Gengen-Wer
Gengen-Wer is an Ancient Egyptian god of creation who appeared in the form of a goose, possibly an Egyptian goose. His name translates to "great honker" or "great cackler." He is said to guard a celestial egg containing a powerful creative energy and played a minor role in one spell in Chapter 59 of the Book of the Dead.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -300
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Chapter 59 of the Book of the Dead, an Ancient Egyptian funerary text.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Amun-Re-Kamutef, Hery-maat, Banebdjedet, Harsomtus, Amu-Aa, Apesh, Am-heh, Buchis, 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, Amun, Geb, Fá, Baal, Apedemak, Arensnuphis, Dedun, Ani, Ash, Harpocrates, Abu, Heka, Apophis, Andjety, Aqen, Duamutef, Bata, Hu, Akhty, Hermanubis, Aati, Duau, Aani, Hermes Trismegistus, Hapy
Mentioned by
- Amun
- Geb
- Fá
- Baal
- Apedemak
- Arensnuphis
- Dedun
- Ani
- Ash
- Harpocrates
- Abu
- Heka
- Apophis
- Andjety
- Aqen
- Duamutef
and 9 more
Sources
Source passages
“Gengen-Wer or Negeg-Wer (Ngg wr) is an Ancient Egyptian god of creation who appeared like a goose, possibly an Egyptian goose. His name can translate to great honker or great cackler. He is said to guard a celestial egg containing a powerful creative energy.”
#20847 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The mythological creator 'goose' referred to above, was called Gengen-Wer meaning "Great Honker" and always depicted as a Nile Goose/Fox Goose or Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) who ornithologically belongs to a separate genus and whose usual Egyptian name was smn, Coptic smon. A coloured vignette irrefutably depicts a Nile Goose with an opened beak in a context of solar creation on a mythological papyrus dating from the 21st Dynasty.”
#23978 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Gengen-Wer – A celestial Goose god who guarded the celestial egg containing the life force”
#24843 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5