Apt (Egyptian)
| Aput (Åp-t) | |||||
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| Messenger-god | |||||
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Apt, in Egyptian, may refer to:
- Aput, Åp-t, or Åpu-t, the Messenger god in Egyptian mythology.[1]
- Åpit, Apt, Apet, Aptu, Epet, Opet,[2] or Åpåpit (Hathor),[3] as a pregnant water-cow or hippopotamus, who is considered to be the most ancient form of the Great Mother.[4]
- Apt, Egypt, an ancient city referred to by Gerald Massey as identified with Thebes.[5]
See also
- Hathor, the lunar aspect of Apt
- Taweret, or Ta-urt, Hippopotamus goddess of vengeance from the Underworld
- Compare with Apu (god), a South American deity
References
Citations
- ↑ Budge 1920, p. 42
- ↑ Coulter 2013, pp. 61, 64, 169, 364
- ↑ Budge 1920, p. 41
- ↑ Massey 1907, pp. 558, 664, 715, 912
- ↑ Massey 1907, p. 764
Bibliography
- Budge, E. A. Wallis (1920). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary: With an Index of English Words, King List and Geographical List with Indexes, List of Hieroglyphic Characters, Coptic and Semitic Alphabets, Volume 1. Cosimo, Inc., 2013 reprint. ISBN 9781616404604.
- Coulter & Turner, C.R. (2013). Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities. Routledge. ISBN 9781135963903.
- Massey, Gerald (1907). Ancient Egypt, the Light of the World: A Work of Reclamation and Restitution in Twelve Books, Volume 2. T. F. Unwin.
- See also: Liber 777, revised 2003, p. 7
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