Rem (mythology)

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Rem [1]
Egyptian hieroglyphs

Rem ( "to weep"), also Rem-Rem, Remi, or Remi the Weeper, who lives in Rem-Rem, the realm of weeping, [2] was a fish god in Egypt who fertilized the land with his tears, [3] producing both vegetation and the reptiles. [4] He is assumed to be the personification of Ra's tears. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 E. A. Wallis Budge (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology. Vol. 1. Methuen & Company. p. 303.
  2. Gerald Massey (2008) [1907]. Ancient Egypt - The Light of the World: A Work of Reclamation and Restitution in Twelve Books. NuVision Publications. p. 319. ISBN   978-1595476067.
  3. Donald A. MacKenzie (2004) [1915]. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria. Kessinger Publishing. p. 29. ISBN   978-1417976430.
  4. E. A. Wallis Budge (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology. Vol. 1. Methuen & Company. p. 319.