Iunit

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Iunit
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Iunit is often depicted as a Female Goddess wearing a headdress similar, or identical to Hathor. [1]
Major cult center Armant
Genealogy
Parents Tjenenyet [2]
Spouse Montu
OffspringHorus-Shu [3]

Iunit was a minor goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, whose name means "She of Armant". She is the consort of Montu. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Scenes of Goddess Iunit in the Temple of Edfu" (PDF). December 2018.
  2. ↑ Klotz, David (2008). Kneph: The Religion of Roman Thebes. Ann Arbor : ProQuest LLC. p.176.
  3. ↑ Varga, Dániel (2023). The Children of Montu: Harpara and Horus-Shu in Ptolemaic and Roman Thebes. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections. Vol. 39. p.276.
  4. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. p. 150


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