Mnevis
Mnevis is the living bull god worshipped at Heliopolis in ancient Egypt. He was especially connected with the goddess Hesat, and the mothers of Mnevis bulls were buried in a cemetery dedicated to Hesat.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Living bull god worshipped at Heliopolis; mothers of Mnevis bulls buried in cemetery dedicated to Hesat.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- White Elephant, Ljesche, Bijagos, Sekhat-Hor, Mehet-Weryt, Shedyt, Sema-wer, Ageb-wer, Osorapis, Buchis, Sah, Kolanthes, Irer, Sedjem, Igai, Ḥutchai, Qebui, Shehbui, Khenti-kheti, Petbe, Rem, Rekhyt, Sepa, Maga, Imsety, Kemwer, Khenti-Amentiu, Khesfu, Kneph, Mau, Nefer Hor, Nekheny, Pataikos, Sahekek, Sebeg, Sed, Sekhemus, Sepes, Septu, Seta-Ta, Setcheh, Setem, Sed, satyr, Fauns, Atargatis, Dionysus, Crow, Pan, Silenus, Dagon, Isis, Anubis, Hesat, Bat, Serapis, Osiris, Ptah, Mandulis, Sebiumeker, Resheph, Nemty, Neferhotep, Jupiter Ammon, Kherty, Medjed, Nehebkau, Qebehsenuef, Ihy, Panebtawy, Ra-Horakhty, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Mehen, Shepsy, Iah, Shezmu, Nebnerou, Peteese, Pihor, Ruty, Shemanefer, Horus, Astarte, Thoth, Nephthys, Apophis, Anat, sphinxes
- parent of
- Apis
- serves
- Set
Mentioned by
- satyr
- Fauns
- Atargatis
- Dionysus
- Crow
- Pan
- Silenus
- Dagon
- Isis
- Anubis
- Hesat
- Bat
- Serapis
- Osiris
- Ptah
- Mandulis
and 29 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“She was especially connected with Mnevis, the living bull god worshipped at Heliopolis, and the mothers of Mnevis bulls were buried in a cemetery dedicated to Hesat.”
#23387 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“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.”
#23935 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Mnevis (Ancient Greek: Μνέυις, Coptic: ⲉⲙⲛⲉⲩⲓ) is the Hellenized name of an ancient Egyptian bull god which had its centre of worship at Heliopolis, and was known to the ancient Egyptians as Mer-wer or Nem-wer.”
#24372 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Mnevis – A live Bull god worshiped at Heliopolis as a manifestation of Ra”
#24885 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Alexander England provides the voice and motion capture of Mnevis, the leader of the Egyptian Minotaurs that work for Set and can assume a human form.”
#40125 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001