Onuris
deity earth Egyptian single tradition · 4
Onuris, or Anhur, is a hunter god who was worshipped in Thinis. Various texts allude to a myth in which Onuris tracks down Mehit in Nubia and brings her to Egypt as his wife. This event is the basis for Onuris name, which means "bringer-back of the distant one".
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When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 300
- Historical notes
- God of war and hunting.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Eye of Ra, Hathor-Tefnut, Khonshu, Shu, Apis, Bennu, Min, Montu, Nefertem, Heru-ur, Im-ho-tep, Sobek, Ra, Aten, Aker, Osiris, Anubis, Khnum, Maahes, Set, Horus, Thoth, Khepri, Amun, Bes, Geb, Atum, Ptah
- consort of
- Mehit
Mentioned by
and 2 more
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Mehit was the consort of Onuris, or Anhur, a hunter god who was worshipped in Thinis. Various texts allude to a myth in which Onuris tracks down Mehit in Nubia and brings her to Egypt as his wife. This event is the basis for Onuris name”
#11082 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Onuris – A god of war and hunting”
#21031 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Onuris has a minor role in the 2012 fantasy novel The Serpent's Shadow as a presumed dead god who is revived in order to destroy the Lord of Chaos, Apophis.”
#24408 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001