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Khonshu

deity earth Egyptian single tradition · 29

Khonshu is a god who participated in the First Blasphemy conflict. He tried to avenge a prisoner killed by Varnae and later gathered support from surrounding gods including Bast, Eshu, Gherke, and Ptah to retaliate against Varnae's theft of vibranium.

↻ synthesized from 29 sources

When

First attested
1980 CE
Attested period
1975 – 2022
Historical notes
First appearance in 1980.

Relationships

allied with
Exu, Ptah, Bast, Gherke, Kokou, Thoth, Mut, Amun, Horus, Shu, Shezmu, The Seizer of Heads, The One with his head raised, The One Above the Redness, Kokou the Ever-Burning
co occurs with
Originators, demon spirits, Varnae, Vanyan, Creeping Doom, Ibeji, Children of Olokun, Ipet-Nut, Niau, Niaut, Hathor within the Benenet, Khonsu the Elder, Hathor the Elder, Aani, Hapy, Ptah-Sokar, Min-Hor-Nacht, Mut-Tefnut, Khonsu-Shu, Amenope, Amun-Min-kamutef, Amun-Min, Ra-Horakhty, Heru-ur, Nefertem, Wosret, Mut-Min, Ra-Atum, Nun, Im-ho-tep, Ma'at, Amun Re, Amun-Ra, Zeus Ammon, Gherke, Uatu the Watcher, Inan's astral form, Mujaji, K'Liluna, Magba, Orishas, Anansi, Neith, Tjenenyet, Raet-tawy, Ptah-Tatenen-Khonsu, Ammit, Nut, Hathor, Amunet, Meretseger, Set, Geb, Atum, Onuris, Bennu, Montu, Tefnut, Bastet, Nekhbet, Aten, Aker, Anubis, Khnum, Sobek, Khepri, Bes, Apis, Min, Sekhmet, Isis, Taweret
enemy of
Varnae
syncretized with
Iah, Osiris, Neferhotep, Khonsu-Thoth
parent of
Ogdoad
sibling of
Nefertem, Maahes, Tutu
child of
Amaunet, Shezmetet, Nubit, Amun-Ra, Amun, Mut, Atum, Amaunet, Amon Ra
manifested by
Ra, Khonsu-pa-khered
consort of
Hathor-in-Benenet
has aspect
Khonsu-Neferhotep

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Mentioned by

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Sources

wikipedia (29)
  1. Tjenenyet
  2. Amun
  3. Ammit
  4. Bast (Marvel Comics)
  5. Wakanda
  6. Iah
  7. Khonsu
  8. Aani
  9. List of Egyptian deities
  10. Amunet
  11. Meretseger
  12. Mut
  13. Sebeg
  14. Theban Triad
  15. Tutu (Egyptian god)
  16. Sekhmet (Marvel Comics)
  17. Temple of Ptah (Karnak)
  18. Amun-Ra
  19. Beautiful Festival of the Valley
  20. Oracle of Zeus-Ammon
  21. Precinct of Amun-Re
  22. Thebes, Egypt
  23. Zeus Ammon
  24. 360-day calendar
  25. Bentresh stela
  26. Khonshu (Marvel Comics)
  27. Moon Knight
  28. Mr. Knight
  29. Ultimate Black Panther

Source passages

“An alternate universe version of Bast appears in "Secret Wars" as the ruler of the Battleworld domain of Egyptia, alongside Khonshu.”

#17897 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Eons ago during the First Blasphemy, Khonshu tries to avenge a prisoner that was killed by Varnae only for Bast to tell Khonshu to stay his hand. Varnae had stolen Vibranium from the Fires of Ptah and planned to ascend to godhood. This attracted the attention of Khonshu, who met with Bast, Eshu, Gherke, and Ptah during Ra's slumber.”

#18102 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Khonshu and Taweret appears in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series Moon Knight, with Khonshu performed by Karim El-Hakim and voiced by F. Murray Abraham and Taweret voiced and motion-captured by Atonia Salib. Khonshu is an outcast amongst his fellow Egyptian gods for waging a "one-god war on perceived injustices", which”

#40411 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“shows Marc Spector resurrected again by Khonshu, materializing alive and well in his home while experiencing a vision of himself rising from the grave as Khonshu summons him. Witnessing Marc's sudden manifestation in his home, and noting that the Statue of Khonshu explodes only to then repair itself”

#41936 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Abraham. This version is an outcast amongst his fellow Egyptian gods for waging a "one-god war on perceived injustices", which necessitates him to find and use his avatar, Marc Spector. Additionally, Khonshu was described by the series' head writer Jeremy Slater as an "imperious and sort of snotty and vengeful”

#41955 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001