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Aker
Sign in to saveEgyptian deity of the eastern and western horizons and an earth and underworld god
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Within Vinony's link graph, Aker is referenced by 312 other articles, and connects out to Four sons of Horus, list of wind deities and Horus.
It is catalogued under topics including Egyptian death gods, Egyptian underworld and Lion gods.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Egyptian mythology
- Gender
- male
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- religion of ancient Egypt
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- A-k:r-E20
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SymbolHorizon Aker was an ancient Egyptian personification of the horizon, and an earth and underworld god, believed to guard the eastern (Bakhu) and western (Manu) horizons.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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