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Bennu

animal_ally sky Egyptian single tradition · 3

The Bennu bird was a sacred bird uniquely protected by the goddess Nephthys. A temple called the "House of the Bennu" existed in Heliopolis in honor of this bird. A shrine also existed in honor of the Bennu in Upper Egyptian Nome VII.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – -300
Historical notes
Depicted as a heron.

Relationships

co occurs with
Neferhotep, Min, Khonshu, Montu, Nefertem, Heru-ur, Im-ho-tep, Isis, Osiris, Horus, Nephthys, Aten, Aker, Ra, Anubis, Khnum, Maahes, Set, Sobek, Thoth, Khepri, Amun, Bes, Geb, Atum, Ptah, Onuris, Shu, Apis

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Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. Nephthys
  2. List of Egyptian deities
  3. Sebeg

Source passages

“Nephthys was considered the unique protectress of the Bennu bird. This role may have stemmed from an early association in her native Heliopolis which was renowned for its "House of the Bennu" temple.”

#11358 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Bennu – A solar and creator deity, depicted as a Heron”

#21018 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat