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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88_(%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%87)" title="منتو (إله) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="منتو (إله)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montu" title="Montu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Montu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menthu" title="Menthu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Menthu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Month" title="Month – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Month" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Month" title="Month – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Month" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D" title="Μοντού – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μοντού" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montu" title="Montu – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Montu" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montu" title="Montu – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Montu" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montu" title="Montu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Montu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87)" title="مونت (اسطوره) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مونت (اسطوره)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montou" title="Montou – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Montou" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AA%AC%EC%88%98" title="몬수 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="몬수" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menthu" title="Menthu – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Menthu" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montu" title="Montu – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Montu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montj%C3%BA" title="Montjú – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Montjú" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montu" title="Montu – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Montu" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montas" title="Montas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Montas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BA%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%81" title="മോൺടു – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മോൺടു" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3" title="მონტუ – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მონტუ" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" 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/><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_V13.png?2da65" height="10" title="V13 [T]" alt="T" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_G43.png?6eb40" height="38" title="G43 [w]" alt="w" /></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major cult center</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armant,_Egypt" title="Armant, Egypt">Hermonthis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Egypt" title="Thebes, Egypt">Thebes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medamud" title="Medamud">Medamud</a>, <a href="/wiki/El-Tod" title="El-Tod">El-Tod</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consort</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raet-Tawy" title="Raet-Tawy">Raet-Tawy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tjenenyet" title="Tjenenyet">Tjenenyet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iunit" title="Iunit">Iunit</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Satis_(goddess)" title="Satis (goddess)">Satet</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Montu</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Falcon" title="Falcon">falcon</a>-god of <a href="/wiki/War" title="War">war</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion" title="Ancient Egyptian religion">ancient Egyptian religion</a>, an embodiment of the conquering vitality of the <a href="/wiki/Pharaoh" title="Pharaoh">pharaoh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was particularly worshipped in <a href="/wiki/Upper_Egypt" title="Upper Egypt">Upper Egypt</a> and in the district of <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Egypt" title="Thebes, Egypt">Thebes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 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title="Category:Ancient Egyptian religion">a series</a> on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="background:#decd87;;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion" title="Ancient Egyptian religion"><span class="nowrap">Ancient Egyptian</span> religion</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eye of Horus"><img alt="Eye of Horus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg/90px-Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg/135px-Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg/180px-Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list 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<li><a href="/wiki/Hauhet" class="mw-redirect" title="Hauhet">Hauhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heh_(god)" title="Heh (god)">Heh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kauket" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauket">Kauket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kek_(mythology)" title="Kek (mythology)">Kek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naunet" class="mw-redirect" title="Naunet">Naunet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nu_(mythology)" title="Nu (mythology)">Nu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ennead" title="Ennead">Ennead</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atum" title="Atum">Atum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geb" title="Geb">Geb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isis" title="Isis">Isis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nephthys" title="Nephthys">Nephthys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nut_(goddess)" title="Nut (goddess)">Nut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Set_(deity)" title="Set (deity)">Set</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shu_(Egyptian_god)" title="Shu (Egyptian god)">Shu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tefnut" title="Tefnut">Tefnut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b>A</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aati" title="Aati">Aati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aker_(deity)" title="Aker (deity)">Aker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhty_(deity)" title="Akhty (deity)">Akhty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amenhotep,_son_of_Hapu" title="Amenhotep, son of Hapu">Amenhotep, son of Hapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amesemi" title="Amesemi">Amesemi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammit" title="Ammit">Ammit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Am-heh" title="Am-heh">Am-heh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amu-Aa" title="Amu-Aa">Amu-Aa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anat" title="Anat">Anat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andjety" title="Andjety">Andjety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anhur" title="Anhur">Anhur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anput" title="Anput">Anput</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuket" title="Anuket">Anuket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apedemak" title="Apedemak">Apedemak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apep" title="Apep">Apep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apis_(deity)" title="Apis (deity)">Apis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apt_(Egyptian)" title="Apt (Egyptian)">Apt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aqen" title="Aqen">Aqen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arensnuphis" title="Arensnuphis">Arensnuphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ash_(deity)" title="Ash (deity)">Ash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assessors_of_Maat" title="Assessors of Maat">Assessors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astarte" title="Astarte">Astarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aten" title="Aten">Aten</a></li></ul> <p><b>B</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Babi_(mythology)" title="Babi (mythology)">Babi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banebdjedet" title="Banebdjedet">Banebdjedet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastet" title="Bastet">Bastet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_(goddess)" title="Bat (goddess)">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bata_(god)" title="Bata (god)">Bata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba-Pef" title="Ba-Pef">Ba-Pef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennu" title="Bennu">Bennu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bes" title="Bes">Bes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchis" title="Buchis">Buchis</a></li></ul> <p><b>C</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cavern_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Cavern deities of the underworld">Cavern deities</a></li></ul> <p><b>D</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dedun" title="Dedun">Dedun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duau_(god)" title="Duau (god)">Duau (god)</a></li></ul> <p><b>F</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Four_sons_of_Horus" title="Four sons of Horus">Four sons of Horus</a></li></ul> <p><b>G</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gate_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Gate deities of the underworld">Gate deities</a></li></ul> <p><b>H</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ha_(mythology)" title="Ha (mythology)">Ha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hapi_(Nile_god)" title="Hapi (Nile god)">Hapi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauron" title="Hauron">Hauron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatmehit" title="Hatmehit">Hatmehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedetet" title="Hedetet">Hedetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedjhotep" title="Hedjhotep">Hedjhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heka_(god)" title="Heka (god)">Heka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemen" title="Hemen">Hemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemsut" title="Hemsut">Hemsut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henet" title="Henet">Henet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heqet" title="Heqet">Heqet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermanubis" title="Hermanubis">Hermanubis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesat" title="Hesat">Hesat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harpocrates" title="Harpocrates">Harpocrates</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heryshaf" title="Heryshaf">Heryshaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu_(mythology)" title="Hu (mythology)">Hu</a></li></ul> <p><b>I</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iabet" title="Iabet">Iabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iah" title="Iah">Iah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iat" title="Iat">Iat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igai_(deity)" title="Igai (deity)">Igai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ihy" title="Ihy">Ihy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikhemu-sek" title="Ikhemu-sek">Ikhemu-sek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imentet" title="Imentet">Imentet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imhotep" title="Imhotep">Imhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipy_(goddess)" title="Ipy (goddess)">Ipy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iunit" title="Iunit">Iunit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iusaaset" title="Iusaaset">Iusaaset</a></li></ul> <p><b>K</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kebechet" title="Kebechet">Kebechet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khensit" title="Khensit">Khensit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-Amentiu" title="Khenti-Amentiu">Khenti-Amentiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-kheti" title="Khenti-kheti">Khenti-kheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khepri" title="Khepri">Khepri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherty" title="Kherty">Kherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khnum" title="Khnum">Khnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khonsu" title="Khonsu">Khonsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothar-wa-Khasis" title="Kothar-wa-Khasis">Kothar-wa-Khasis</a></li></ul> <p><b>M</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maahes" title="Maahes">Maahes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maat" title="Maat">Ma'at</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandulis" title="Mandulis">Mandulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medjed_(god)" class="mw-redirect" title="Medjed (god)">Medjed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mafdet" title="Mafdet">Mafdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehen" title="Mehen">Mehen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehet-Weret" title="Mehet-Weret">Mehet-Weret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehit" title="Mehit">Mehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhit" title="Menhit">Menhit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meret" title="Meret">Meret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meretseger" title="Meretseger">Meretseger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meskhenet" title="Meskhenet">Meskhenet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_(god)" title="Min (god)">Min</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mnevis" title="Mnevis">Mnevis</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Montu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mut" title="Mut">Mut</a></li></ul> <p><b>N</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nebethetepet" title="Nebethetepet">Nebethetepet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebtuwi" title="Nebtuwi">Nebtuwi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nefertem" title="Nefertem">Nefertem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehebkau" title="Nehebkau">Nehebkau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehmetawy" title="Nehmetawy">Nehmetawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neith" title="Neith">Neith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemty" title="Nemty">Nemty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nekhbet" title="Nekhbet">Nekhbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neper_(mythology)" title="Neper (mythology)">Neper</a></li></ul> <p><b>P</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakhet" title="Pakhet">Pakhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perit_(goddess)" title="Perit (goddess)">Perit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petbe" title="Petbe">Petbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a></li></ul> <p><b>Q</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qebui" title="Qebui">Qebui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qed-her" title="Qed-her">Qed-her</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qetesh" title="Qetesh">Qetesh</a></li></ul> <p><b>R</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raet-Tawy" title="Raet-Tawy">Raet-Tawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rekhyt" title="Rekhyt">Rekhyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rem_(mythology)" title="Rem (mythology)">Rem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renenutet" title="Renenutet">Renenutet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpet" title="Renpet">Renpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpetneferet" title="Renpetneferet">Renpetneferet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repyt" title="Repyt">Repyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resheph" title="Resheph">Resheph</a></li></ul> <p><b>S</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sah_(god)" title="Sah (god)">Sah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satis_(goddess)" title="Satis (goddess)">Satis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebiumeker" title="Sebiumeker">Sebiumeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekhmet" title="Sekhmet">Sekhmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seker" title="Seker">Seker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serket" title="Serket">Serket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seshat" title="Seshat">Seshat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shai" title="Shai">Shai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shed_(deity)" title="Shed (deity)">Shed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shesmetet" title="Shesmetet">Shesmetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shezmu" title="Shezmu">Shezmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sia_(god)" title="Sia (god)">Sia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek">Sobek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdet" title="Sopdet">Sopdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdu" title="Sopdu">Sopdu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souls_of_Pe_and_Nekhen" title="Souls of Pe and Nekhen">Souls of Pe and Nekhen</a></li></ul> <p><b>T</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tatenen" title="Tatenen">Tatenen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taweret" title="Taweret">Taweret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayt" title="Tayt">Tayt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta-Bitjet" title="Ta-Bitjet">Ta-Bitjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoth" title="Thoth">Thoth</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus" title="Hermes Trismegistus">Hermes Trismegistus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tjenenyet" title="Tjenenyet">Tjenenyet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutu_(Egyptian_god)" title="Tutu (Egyptian 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The destructiveness of this characteristic led to him gaining characteristics of a warrior, and eventually becoming a widely revered war-god. The Egyptians thought that Montu would attack the enemies of <a href="/wiki/Maat" title="Maat">Maat</a> (that is, of the <a href="/wiki/Truth" title="Truth">truth</a>, of the cosmic order) while inspiring, at the same time, glorious warlike exploits.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is possible that Montu-Ra and <a href="/wiki/Atum" title="Atum">Atum-Ra</a> symbolized the two kingships, respectively, of <a href="/wiki/Upper_and_Lower_Egypt" title="Upper and Lower Egypt">Upper and Lower Egypt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When linked with <a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a>, Montu's epithet was "Horus of the Strong Arm".<sup id="cite_ref-:5_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of the association of raging <a href="/wiki/Bull" title="Bull">bulls</a> with strength and war, the Egyptians also believed that Montu manifested himself as a white, black-snouted bull named <a href="/wiki/Buchis" title="Buchis">Buchis</a> (hellenization of the original <b>Bakha</b>: a living bull revered in <a href="/wiki/Armant,_Egypt" title="Armant, Egypt">Armant</a>) — to the point that, in the <a href="/wiki/Late_Period_of_ancient_Egypt" title="Late Period of ancient Egypt">Late Period</a> (7th-4th centuries BC), Montu was depicted with a bull's head too.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This special sacred bull had dozens of servants and wore precious crowns and bibs.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KhonsuTemple-Karnak-Khonsu-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/KhonsuTemple-Karnak-Khonsu-3.jpg/170px-KhonsuTemple-Karnak-Khonsu-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/KhonsuTemple-Karnak-Khonsu-3.jpg/256px-KhonsuTemple-Karnak-Khonsu-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/KhonsuTemple-Karnak-Khonsu-3.jpg/340px-KhonsuTemple-Karnak-Khonsu-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1482" data-file-height="1976" /></a><figcaption>A peculiar representation of the god <a href="/wiki/Khonsu" title="Khonsu">Khonsu</a> as Montu – in the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Khonsu" title="Temple of Khonsu">Temple of Khonsu</a> at <a href="/wiki/Karnak" title="Karnak">Karnak</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Art_of_ancient_Egypt" title="Art of ancient Egypt">Egyptian art</a>, Montu was depicted as a <a href="/wiki/Falcon" title="Falcon">falcon</a>-headed or bull-headed man, with his head surmounted by the solar disk (because of his conceptual link with Ra<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) with either a double or singular <a href="/wiki/Uraeus" title="Uraeus">uraeus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and two feathers. The falcon was a symbol of the sky and the bull was a symbol of strength and war. He could also wield various weapons, such as a <a href="/wiki/Khopesh" title="Khopesh">curved sword</a>, a spear, bow and arrows, or knives: such military iconography was widespread in the <a href="/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="New Kingdom of Egypt">New Kingdom</a> (16th-11th centuries BC).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Montu had several consorts, including the little-known Theban goddesses <a href="/wiki/Tjenenyet" title="Tjenenyet">Tjenenyet</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Iunit" title="Iunit">Iunit</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a female form of Ra, <a href="/wiki/Raet-Tawy" title="Raet-Tawy">Raet-Tawy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also revered as one of the patrons of the city of <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Egypt" title="Thebes, Egypt">Thebes</a> and its fortresses. The sovereigns of the <a href="/wiki/11th_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="11th dynasty">11th Dynasty</a> (c. 2134–1991 BC) chose Montu as a protective and dynastic deity, inserting references to him in their own names. For example, four pharaohs of the 11th Dynasty were called <i>Mentuhotep</i>, which means "Montu (Mentu) is satisfied": </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mentuhotep_I" title="Mentuhotep I">Mentuhotep I</a> (c. 2135 BC) — maybe a fictional figure;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mentuhotep_II" title="Mentuhotep II">Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II</a> (c. 2061–2010 BC);</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mentuhotep_III" title="Mentuhotep III">Sankhkare Mentuhotep III</a> (c. 2010–1998 BC);</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mentuhotep_IV" title="Mentuhotep IV">Nebtawyre Mentuhotep IV</a> (c. 1998–1991 BC).<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greeks</a> associated Montu with their god of war <a href="/wiki/Ares" title="Ares">Ares</a> – although that did not prevent his assimilation to <a href="/wiki/Apollo" title="Apollo">Apollo</a>, probably due to the solar radiance that distinguished him.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Montu_and_the_pharaohs_at_war">Montu and the pharaohs at war</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Montu and the pharaohs at war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cult of this military god enjoyed great prestige under the pharaohs of the 11th Dynasty,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whose expansionism and military successes led, around 2055 BC, to the reunification of Egypt, the end of a period of chaos known today as the <a href="/wiki/First_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt" title="First Intermediate Period of Egypt">First Intermediate Period</a>, and a new era of greatness for the country. This part of Egyptian history, known as the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Middle Kingdom of Egypt">Middle Kingdom</a> (c. 2055–1650 BC),<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a period in which Montu assumed the role of supreme god — before then gradually being surpassed by the other Theban god <a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a>, destined to become the most important deity of the Egyptian pantheon.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mentuhotep_II_Deir_el_Bahri.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Mentuhotep_II_Deir_el_Bahri.jpg/130px-Mentuhotep_II_Deir_el_Bahri.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Mentuhotep_II_Deir_el_Bahri.jpg/196px-Mentuhotep_II_Deir_el_Bahri.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Mentuhotep_II_Deir_el_Bahri.jpg/261px-Mentuhotep_II_Deir_el_Bahri.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1458" data-file-height="2092" /></a><figcaption>Mentuhotep II, devotee of Montu – from <a href="/wiki/Mortuary_Temple_of_Mentuhotep" class="mw-redirect" title="Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep">his mortuary temple</a> in <a href="/wiki/Deir_el-Bahari" title="Deir el-Bahari">Deir el-Bahari</a>.</figcaption></figure><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Montu_Ptolemaic_Period_Louvre.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Montu_Ptolemaic_Period_Louvre.JPG/200px-Montu_Ptolemaic_Period_Louvre.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="411" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Montu_Ptolemaic_Period_Louvre.JPG/300px-Montu_Ptolemaic_Period_Louvre.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Montu_Ptolemaic_Period_Louvre.JPG/399px-Montu_Ptolemaic_Period_Louvre.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1796" data-file-height="3694" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Kingdom" title="Ptolemaic Kingdom">Ptolemaic</a> (4th/1st century BC) statue of Montu with bull's head, symbol of military valour. <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>From the 11th Dynasty onward, Montu was considered the symbol of the pharaohs as rulers, conquerors and winners, as well as their inspirer on the battlefield. The Egyptian armies were surmounted by the insignia of the "four Montu" (Montu of Thebes, of <a href="/wiki/Armant,_Egypt" title="Armant, Egypt">Armant</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Medamud" title="Medamud">Medamud</a>, and of <a href="/wiki/El-Tod" title="El-Tod">El-Tod</a>: the main cult centers of the god), all represented while trampling and piercing enemies with a spear in a classic pugnacious pose.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A ceremonial battle ax, belonging to the funeral kit of Queen <a href="/wiki/Ahhotep_II" title="Ahhotep II">Ahhotep II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_Royal_Wife" title="Great Royal Wife">Great Royal Wife</a> of the warlike pharaoh Kamose (c. 1555–1550 BC), who lived between the <a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt">17th</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt">18th Dynasty</a>, represents Montu as a proud winged <a href="/wiki/Griffin" title="Griffin">griffin</a>: an iconography clearly influenced by the same <a href="/wiki/History_of_Syria" title="History of Syria">Syriac</a> origin which inspired <a href="/wiki/Minoan_art" title="Minoan art">Minoan art</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Egypt's greatest general-kings called themselves "Mighty Bull", "Son Of Montu", "Montu Is with His Strong/Right Arm" (<i>Montuherkhepeshef</i>: which was also the given name of a <a href="/wiki/List_of_children_of_Ramesses_II" title="List of children of Ramesses II">son</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ramesses_II" title="Ramesses II">Ramesses II</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Montuherkhopshef_(son_of_Ramesses_III)" title="Montuherkhopshef (son of Ramesses III)">one</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ramesses_III" title="Ramesses III">Ramesses III</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mentuherkhepeshef_(son_of_Ramesses_IX)" title="Mentuherkhepeshef (son of Ramesses IX)">one</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ramesses_IX" title="Ramesses IX">Ramesses IX</a>). <a href="/wiki/Thutmose_III" title="Thutmose III">Thutmose III</a> (c. 1479—1425 BC), "the <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> of Egypt",<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was described in ancient times as a "Valiant Montu on the Battlefield".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An inscription from his son <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_II" title="Amenhotep II">Amenhotep II</a> (1427–1401 BC) recalls that the eighteen-year-old pharaoh was able to shoot arrows through <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a> targets while driving a <a href="/wiki/Chariot" title="Chariot">war chariot</a>, commenting that he had the skill and strength of Montu.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter's grandson, <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_III" title="Amenhotep III">Amenhotep III the Magnificent</a> (c.1388–1350 BC), called himself "Montu of the Rulers" in spite of his own peaceful reign.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Kadesh_inscriptions" title="Kadesh inscriptions">the narrative</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kadesh" title="Battle of Kadesh">Battle of Kadesh</a> (c. 1274 BC), <a href="/wiki/Ramesses_II" title="Ramesses II">Ramesses II the Great</a> — who proudly called himself "Montu of the <a href="/wiki/Upper_and_Lower_Egypt" title="Upper and Lower Egypt">Two Lands</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> — was said to have seen the enemy and "raged at them like Montu, Lord of Thebes".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[...] his majesty passed the <a href="/wiki/Tjaru" title="Tjaru">fortress of Tjaru</a>, like Montu when he goes forth. Every country trembled before him, fear was in their hearts [...] The goodly watch in <a href="/wiki/Ankh_wedja_seneb" title="Ankh wedja seneb">life, prosperity and health</a>, in the tent of his majesty, was on the highland south of Kadesh. When his majesty appeared like the rising of Re, he assumed the adornments of his father, Montu. [...]</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Kadesh_inscriptions" title="Kadesh inscriptions">Kadesh inscriptions</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temples">Temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Menthu_and_Ptolemy_IV.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Menthu_and_Ptolemy_IV.jpg/240px-Menthu_and_Ptolemy_IV.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Menthu_and_Ptolemy_IV.jpg/360px-Menthu_and_Ptolemy_IV.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Menthu_and_Ptolemy_IV.jpg/479px-Menthu_and_Ptolemy_IV.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1785" data-file-height="2308" /></a><figcaption>Pharaoh <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_IV_Philopator" title="Ptolemy IV Philopator">Ptolemy IV Philopator</a> (222–204 BC) adoring Montu — in the "Place Of Truth" of <a href="/wiki/Deir_el-Medina" title="Deir el-Medina">Deir el-Medina</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medamud">Medamud</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Medamud"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Montu_(Medamud)" title="Temple of Montu (Medamud)">Temple of Montu (Medamud)</a></div> <p>The Temple complex of Montu in <a href="/wiki/Medamud" title="Medamud">Medamud</a>, the ancient Medu, less than five kilometers north-east of today's <a href="/wiki/Luxor" title="Luxor">Luxor</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was built by the great Pharaoh <a href="/wiki/Senusret_III" title="Senusret III">Senusret III</a> (c. 1878–1839 BC) of the <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt">12th Dynasty</a>, probably on a pre-existing sacred site of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Old Kingdom of Egypt">Old Kingdom</a>. The temple courtyard was used as a dwelling for the living <a href="/wiki/Buchis" title="Buchis">Buchis</a> bull, revered as an incarnation of Montu.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main entrance was to the north-east, while a <a href="/wiki/Sacred_lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred lake">sacred lake</a> was probably on the west side of the sanctuary. The building consisted of two distinct adjoining sections, perhaps a temple to the north and a temple to the south (houses of the priests). It was built in raw bricks, while the innermost <a href="/wiki/Cella" title="Cella">cella</a> of the deity was built of carved stone. The templar complex of Medamud underwent important restorations and renovations during the <a href="/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="New Kingdom of Egypt">New Kingdom</a>, and in the <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Kingdom" title="Ptolemaic Kingdom">Ptolemaic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Egypt_(Roman_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egypt (Roman province)">Roman period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armant">Armant</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Armant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frith,_Francis_(1822-1898)_-_Views_in_Egypt_and_Nubia_-_n._357_-_The_Temple_of_Erment.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Frith%2C_Francis_%281822-1898%29_-_Views_in_Egypt_and_Nubia_-_n._357_-_The_Temple_of_Erment.jpg/170px-Frith%2C_Francis_%281822-1898%29_-_Views_in_Egypt_and_Nubia_-_n._357_-_The_Temple_of_Erment.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Frith%2C_Francis_%281822-1898%29_-_Views_in_Egypt_and_Nubia_-_n._357_-_The_Temple_of_Erment.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="215" /></a><figcaption>Ruins of the Temple of Armant in a 19th-century photography.</figcaption></figure> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Armant,_Egypt" title="Armant, Egypt">Armant</a>, the ancient Iuni, there was an impressive Temple of Montu at least since the 11th Dynasty, which may have been native of Armant. King Mentuhotep II is its first known builder, but the original complex was enlarged and embellished during the 12th Dynasty, the less well-known <a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt">13th Dynasty</a> (c. 1803–1649 BC), and later in the New Kingdom (especially under King <a href="/wiki/Thutmose_III" title="Thutmose III">Thutmose III</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-:7_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ramesses_II" title="Ramesses II">Ramesses II</a> (1279–1213 BC) and his son <a href="/wiki/Merneptah" title="Merneptah">Merneptah</a> (1213–1203 BC) of the <a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt">19th Dynasty</a> added colossi and statues.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was dismantled, except for a <a href="/wiki/Pylon_(architecture)" title="Pylon (architecture)">pylon</a>, in the Late Period (7th/4th century BC) — but a new temple was begun by King <a href="/wiki/Nectanebo_II" title="Nectanebo II">Nectanebo II</a> (360–342 BC), the last native pharaoh of Egypt, and continued by the <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty" title="Ptolemaic dynasty">Ptolemies</a>. In the 1st century BC, <a href="/wiki/Cleopatra" title="Cleopatra">Cleopatra VII</a> (51–30 BC) built a <a href="/wiki/Mammisi" title="Mammisi">mammisi</a> and a sacred lake there in honour of her son, the very young <a href="/wiki/Caesarion" title="Caesarion">Ptolemy XV Caesarion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building remained visible until 1861, when it was demolished to reuse its material in the construction of a sugar factory; however, <a href="/wiki/Etching" title="Etching">etchings</a>, prints and previous studies (for example the Napoleonic <i><a href="/wiki/Description_de_l%27%C3%89gypte" title="Description de l'Égypte">Description de l'Égypte</a></i>) show its appearance. Only the remains of the pylon of Thutmose III are still visible — in addition to the ruins of two entrances, one of which was built under the 2nd century AD <a href="/wiki/Roman_emperor" title="Roman emperor">Roman emperor</a>/Pharaoh <a href="/wiki/Antoninus_Pius" title="Antoninus Pius">Antoninus Pius</a>. In the large Armant complex, moreover, there was the <a href="/wiki/Bucheum" title="Bucheum">Bucheum</a>, necropolis of the <a href="/wiki/Buchis" title="Buchis">Buchis</a> sacred bulls. The first burial of a Buchis in this special necropolis dates back to the reign of Nectanebo II (c. 340 BC), while the final one took place at the time of the Emperor/Pharaoh <a href="/wiki/Diocletian" title="Diocletian">Diocletian</a> (c. 300 AD).<sup id="cite_ref-:6_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Karnak_and_Uronarti">Karnak and Uronarti</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Karnak and Uronarti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the great <a href="/wiki/Karnak_Temple_Complex" class="mw-redirect" title="Karnak Temple Complex">Karnak Temple Complex</a>, north of the monumental <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Amun" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Amun">Temple of Amun</a>, King <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_III" title="Amenhotep III">Amenhotep III</a> built a <a href="/wiki/Sacred_enclosure" title="Sacred enclosure">sacred enclosure</a> to Montu.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another temple had been dedicated to him at the little-known fortress of <a href="/wiki/Uronarti" title="Uronarti">Uronarti</a> (near the <a href="/wiki/Cataracts_of_the_Nile" title="Cataracts of the Nile">Second Cataract of the Nile</a>, specifically to the south of it) during the Middle Kingdom. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Menthu_in_Medamud.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Relief of Menthu in Medamud"><img alt="Relief of Menthu in Medamud" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Menthu_in_Medamud.jpg/66px-Menthu_in_Medamud.jpg" decoding="async" width="66" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Menthu_in_Medamud.jpg/99px-Menthu_in_Medamud.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Menthu_in_Medamud.jpg/132px-Menthu_in_Medamud.jpg 2x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="678" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Relief of Menthu in Medamud</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Montu-AF_588-IMG_7976-gradient.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue of Montu, 664-332 BCE."><img alt="Statue of Montu, 664-332 BCE." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Montu-AF_588-IMG_7976-gradient.jpg/145px-Montu-AF_588-IMG_7976-gradient.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Montu-AF_588-IMG_7976-gradient.jpg/218px-Montu-AF_588-IMG_7976-gradient.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Montu-AF_588-IMG_7976-gradient.jpg/290px-Montu-AF_588-IMG_7976-gradient.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="6000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Statue of Montu, 664-332 BCE.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:El-Tod_16.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Relief on the back wall of the Ptolemaic Pronaos of the Month Temple of el-Tod"><img alt="Relief on the back wall of the Ptolemaic Pronaos of the Month Temple of el-Tod" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/El-Tod_16.jpg/109px-El-Tod_16.jpg" decoding="async" width="109" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/El-Tod_16.jpg/164px-El-Tod_16.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/El-Tod_16.jpg/218px-El-Tod_16.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2043" data-file-height="2721" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Relief on the back wall of the Ptolemaic Pronaos of the Month Temple of el-Tod</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stele_CG_20702_Lange.png" class="mw-file-description" title="A coarse stela representing the warrior-Pharaoh Senusret III (1878–1839 BC) in the presence of Montu. Egyptian Museum, Cairo."><img alt="A coarse stela representing the warrior-Pharaoh Senusret III (1878–1839 BC) in the presence of Montu. Egyptian Museum, Cairo." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Stele_CG_20702_Lange.png/94px-Stele_CG_20702_Lange.png" decoding="async" width="94" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Stele_CG_20702_Lange.png/141px-Stele_CG_20702_Lange.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Stele_CG_20702_Lange.png/188px-Stele_CG_20702_Lange.png 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="511" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A coarse <a href="/wiki/Stele" title="Stele">stela</a> representing the warrior-Pharaoh <a href="/wiki/Senusret_III" title="Senusret III">Senusret III</a> (1878–1839 BC) in the presence of Montu. <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Museum" title="Egyptian Museum">Egyptian Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ceremonial_axe_of_Ahmose_I_(both_sides).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Montu, as a griffin, on a ceremonial ax representing the warrior-Pharaoh Ahmose I (c. 1549–1524 BC) trampling an enemy."><img alt="Montu, as a griffin, on a ceremonial ax representing the warrior-Pharaoh Ahmose I (c. 1549–1524 BC) trampling an enemy." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Ceremonial_axe_of_Ahmose_I_%28both_sides%29.jpg/145px-Ceremonial_axe_of_Ahmose_I_%28both_sides%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Ceremonial_axe_of_Ahmose_I_%28both_sides%29.jpg/218px-Ceremonial_axe_of_Ahmose_I_%28both_sides%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Ceremonial_axe_of_Ahmose_I_%28both_sides%29.jpg/290px-Ceremonial_axe_of_Ahmose_I_%28both_sides%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3466" data-file-height="3046" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Montu, as a <a href="/wiki/Griffin" title="Griffin">griffin</a>, on a ceremonial ax representing the warrior-Pharaoh <a href="/wiki/Ahmose_I" title="Ahmose I">Ahmose I</a> (c. 1549–1524 BC) trampling an enemy.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Neferhotep_I_Konosso.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Drawing of a petroglyph in Konosso with the goddess Satis, the ithyphallic god Min, Montu and the cartouche of King Neferhotep I (c. 1747–1736 BC)."><img alt="Drawing of a petroglyph in Konosso with the goddess Satis, the ithyphallic god Min, Montu and the cartouche of King Neferhotep I (c. 1747–1736 BC)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Neferhotep_I_Konosso.png/145px-Neferhotep_I_Konosso.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Neferhotep_I_Konosso.png/218px-Neferhotep_I_Konosso.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Neferhotep_I_Konosso.png/290px-Neferhotep_I_Konosso.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="446" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Drawing of a <a href="/wiki/Petroglyph" title="Petroglyph">petroglyph</a> in Konosso with the goddess <a href="/wiki/Satis_(goddess)" title="Satis (goddess)">Satis</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Phallus" title="Phallus">ithyphallic</a> god <a href="/wiki/Min_(god)" title="Min (god)">Min</a>, Montu and the <a href="/wiki/Cartouche" title="Cartouche">cartouche</a> of King <a href="/wiki/Neferhotep_I" title="Neferhotep I">Neferhotep I</a> (c. 1747–1736 BC).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P1060225_Louvre_linteau_temple_de_Montou_%C3%A0_T%C3%B4d_rwk.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Fragmentary lintel from the Temple of Montu in El-Tod, mentioning Montu, King Mentuhotep II and the goddess Satis. Louvre, Paris."><img alt="Fragmentary lintel from the Temple of Montu in El-Tod, mentioning Montu, King Mentuhotep II and the goddess Satis. Louvre, Paris." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/P1060225_Louvre_linteau_temple_de_Montou_%C3%A0_T%C3%B4d_rwk.JPG/145px-P1060225_Louvre_linteau_temple_de_Montou_%C3%A0_T%C3%B4d_rwk.JPG" decoding="async" width="145" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/P1060225_Louvre_linteau_temple_de_Montou_%C3%A0_T%C3%B4d_rwk.JPG/218px-P1060225_Louvre_linteau_temple_de_Montou_%C3%A0_T%C3%B4d_rwk.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/P1060225_Louvre_linteau_temple_de_Montou_%C3%A0_T%C3%B4d_rwk.JPG/290px-P1060225_Louvre_linteau_temple_de_Montou_%C3%A0_T%C3%B4d_rwk.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1162" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fragmentary lintel from the Temple of Montu in <a href="/wiki/El-Tod" title="El-Tod">El-Tod</a>, mentioning Montu, King Mentuhotep II and the goddess Satis. <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruins_of_Erment,_ancient_Hermontis,_Egypt._Coloured_lithogra_Wellcome_V0049357.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ruins of the Temple of Montu in Armant, published in The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia — after a watercolour by David Roberts (1849)."><img alt="Ruins of the Temple of Montu in Armant, published in The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia — after a watercolour by David Roberts (1849)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ruins_of_Erment%2C_ancient_Hermontis%2C_Egypt._Coloured_lithogra_Wellcome_V0049357.jpg/145px-Ruins_of_Erment%2C_ancient_Hermontis%2C_Egypt._Coloured_lithogra_Wellcome_V0049357.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ruins_of_Erment%2C_ancient_Hermontis%2C_Egypt._Coloured_lithogra_Wellcome_V0049357.jpg/218px-Ruins_of_Erment%2C_ancient_Hermontis%2C_Egypt._Coloured_lithogra_Wellcome_V0049357.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ruins_of_Erment%2C_ancient_Hermontis%2C_Egypt._Coloured_lithogra_Wellcome_V0049357.jpg/290px-Ruins_of_Erment%2C_ancient_Hermontis%2C_Egypt._Coloured_lithogra_Wellcome_V0049357.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3118" data-file-height="2245" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ruins of the Temple of Montu in Armant, published in <a href="/wiki/The_Holy_Land,_Syria,_Idumea,_Arabia,_Egypt,_and_Nubia" title="The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia">The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia</a> — after a watercolour by <a href="/wiki/David_Roberts_(painter)" title="David Roberts (painter)">David Roberts</a> (1849).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Temple_of_El-Madamud_1_P1030654.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ruins of the Temple of Montu in Medamud."><img alt="Ruins of the Temple of Montu in Medamud." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Temple_of_El-Madamud_1_P1030654.jpg/145px-Temple_of_El-Madamud_1_P1030654.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Temple_of_El-Madamud_1_P1030654.jpg/218px-Temple_of_El-Madamud_1_P1030654.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Temple_of_El-Madamud_1_P1030654.jpg/290px-Temple_of_El-Madamud_1_P1030654.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4085" data-file-height="3064" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ruins of the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Montu_(Medamud)" title="Temple of Montu (Medamud)">Temple of Montu</a> in Medamud. </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading 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Wilkinson">Wilkinson, Richard H.</a> (2003), The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-500-05120-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-500-05120-8">0-500-05120-8</a>.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Ancient_Egyptian_religion" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background-color:#decd87"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Amu-Aa" title="Amu-Aa">Amu-Aa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anat" title="Anat">Anat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andjety" title="Andjety">Andjety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anhur" title="Anhur">Anhur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anput" title="Anput">Anput</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuket" title="Anuket">Anuket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apedemak" title="Apedemak">Apedemak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apep" title="Apep">Apep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apis_(deity)" title="Apis (deity)">Apis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apt_(Egyptian)" title="Apt (Egyptian)">Apt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aqen" title="Aqen">Aqen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arensnuphis" title="Arensnuphis">Arensnuphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ash_(deity)" title="Ash (deity)">Ash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assessors_of_Maat" title="Assessors of Maat">Assessors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astarte" title="Astarte">Astarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aten" title="Aten">Aten</a></li> <li><b>B</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babi_(mythology)" title="Babi (mythology)">Babi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banebdjedet" title="Banebdjedet">Banebdjedet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastet" title="Bastet">Bastet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_(goddess)" title="Bat (goddess)">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bata_(god)" title="Bata (god)">Bata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba-Pef" title="Ba-Pef">Ba-Pef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennu" title="Bennu">Bennu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bes" title="Bes">Bes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchis" title="Buchis">Buchis</a></li> <li><b>C</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavern_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Cavern deities of the underworld">Cavern deities</a></li> <li><b>D</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dedun" title="Dedun">Dedun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysus-Osiris" title="Dionysus-Osiris">Dionysus-Osiris</a></li> <li><b>F</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_sons_of_Horus" title="Four sons of Horus">Four sons of Horus</a></li> <li><b>G</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gate_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Gate deities of the underworld">Gate deities</a></li> <li><b>H</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ha_(mythology)" title="Ha (mythology)">Ha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hapi_(Nile_god)" title="Hapi (Nile god)">Hapi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatmehit" title="Hatmehit">Hatmehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauron" title="Hauron">Hauron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedetet" title="Hedetet">Hedetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedjhotep" title="Hedjhotep">Hedjhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heka_(god)" title="Heka (god)">Heka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemen" title="Hemen">Hemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemsut" title="Hemsut">Hemsut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henet" title="Henet">Henet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heqet" title="Heqet">Heqet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermanubis" title="Hermanubis">Hermanubis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heryshaf" title="Heryshaf">Heryshaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesat" title="Hesat">Hesat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harpocrates" title="Harpocrates">Harpocrates</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu_(mythology)" title="Hu (mythology)">Hu</a></li> <li><b>I</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iabet" title="Iabet">Iabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iah" title="Iah">Iah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iat" title="Iat">Iat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igai_(deity)" title="Igai (deity)">Igai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ihy" title="Ihy">Ihy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikhemu-sek" title="Ikhemu-sek">Ikhemu-sek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imentet" title="Imentet">Imentet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imhotep" title="Imhotep">Imhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipy_(goddess)" title="Ipy (goddess)">Ipy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iunit" title="Iunit">Iunit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iusaaset" title="Iusaaset">Iusaaset</a></li> <li><b>K</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kebechet" title="Kebechet">Kebechet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khensit" title="Khensit">Khensit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-Amentiu" title="Khenti-Amentiu">Khenti-Amentiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-kheti" title="Khenti-kheti">Khenti-kheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khepri" title="Khepri">Khepri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherty" title="Kherty">Kherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khnum" title="Khnum">Khnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khonsu" title="Khonsu">Khonsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothar-wa-Khasis" title="Kothar-wa-Khasis">Kothar-wa-Khasis</a></li> <li><b>M</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maahes" title="Maahes">Maahes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maat" title="Maat">Ma'at</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mafdet" title="Mafdet">Mafdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandulis" title="Mandulis">Mandulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medjed" title="Medjed">Medjed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehen" title="Mehen">Mehen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehet-Weret" title="Mehet-Weret">Mehet-Weret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehit" title="Mehit">Mehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhit" title="Menhit">Menhit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meret" title="Meret">Meret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meretseger" title="Meretseger">Meretseger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meskhenet" title="Meskhenet">Meskhenet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_(god)" title="Min (god)">Min</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mnevis" title="Mnevis">Mnevis</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Montu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mut" title="Mut">Mut</a></li> <li><b>N</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebethetepet" title="Nebethetepet">Nebethetepet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebtuwi" title="Nebtuwi">Nebtuwi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nefertem" title="Nefertem">Nefertem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehebkau" title="Nehebkau">Nehebkau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehmetawy" title="Nehmetawy">Nehmetawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neith" title="Neith">Neith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nekhbet" title="Nekhbet">Nekhbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemty" title="Nemty">Nemty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neper_(mythology)" title="Neper (mythology)">Neper</a></li> <li><b>P</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakhet" title="Pakhet">Pakhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perit_(goddess)" title="Perit (goddess)">Perit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petbe" title="Petbe">Petbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a></li> <li><b>Q</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qebui" title="Qebui">Qebui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qed-her" title="Qed-her">Qed-her</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qetesh" title="Qetesh">Qetesh</a></li> <li><b>R</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raet-Tawy" title="Raet-Tawy">Raet-Tawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rekhyt" title="Rekhyt">Rekhyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rem_(mythology)" title="Rem (mythology)">Rem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renenutet" title="Renenutet">Renenutet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpet" title="Renpet">Renpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpetneferet" title="Renpetneferet">Renpetneferet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repyt" title="Repyt">Repyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resheph" title="Resheph">Resheph</a></li> <li><b>S</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sah_(god)" title="Sah (god)">Sah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satis_(goddess)" title="Satis (goddess)">Satis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebiumeker" title="Sebiumeker">Sebiumeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seker" title="Seker">Seker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekhmet" title="Sekhmet">Sekhmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serket" title="Serket">Serket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seshat" title="Seshat">Seshat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shai" title="Shai">Shai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shed_(deity)" title="Shed (deity)">Shed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shesmetet" title="Shesmetet">Shesmetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shezmu" title="Shezmu">Shezmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sia_(god)" title="Sia (god)">Sia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek">Sobek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdet" title="Sopdet">Sopdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdu" title="Sopdu">Sopdu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souls_of_Pe_and_Nekhen" title="Souls of Pe and Nekhen">Souls of Pe and Nekhen</a></li> <li><b>T</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatenen" title="Tatenen">Tatenen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taweret" title="Taweret">Taweret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayt" title="Tayt">Tayt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta-Bitjet" title="Ta-Bitjet">Ta-Bitjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoth" title="Thoth">Thoth</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus" title="Hermes Trismegistus">Hermes Trismegistus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tjenenyet" title="Tjenenyet">Tjenenyet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutu_(Egyptian_god)" title="Tutu (Egyptian god)">Tutu</a></li> <li><b>U</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unut" title="Unut">Unut</a></li> <li><b>W</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadjet" title="Wadjet">Wadjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadj-wer" title="Wadj-wer">Wadj-wer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weneg_(Egyptian_deity)" title="Weneg (Egyptian deity)">Weneg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wepset" title="Wepset">Wepset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wepwawet" title="Wepwawet">Wepwawet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werethekau" title="Werethekau">Werethekau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wosret" title="Wosret">Wosret</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Egyptian_legendary_creatures" title="Category:Egyptian legendary creatures">Creatures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aani" title="Aani">Aani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abtu" title="Abtu">Abtu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffin" title="Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hieracosphinx" title="Hieracosphinx">Hieracosphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medjed_(fish)" title="Medjed (fish)">Medjed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpopard" title="Serpopard">Serpopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Set_animal" title="Set animal">Sha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sphinx" title="Sphinx">Sphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uraeus" title="Uraeus">Uraeus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dedi" title="Dedi">Dedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djadjaemankh" title="Djadjaemankh">Djadjaemankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rededjet" title="Rededjet">Rededjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubaoner" title="Ubaoner">Ubaoner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%">Locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaru" title="Aaru">Aaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhet_(hieroglyph)" title="Akhet (hieroglyph)">Akhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benben" title="Benben">Benben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duat" title="Duat">Duat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_of_Manu" title="Land of Manu">Land of Manu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Indestructibles" title="The Indestructibles">The Indestructibles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Ancient_Egyptian_symbols" title="Category:Ancient Egyptian symbols">Symbols<br />and objects</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ankh" title="Ankh">Ankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atef" title="Atef">Atef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartouche_(hieroglyph)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cartouche (hieroglyph)">Cartouche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_mummy" title="Corn mummy">Corn mummy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_and_flail" title="Crook and flail">Crook and flail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_of_justification" title="Crown of justification">Crown of justification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deshret" title="Deshret">Deshret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djed" title="Djed">Djed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_obelisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian obelisk">Egyptian obelisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pool" title="Egyptian pool">Egyptian pool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_of_Horus" title="Eye of Horus">Eye of Horus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_of_Ra" title="Eye of Ra">Eye of Ra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedjet" title="Hedjet">Hedjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemhem_crown" title="Hemhem crown">Hemhem crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hennu" title="Hennu">Hennu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horus_on_the_Crocodiles" title="Horus on the Crocodiles">Horus on the Crocodiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypocephalus" title="Hypocephalus">Hypocephalus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imiut_fetish" title="Imiut fetish">Imiut fetish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khepresh" title="Khepresh">Khepresh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kneph" title="Kneph">Kneph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menat" title="Menat">Menat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebu" title="Nebu">Nebu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemes" title="Nemes">Nemes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshmet" title="Neshmet">Neshmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pschent" title="Pschent">Pschent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarab_(artifact)" title="Scarab (artifact)">Scarab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serekh" title="Serekh">Serekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shen_ring" title="Shen ring">Shen ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_barque" title="Solar barque">Solar barque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyet" title="Tyet">Tyet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ushabti" title="Ushabti">Ushabti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulture_crown" title="Vulture crown">Vulture crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Was-sceptre" title="Was-sceptre">Was-sceptre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winged_sun" title="Winged sun">Winged sun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Ancient_Egyptian_texts" title="Category:Ancient Egyptian texts">Writings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amduat" title="Amduat">Amduat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Books_of_Breathing" title="Books of Breathing">Books of Breathing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Caverns" title="Book of Caverns">Book of Caverns</a></li> 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