Amen
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Name
Amen (ah-muhn)
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The Hidden One
Names - Alternate
Amun, Amon, Amoun, and Imenand
Greek: Ammon, and Hammon
Appearance
Amen is generally depicted as a man wearing a tall golden double-plumed crown and a red and white pleated skirt; infrequently He is also shown as a ram with curled-down horns (Ovis platyra, not to be confused with the ram representing Khnum, Ovis longipes), or a ram-headed man.
 Amun & Mut |
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Parents
Amun is a self-created deity, expressed in his occasional title of the Self-Created One.
Consorts
At His temple in Karnak He was worshipped with His consort Mut.
Children
Epithets
- Mysterious of Form
- Lord to the Limit
- Self-Created One
- Hidden One
Roles
Amun is a guardian of kingship and is frequently called the "King of the Gods". He is honored as a creator deity.
Worship Centers
Festivals
Amun is honored at many Saq festivals and feasts throughout the year, as well as during the Feast of the Beautiful Valley, with His wife Mut and child Khonsu.
Creation Story
As god of air, Amun came to be associated with the breath of life, which created the ba, particularly in Thebes. By the First Intermediate Period this had led to him being thought of, in these areas, as the creator god, titled father of the gods, preceding the Ogdoad, although also part of it. As he became more significant, he was assigned a wife (Amenet being his own female aspect, more than a distinct wife), and since he was the creator, his wife was considered the divine mother from which the cosmos emerged, who in the areas where Amun was worshipped was, by this time, Mut.
Offerings
Food/Drink
- Beef
Items
- Incense
- Perfumes
Stones
Scents
Colours
- Blue
- Gold
- Silver
