Amun
Sign in to saveAmun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife Amunet. His oracle in Siwa Oasis, located in Western Egypt near the Libyan Desert, remained the only oracle of Amun throughout. With the 11th Dynasty ( BC), Amun rose to the position of patron deity of Thebes by replacing Montu.
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Amun was one of the most important gods in ancient Egypt, worshipped from the earliest periods and eventually becoming the chief deity of Thebes starting around the 11th Dynasty. His influence extended across Egypt through his famous oracle at Siwa Oasis in the western desert, and he was typically depicted as part of Egyptian religious traditions alongside his divine consort Amunet.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Amun
- Deity.image
- Amun post Amarna (azure skin color).svg
- Deity.caption
- After the Amarna period, Amun was painted with blue skin, symbolizing his association with air and primeval creation. Amun was also depicted in a wide variety of other forms.
- Deity.hiero
- Amun:i-mn:n-C12 Amun-Ra: i-mn:n:ra*Z1-C12 Amun-Ra written in a Cartouche:
- Deity.cult_center
- Thebes, Hermopolis, (as a member of the Ogdoad)
- Deity.symbol
- two vertical plumes, the ram-headed Sphinx (Criosphinx)
- Deity.offspring
- KhonsuHarparaTjenenyetDionysus (Libyan)
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Zeus
- Deity.temple
- Siwa Oasis
- Deity.Roman_equivalent
- Jupiter
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- Early history
- Temple at Karnak
- New Kingdom
- Identification with Min and Ra
- Amarna Period
- Theology
- Third Intermediate Period
- Theban High Priests of Amun
- Decline
- Iron Age and classical antiquity
- Nubia and Sudan
- Siwa Oasis and Libya
- Levant
- Greece
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife Amunet. His oracle in Siwa Oasis, located in Western Egypt near the Libyan Desert, remained the only oracle of Amun throughout. With the 11th Dynasty ( BC), Amun rose to the position of patron deity of Thebes by replacing Montu.
Initially possibly one of eight deities in the Hermopolite creation myth, his worship expanded. After the rebellion of Thebes against the Hyksos and with the rule of Ahmose I (16th century BC), Amun acquired national importance, expressed in his fusion with the Sun god, Ra, as Amun-Ra (alternatively spelled Amon-Ra or Amun-Re). On his own, he was also thought to be the king of the gods.