God mAA it.f in Ancient Egyptian Religion

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Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Mansoura University

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This paper deals with god mAA it.f who was one of the seven spirits " Axw sfxw "in Ancient Egypt. His name means who sees his father. He was one of the children of Khenty Khety who were responsible for protecting the deceased and his burial. He was represented as one of lunar deities among the deities framing the northern constellations. This paper aims to study this deity by clarifying his roles in Ancient Egyptian religion by studying the textual and iconographical sources for this deity from different periods, starting from the Middle Kingdom to the end of the Graeco Roman eras. This research applies the descriptive and analytical methodology.

The study reached specific important conclusions, including the forms of the god’s name which most of them terminated with the determinative of the seated god or the nTr sign, as well as it exposed the different forms in which this deity appeared, as it appeared in the form of a mummy, a god with the head of a lynx, a god with the head of a falcon, and as a falcon. Likewise, the most famous titles which he carried and his roles and function in Ancient Egyptian religion. It clarified also his relation to the other deities like god Osiris, as he was the protector god of the seventh hour of the day and the night in the eastern Osirian chapel no 2 in the Dendera Temple.

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Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality
Volume 25, Issue 1
December 2023
Pages 165-185

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