Buchis
Buchis is one of three great bull cults of ancient Egypt, the others being the cults of Apis and Mnevis. All are related to the worship of Hathor or Bat.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -700 – 399
- Historical notes
- Worshiped in ancient Egypt.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Horus of the Strong Arm, Ba-Pef, Babi, Ha, Hemen, Hauron, Henkhisesui, Heryshaf, Aa, Abtu, Aby, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, An-a-f, An-hetep-f, Astennu, Ba, Denwen, Djebuty, Djedefhor, Djefa, Dionysus-Osiris, Dunanwi, Fetket, Hapi-Wet, Har-em-akhet, Heneb, Heqaib, Heru-Khu, Hery-sha-duat, Hez-Ur, Hraf-haf, Bat, Serapis, Osiris, Hathor, Ptah, Apis, Mnevis, Osorapis, Tjenenyet, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Montu-Ra, Fá, Baal, Apedemak, Arensnuphis, Dedun, Ani, Ash, Harpocrates, Abu, Heka, Apophis, Andjety, Aqen, Duamutef, Bata, Hu, Akhty, Hermanubis, Aati, Duau, Aani, Hermes Trismegistus, Hapy, Gengen-Wer, Hery-maat, Banebdjedet, Harsomtus, Amu-Aa, Apesh, Am-heh
- manifests as
- Montu
- aspect of
- Montu
- serves
- Montu
Mentioned by
- Bat
- Serapis
- Osiris
- Hathor
- Ptah
- Apis
- Mnevis
- Osorapis
- Tjenenyet
- Iunit
- Raet-tawy
- Montu-Ra
- Fá
- Baal
- Apedemak
- Arensnuphis
and 26 more
Sources
Source passages
“Apis was the most popular of three great bull cults of ancient Egypt, the others being the cults of Mnevis and Buchis. All are related to the worship of Hathor or Bat, similar primary goddesses separated by region until unification that eventually merged as Hathor.”
#23936 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the large Armant complex, moreover, there was the Bucheum, necropolis of the Buchis sacred bulls. The first burial of a Buchis in this special necropolis dates back to the reign of Nectanebo II (c. 340 BC), while the final one took place at the time of the Emperor/Pharaoh Diocletian”
#24396 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Buchis – A live Bull god worshiped in the region around Thebes and a manifestation of Montu”
#24831 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In the large Armant complex, moreover, there was the Bucheum, necropolis of the Buchis sacred bulls. The first burial of a Buchis in this special necropolis dates back to the reign of Nectanebo II (c. 340 BC), while the final one took place at the time of the Emperor/Pharaoh Diocletian (c. 300 AD).”
#46441 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free