Amun

E73145

ancient Egyptian deity creator god solar deity

Amun is a major ancient Egyptian deity, often associated with the sun and creation and later merged with Ra as Amun-Ra, who became one of the chief gods of the Egyptian pantheon.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Amun canonical	96
Amun-Ra	15
Amun-Re	2
Egyptian god Amun	2
Amun (in associated temples)	1
Amun (through Amenhotep III)	1
Amun as beyond human perception	1
Amun of Debod	1
Amun-Min	1
god Amun-Ra	1
gods such as Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah	1
state god Amun-Ra	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian deity ⓘ creator god ⓘ solar deity ⓘ
associatedWith	creation ⓘ sun ⓘ
child	Khonsu ⓘ
consort	Mut ⓘ
culture	Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
depictedAs	man with a double-plumed crown ⓘ ram ⓘ ram-headed man ⓘ
domain	air ⓘ fertility ⓘ hiddenness ⓘ kingship ⓘ
epithet	Lord of the Gods ⓘ surface form: King of the Gods Lord of the Two Lands ⓘ surface form: Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands The Hidden One ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
importantTemple	Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ surface form: Great Temple of Amun at Karnak
languageOfName	ancient Egyptian ⓘ
linkedTo	oracles ⓘ pharaonic legitimacy ⓘ state cult of Thebes ⓘ
majorCultCenter	Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
meaningOfName	The Hidden One ⓘ
memberOfTriad	Theban Triad ⓘ
mergedForm	Amun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Amun-Ra
mergedWith	Ra ⓘ
positionInPantheon	chief god ⓘ king of the gods ⓘ
religiousReformImpact	restored after Akhenaten’s reign ⓘ suppressed during the Amarna period ⓘ
symbol	ankh ⓘ double-plumed crown ⓘ goose ⓘ ram ⓘ was scepter ⓘ
syncretizedWith	Jupiter (as Jupiter Ammon) ⓘ Min ⓘ Montu ⓘ Zeus ⓘ surface form: Zeus (as Zeus-Ammon)
worshipExtendedTo	Libya ⓘ Nubia ⓘ
worshipPeriod	Late Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Middle Kingdom New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: New Kingdom Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Third Intermediate Period

Referenced by (123)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Derr → dedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

Temple of Amada → dedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

Temple of Amada → hasDeity → Amun ⓘ

Pharaonic Egypt → majorDeity → Amun ⓘ

Abu Simbel temples → dedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: god Amun-Ra

Temple of Beit el-Wali → dedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

Temple of Debod → dedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun of Debod

Temple of Ellesyia → dedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun-Ra

Temple of Ellesyia → hasDeity → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun-Ra

Thebes → majorDeity → Amun ⓘ

subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)

Kingdom of Meroë → majorDeity → Amun ⓘ

Pelusium → namedAfter → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian god Amun

Wadi es-Sebua → associatedWithDeity → Amun ⓘ

ankh → associatedWithDeity → Amun ⓘ

Amada → dedicatedToDeity → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun-Re

Amun → mergedForm → Amun self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun-Ra

Derr, Lower Nubia → dedicatedToDeity → Amun ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Derr

Temple of Ramesses II at Derr → dedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun-Ra

Thutmose III → associatedDeity → Amun ⓘ

Amenhotep II → associatedWithDeity → Amun ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis) → associatedWithDeity → Amun ⓘ

subject surface form: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

Karnak Temple Complex → dedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

Karnak Temple Complex → primaryDeity → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun-Re

Karnak Temple Complex → governedByPriesthoodOf → Amun ⓘ

West Bank necropolis → dedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun (in associated temples)

Pi-Ramesses → hadTempleDedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

Ra → epithet → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun-Ra

Ra → mergedWith → Amun ⓘ

Waset → mainDeity → Amun ⓘ

Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari → dedicatedToDeity → Amun ⓘ

Luxor Temple → dedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

Ancient Egyptian religion → hasDeity → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun-Ra

Hatshepsut → cultAssociation → Amun ⓘ

Medinet Habu → mainDeity → Amun ⓘ

Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt → mainDeityCult → Amun ⓘ

Obelisk of Luxor → inscriptionsHonor → Amun ⓘ

Ramesseum → dedicatedToDeity → Amun ⓘ

Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari → depictsDeities → Amun ⓘ

Double Crown of Egypt → wornByDeity → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun-Ra

Double Crown of Egypt → associatedWith → Amun ⓘ

Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region → mainDeityVenerated → Amun ⓘ

Adikhalamani (Tabriqo) → associatedWithDeity → Amun ⓘ

subject surface form: Adikhalamani

Jebel Barkal → associatedWithDeity → Amun ⓘ

Jebel Barkal → containsTempleDedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

Lateran Obelisk → dedicatedTo → Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amun-Ra

Kingdom of Napata → mainDeity → Amun ⓘ