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Mendes (Ancient Greek: Μένδης, gen.: Μένδητος ), the Greek name of the ancient Egyptian city of Djedet , also known in ancient Egypt as Per - Banebdjedet ("The Domain of the Ram Lord of Djedet ") and Anpet , is known today as Tell El-Ruba ( Arabic : تل الربع ).
Typically, the horned god Banebdjedet was depicted with four rams' heads to represent the four Bas of the sun god. He may also be linked to the first four gods to rule over Egypt (Osiris, Geb, Shu and Ra-Atum), with large granite shrines to each in the Mendes sanctuary.
The Horus of the night deities – Twelve goddesses of each hour of the night, wearing a five-pointed star on their heads Neb-t tehen and Neb-t heru, god and goddess of the first hour of night, Apis or Hep (in reference) and Sarit-neb-s, god and goddess of the second hour of night, M'k-neb-set, goddess of the third hour of night, Aa-t-shefit or ...
These represent votive offerings to the goddess, supported by the beer jug and bread molds that were also found in the area. [12] Outside of Mendes, Hatmehit appears as a deity overseeing the day on IV Akhet 22 in Dendera [13] and II Peret 3 in Edfu. [14] On IV Akhet 28, there is a Procession of Hatmehit recorded in the Cairo Calendar.
The term Horned God itself predates Wicca, and is an early 20th-century syncretic term for a horned or antlered anthropomorphic god partly based on historical horned deities. [1] The Horned God represents the male part of the religion's duotheistic theological system, the consort of the female Triple goddess of the Moon or other Mother goddess. [2]
According to Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of ancient Egypt, the book's author Geraldine Harris, said the ram gods Ra-Amun (see: Cult of Ammon), and Banebdjed, were to mystically unite with the queen of Egypt to sire the heir to the throne (a theory based on depictions found in several Theban temples in Mendes).
The Egyptian gods Khnum (Upper Egypt, shown here) were usually depicted with the head of a spiral-horned ram. Mendes is the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian city of Djedet. Lévi equates his image with "The Goat of Mendes", possibly following the account by Herodotus [60] that the god of
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