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Min

deity earth Egyptian corroborated · 23

Min was an Egyptian deity worshiped in temples throughout Egypt. He was typically part of a triad alongside Isis and Nephthys in temple worship.

↻ synthesized from 23 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Min was worshipped from the Predynastic Period (c. 3100 BCE).

Relationships

allied with
Isis, Nephthys, Wadjet, Horus, Amunet, Qetesh, Resheph, Amun
consort of
Isis, Iabet, Repyt, Mut-Min, Aperet-Isis
co occurs with
Amani, Amenope, Amun-Min-kamutef, Imentet, Renenutet, Four sons of Horus, Aperetiset, Satis, Anuket, Banebdjedet, Nebtu, Irta, Montu, Nefertem, Heru-ur, Khonshu, Amunet, Wosret, Mut-Tefnut, Khonsu-Shu, Im-ho-tep, Khons, Amaune, Amun-Ra, Repyt, Iabet, Osiris, Bennu, Neferhotep, Nekhbet, Mut, Tefnut, Bastet, Hathor, Nut, Shai, Menhit, Neith, Heka, Set, Aten, Aker, Anubis, Maahes, Sobek, Thoth, Khepri, Bes, Geb, Atum, Onuris, Shu, Apis, Ra, Ammon, Ptah
syncretized with
Amun, Khnum, Horus, Amun-Ra, Pan, Amun-Min
manifests as
Kamutef
parent of
Min-Horus, Min-Amun, Kolanthes, Min-Hor-Nacht
has aspect
Amun-Min
child of
Isis

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Mentioned by

and 18 more

Sources

wikipedia (22)
  1. Nephthys
  2. Wadjet
  3. Amun
  4. List of Egyptian deities
  5. Amunet
  6. Iabet
  7. Isis
  8. Mut
  9. Qetesh
  10. Repyt
  11. Khnum
  12. Kolanthes
  13. Koptos colossi
  14. Min (god)
  15. Sebeg
  16. Amun-Ra
  17. God's Wife of Amun
  18. Zeus Ammon
  19. Amun-Min
  20. Irta (god)
  21. Min-Amun
  22. Min-Horus
encyclopedia (1)
  1. Ammon (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“In most cases, Nephthys found her typical place as part of a triad alongside Osiris and Isis, Isis and Horus, Isis and Min, or as part of a quartet of deities.”

#11363 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Later she was joined by Min and Horus to form a triad of deities. From the site of Tebtunis, in the Egyptian Faiyum, a temple is dedicated to Wadjet and was the site of ritual performance in her honor.”

#11511 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The god of wind Amun came to be identified with the solar god Ra and the god of fertility and creation Min, so that Amun-Ra had the main characteristic of a solar god, creator god and fertility god.”

#11567 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Min – A god of virility, as well as the cities of Akhmim and Qift and the Eastern Desert beyond them”

#21029 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat

“In the Festival Hall of Thutmose III (c. 1479–1425 BC), Amunet is shown with the fertility god Min while leading a row of deities to visit the king in the anniversary celebration.”

#23268 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001