2007-01-01 08:45:17 · 5 answers · asked by AH 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nothingness
2007-01-01 08:49:03 · answer #1 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other Names: Ammon, Amen, Kematef
Patron of: the wind, the sun, in later periods he was the supreme deity.
Appearance: A man with a punt beard and feathered crown, sometimes wearing the sun disk. He is also shown as a ram or ram-headed man.
Description: A primordial Egyptian creation god, a member of the Ogdoad, and the consort of Amaunet. He was also the consort once of Mut, their child is the moon-god Khonsu.
Worship: Cult centers at Karnak and Deir-el-Bahari (near Luxor), after he was combined with Ra he became the primary deity of the state religion. He was also worshipped by the Greeks as a variant of Zeus.
Variants:
Amun-Ra
Composite deity with Ra (starting around the XI Dynasty), king of all the gods, worshipped primarily at Thebes.
Ammon
The Greek version, worshipped as a variant of Zeus.
2007-01-01 08:57:19 · answer #2 · answered by shannara 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was the King of the Gods or the Sun god. He was also god of fertility and wind. He was the Egyptian equivalent of Zeus.
2007-01-01 08:48:48 · answer #3 · answered by Laura 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AIR
He was associated with the air as an invisible force, he remained apart from creation, totally different from it, and fully independent from it.
2007-01-01 09:05:16 · answer #4 · answered by peaceful light 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sun.... I think....
2007-01-01 08:46:40 · answer #5 · answered by Zhukov 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋