On This Day In TCXPI History
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Theban Primordial Triad, The God-Father, The Goddess-Mother, and Divine Sun.
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TCXPI It Is Written In Stone - Our True Black History
Theban Primordial Triad, The God-Father, The Goddess-Mother, and Divine Sun.
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On This Day In TCXPI History - Daily Black History Facts is with Cynthia Cornelius MA Ed II and 2 others.
On This Day In TCXPI History
TCXPI It Is Written In Stone - Our True Black History
Theban Primordial Triad, The God-Father, The Goddess-Mother, and Divine Sun.
TCXPI It Is Written In Stone - Our True Black History
Theban Primordial Triad, The God-Father, The Goddess-Mother, and Divine Sun.
The Theban theology, like the Memphite theology, is based on a primordial triad. A triad was common and consisted of the god-father, goddess-mother, and divine son. In this case it is the triad of Amun, Mut and Khensu.
Amun was the primeval creator god. He was worshiped in the animal form of a goose. Mut was the wife of Amun. When Amun became associated with the sun god Re, she became the eye of Re and was manifest in the form of a lioness.
Khons, their son, was the god of the moon.
Amon's [Amun] name means "hidden", and his image came to be painted blue, which was the symbol of invisibility. His wife was Mut, with whom he had the son Khensu, the god of the moon. Originally Amun was a god of Thebes, or perhaps even earlier, a god of Hermopolis. Amun was was later connected to reproduction in the representation of a ram (note the ram horns on the head). In Thebes, Amun formed a triad with his wife and son. He developed into becoming the patron of the pharaohs, and therefore a national god of Kemet. Later, in Heliopolis, he came to be identified with the god Re, and the names of both were united into Amon-Re. Amon-Re was the father of all gods, the creator of every human being and all creatures. The cult of Amon-Ra proved to be very powerful, and his high priest came to be one of the most important persons of Kemet, rivalling the power of the pharaohs. The largest temple structure for Amon-Re was the temple at Karnak (today Luxor). Amun was strongly disputed by Akhnaten, who introduced Aten as the sole god, much to the destruction of Amon's cult.
Amon's influence was, in addition, closely linked to the political well-being of Kemet. During the Hyksos domination (c. 1630-c. 1523 BC), the princes of Thebes sustained his worship. Following the Theban victory over the Hyksos and the creation of an empire, Amon's stature and the wealth of his temples grew. In the late 18th dynasty Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV) directed his religious reform against the traditional cult of Amun, but he was unable to convert people from their belief in Amun and the other gods; and, under Tutankhamen, Ay, and Horemheb (1332-1292 BC), Amun was gradually restored as the god of the empire and patron of the pharaoh.
By the 11th dynasty, Amun was being worshipped as the local patron god of Thebes. As Thebes grew in importance in the New Kingdom, Amun's popularity did too, eventually becoming the official god of all Kemet and the king of all the other gods. Two huge temples (one at Karnak, the other at Luxor) were dedicated to Amun.
Amon's [Amun] name means "hidden", and his image came to be painted blue, which was the symbol of invisibility. His wife was Mut, with whom he had the son Khensu, the god of the moon. Originally Amun was a god of Thebes, or perhaps even earlier, a god of Hermopolis. Amun was was later connected to reproduction in the representation of a ram (note the ram horns on the head). In Thebes, Amun formed a triad with his wife and son. He developed into becoming the patron of the pharaohs, and therefore a national god of Kemet. Later, in Heliopolis, he came to be identified with the god Re, and the names of both were united into Amon-Re. Amon-Re was the father of all gods, the creator of every human being and all creatures. The cult of Amon-Ra proved to be very powerful, and his high priest came to be one of the most important persons of Kemet, rivalling the power of the pharaohs. The largest temple structure for Amon-Re was the temple at Karnak (today Luxor). Amun was strongly disputed by Akhnaten, who introduced Aten as the sole god, much to the destruction of Amon's cult.
Amon's influence was, in addition, closely linked to the political well-being of Kemet. During the Hyksos domination (c. 1630-c. 1523 BC), the princes of Thebes sustained his worship. Following the Theban victory over the Hyksos and the creation of an empire, Amon's stature and the wealth of his temples grew. In the late 18th dynasty Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV) directed his religious reform against the traditional cult of Amun, but he was unable to convert people from their belief in Amun and the other gods; and, under Tutankhamen, Ay, and Horemheb (1332-1292 BC), Amun was gradually restored as the god of the empire and patron of the pharaoh.
By the 11th dynasty, Amun was being worshipped as the local patron god of Thebes. As Thebes grew in importance in the New Kingdom, Amun's popularity did too, eventually becoming the official god of all Kemet and the king of all the other gods. Two huge temples (one at Karnak, the other at Luxor) were dedicated to Amun.
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