6/29/2023 0 Comments Download the gouged eyeInterpretation of symbols and glyphs found on 1st Dynasty BCE to 18th Century CE artifacts, are a means of tracing the transformational journeys of Bes, the Egypto-Nubian deity. Thus, at Athribis the interwoven dichotomy of solar and lunar worship can be traced in multiple mythological and ceremonial accounts. The unguent was mythically required to embalm Osiris, whose healing in turn can be associated with the composition of the moon’s eye. Additionally, the descriptions of the exotic southern region implicitly broach the myth of the Distant Goddess personified as Repit, the right eye of the sun god. As lord of the eastern desert, Min was directly related to the trading routes that crossed his dominion on their route to Punt. The indispensable ingredients of an unguent’s recipe were monumentally depicted in the sanctuary. Ritual inscriptions that describe exotic aromata from the land Punt convey another, indirect reference to lunar mythology. As divine personifications of moon and sun, their connection was displayed in different facets and levels of connotation. The different lunar aspects of Min and the complex web of cosmological relationships between Min and Repit are described. This aspect of sexuality and fertility is also epitomised by the moon’s monthly waxing. The intrinsic ties between the god and the celestial body might be derived from the divine virility which was also attributed to the moon in its tauriform emanation. Epigraphic evidence refers to a complex association between Min and the moon. The Graeco-Roman temple of Athribis near Sohag which is dedicated to the lion goddess Repit and to the ithyphallic god Min or Min-Re has recently been re-excavated.
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