Amun


Niau and Niaut , 'the void' replaced by Amun and Amaunet at a later period


 

Amun, the Hidden One.

 

The male aspect of that which is invisible, represented as a frog as one of the Ogdoad, originally a god of wind and ruler of the air

 

Amun later 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.

 

As Amun-Re his 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

 

 

Amaunet (Amentet, Amentit, Imentet, Imentit, Amen) is the female aspect of Amun known as ‘The Mother who is Father’ and ‘She of the West’ (the land of the dead)

 

Amaunet was pictured as a snake, a lioness-headed woman, a cow, a sycamore tree, a snake-headed woman, or as a woman with an ostrich feather or hawk on her head, occasionally as a winged goddess.

 

The Egyptians also identified Amaunet with Neith and as the mother of Ra.