AMMNON
Also called Amon, Amun, Ra, or Re (The Sun), or Amun-Ra, Ammnon-Ra, or Amen-Ra (The Great Sun). The King of the Gods during the Theban dynasties, and the God of Fertility. He was part of the Theban Triad, along with Mut and Khonsu. Usually associated with the wind,, or things hidden. He was represented with a human body that has a ram's head and large, curving, horns.
HORUS
Horus (Pronouced Hore-us) is the falcon-headed solar god. His mother was Isis who conceived him by her magickal powers from the body of his murdered father Osiris. He eventually emerges the victor in a contest with Set as to whom is the legitimate heir to the throne of Egypt.
KHENSU
The Egyptian god who replaced Mont as the Son of Amon and Mut in the Theban Triad. His name means "the Navigator" or more freely. He who crosses the sky in a boat, and he seems to have originally been a Moon God. Later he became a God of Healing. He was usually pictured as having a completley shaved head except for one enormous tress growing from one temple. His other names are: Khons, Khons, Hor, Neferhotep.
RA
Ra, the Sun God, is pictured with the falcon-head of Horus and the sun disk of Uraeus (the sacred serpent, symbol of sovereignty depicted on the headres of some deities). He is wearing mummy wrappings for his night voyage through the twelve provinces of the underworld. He is normally accompanied by seven cows and a bull which provide him with his nightly sustenance. Mankind and animals were siad to have come into being from his tears. |
