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Amon (Egyptian deity)

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Personal name headingAmon (Egyptian deity)
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Variant(s)Amana (Egyptian deity)
Amon, Fivanskiĭ
Hammon (Egyptian deity)
Ammon (Egyptian deity)
Amon-Reʻ (Egyptian deity)
Amūn (Egyptian deity)
Amūn-Rēʻ (Egyptian deity)
Amen (Egyptian deity)
Αμμων (Egyptian deity)
Amun-Ra (Egyptian deity)
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inPavlova, O.I. Amon Fivanskiĭ, 1984.
Britannica Micro.: p. 321 (Amon)
Parrinder. Dict. of non-Christian religions: p. 19 (Amūn)
Wedeck & Baskin. Dict. of pagan religions (Ammon)
Schmitthenner, Christian. De Jove Hammone syntagma I, 1840: title page (... Jove Hammone) page 3 (North African god)
Wikipedia, April 10, 2014 (Amun. Amun (also Amon, Amen, Greek Αμμων = Ammōn) was a local deity of Thebes. He was attested since the Old Kingdom together with his spouse Amaunet. With the 11th dynasty (c. 21st century BC), he rose to the position of patron deity of Thebes by replacing Monthu. After the rebellion of Thebes against the Hyksos and with the rule of Ahmose I, Amun acquired national importance, expressed in his fusion with the Sun god, Ra, as Amun-Ra)
Britannica online, April 10, 2014 (Amon, also spelled Amun, Amen, or Ammon, Egyptian deity who was revered as king of the gods. Amon may have been originally one of the eight deities of the Hermopolite creation myth; his cult reached Thebes, where he became the patron of the pharaohs by the reign of Mentuhotep I (2008-1957 bce). At that date he was already identified with the sun god Re of Heliopolis and, as Amon-Re, was received as a national god)
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