Min

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Min is an ancient Egyptian fertility and male potency god, often depicted as a mummified man with an erect phallus and associated with procreation, harvests, and the eastern desert.

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Label Occurrences
Min canonical 3

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian deity
fertility god
male potency god
associatedWith Amun
Amun
surface form: Amun-Ra

Ra
eastern desert
harvest festivals
kingship
oases
culture ancient Egyptian religion
depictedAs figure with one arm raised
mummified man with erect phallus
standing male figure
domain agriculture
desert travel
fertility
harvest
male sexuality
procreation
epithet Lord of Coptos
Lord of the Eastern Desert
Akhmim
surface form: Min of Akhmim

Coptos
surface form: Min of Coptos
festival coming forth of Min
harvest festival of Min
gender male
iconographicAttribute erect phallus
flail
plumes
ribbon or streamer
white crown of Upper Egypt
region Upper Egypt
role god of fertility of land and people
god of male sexual power
protector of caravans
protector of miners
protector of travelers in the eastern desert
symbol flail
lettuce
phallus
white crown
syncretizedAs Amun
surface form: Amun-Min
timePeriod Middle Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: New Kingdom

Old Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: Old Kingdom

Ptolemaic Kingdom
surface form: Ptolemaic period
worshipCenter Akhmim
Coptos
Panopolis
Thebes

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