Weneg
deity sky ancient Egyptian religion single tradition · 3
Weneg was a sky and death deity from ancient Egyptian religion who was said to protect the earth and her inhabitants against the arrival of the "great chaos". He is described in the Pyramid Texts as both a death deity and as the deceased king, addressed as "Son of Ra". In the texts, Weneg is identified and equated with the sky god Shu, and is described as supporting the sky, governing the earth, and judging the gods.
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When
- First attested
- 2300 BCE
- Attested period
- -2300 – -2200
- Historical notes
- First mentioned in Pyramid Texts from the Sixth Dynasty; sparsely attested, appearing only in a few spells from that period.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Shu
- co occurs with
- Wadj-wer, Sokar, Tutu, Teka-her, Tenem, Wai, Wenenu, Wenty, Yam, Sopdu, Wepwawet, Sia
- child of
- Ra
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Weneg (also read as Uneg) was a sky and death deity from ancient Egyptian religion, who was said to protect the earth and her inhabitants against the arrival of the "great chaos".”
#13876 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Weneg – A plant god and son of Ra who maintains cosmic order”
#21057 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001