Amen The Hidden God
AMEN The Ancient of Days The primordial Egyptian God, whose name means the hidden one, as the driving force of the invisible breeze he was origninally a God of wind and ruler of the air. During the 11th dynasty (21332000 BC) he became the powerful SunGod of Thebes, where he was worshipped as AmunRe. Later he was made the supreme God of the entire realm and king of the Gods. In the Ogdoad of Hermopolis he forms a pair with the motherGoddess Amaunet. From his union with the Goddess Mut came forth the moonGod Chons, Amuns symbol is the RAM. He is portrayed as a RAM, as a man with a RAMs head, or with a beard and feathered crown. Temples dedicated to him are situated as Karnak and DeirelBahari (near Luxor). In Greece he was worshipped as Ammon. AMEN is represented in Five Forms:
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