Amun

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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.

Aliases (6)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian deity → creator god → solar deity →
associatedWith	creation → sun →
child	Khonsu →
consort	Mut →
culture	ancient Egyptian religion →
depictedAs	man with a double-plumed crown → ram → ram-headed man →
domain	air → fertility → hiddenness → kingship →
epithet	King of the Gods → Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands → The Hidden One →
gender	male →
importantTemple	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-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 (as Zeus-Ammon) →
worshipExtendedTo	Libya → Nubia →
worshipPeriod	Late Period of ancient Egypt → Middle Kingdom → New Kingdom → Third Intermediate Period →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abu Simbel temples ("god Amun-Ra") → Karnak Temple Complex → Temple of Amada → Temple of Beit el-Wali → Temple of Debod → Temple of Debod ("Amun of Debod") → Temple of Derr → Temple of Ellesyia → Temple of Ellesyia ("Amun-Ra") → Temple of Ramesses II at Derr ("Amun-Ra") → West Bank necropolis ("Amun (in associated temples)") →	dedicatedTo
Amenhotep II → Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis → Wadi es-Sebua → ankh →	associatedWithDeity
Temple of Amada → Temple of Ellesyia → Temple of Ellesyia ("Amun-Ra") →	hasDeity
Kingdom of Meroë → Pharaonic Egypt → Thebes (Egypt) →	majorDeity
Amada ("Amun-Re") → Temple of Derr →	dedicatedToDeity
Thutmose III →	associatedDeity
Karnak Temple Complex →	governedByPriesthoodOf
Pi-Ramesses →	hadTempleDedicatedTo
Amun ("Amun-Ra") →	mergedForm
Pelusium ("Egyptian god Amun") →	namedAfter
Karnak Temple Complex ("Amun-Re") →	primaryDeity