Amun
A primordial
Egyptian god, whose name means "the hidden one".
As
the driving force of the invisible breeze he was originally
a god of wind and ruler of the air. During the 11th dynasty
(2133 - 2000 BCE) he became the powerful sun-god of Thebes,
where he was worshipped as Amun-Re.
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 mother-goddess Amaunet.
From his union with the goddess Mut
came forth the moon-god Chons.
Amun's
symbol is the ram. He is portrayed as a ram, as a man with
a ram's head, or with a beard and a feathered crown.
Temples
dedicated to him are situated as Karnak and Deir-el-Bahari
(near Luxor).
In
Greece he was worshipped as Ammon.
The
Encyclopedia Mythica
