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

consort of
Mehit
syncretized with
Shu, Ares

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Sources

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”

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“Onuris – A god of war and hunting”

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“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.”

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