2. Tjenenyet
  3. Amun
  4. Apedemak
  5. Serket
  6. Atenism
  7. List of solar deities
  8. Pasiphaë
  9. Nun (mythology)
  10. Ra
  11. Khonsu
  12. Ancient Egyptian deities
  13. List of Egyptian deities
  14. Harsomtus
  15. Hadad
  16. Amunet
  17. Baalat Gebal
  18. Isis
  19. Meretseger
  20. Mut
  21. Two Ladies
  22. Wosret
  23. Geb
  24. Heh (god)
  25. Hutchai
  26. Khnum
  27. Min (god)
  28. Rekhyt
  29. Sebeg
  30. Shehbui
  31. Theban Triad
  32. Baal-zephon
  33. Abu Simbel
  34. Maatkare B
  35. Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
  36. Nebwenenef
  37. Amun-Ra
  38. Aamon
  39. Beautiful Festival of the Valley
  40. Divine Adoratrice of Amun
  41. God's Wife of Amun
  42. Opet Festival
  43. Oracle of Ammon
  44. Oracle of Zeus-Ammon
  45. Precinct of Amun-Re
  46. Second Prophet of Amun
  47. Statue of Karomama, the Divine Adoratrice of Amun
  48. Statues of Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa
  49. Thebes, Egypt
  50. Zeus Ammon
  51. Harsiese
  52. Genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet
  53. Atef
  54. Amun-Ra Kamutef
  55. Kamutef
  56. Nitocris I (Divine Adoratrice)
  57. Temple of Isis at Philae

Source passages

“Amun in Egyptian mythology (in some depictions).”

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“Amun and Amunet are occasionally included but are usually considered to stand outside the Ennead.”

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“The appearance of Amun and Apedemak together might suggest a sense of co-regency and between the deities in this region.”

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“In the 10th century BC, the overwhelming dominance of Amun over all of Egypt gradually began to decline, as Amun was by now seen as a national god in Nubia.”

#11571 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In the New Kingdom records of the birth of Amenophis III (or Amenhotep III) in the Luxor Temple, and in the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Serket is seen with Neith assisting the god Amun and the queen in the marriage bed.”

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