Amun-Min (deity)

Amun-Min, as a separate deity in Egyptian mythology, combined the characteristics of Min and Amun. He has been documented since the Second Intermediate Period.

 Min-Amun  
In the New Kingdom, he is depicted as an enthroned mummy or ithyphallic god wearing the Amun feather crown; behind his back, a scourge can be seen in his raised hands. The Min-chapel or the Min-plant is also depicted. A hymn from the New Kingdom period describes Min-Amun in his former capacity as Min of Coptos:  In the Kushite period, the "Beautiful Festival of the Procession of Min-Amun to His Stairs" is documented. Two processions for the 1st Dynasty are known from Greco-Roman times. and 15 Shemu I to “his birthplace”.

 Literatur 
 Christian Leitz u. a.: Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen, Bd. 1: 3 – y. Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 2-87723-644-7, S. 317.
 Christian Leitz u. a.: Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen, Bd. 3: P – nbw, Schriftenreihe: Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta; 112. Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1148-4, S. 290.

 References  

Category:Egyptian deities
Category:Creation deities
Category:Vegetation deities