Aqen

Ancient Egyptian deity
Aqen
Name in hieroglyphs
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A40
[1]
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Aqen was a rarely mentioned ancient Egyptian deity of the underworld. He is first mentioned in the famous Book of the Dead. There, he guided the sun god Ra as the "protector of Ra's celestial bark" by "bringing the shen-ring to his majesty". He was also described as the "mouth of the time", from which the gods and demons pulled the "rope of time", as described in the tomb of king Seti I.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ a b Georg Meurer: Die Feinde des Königs in den Pyramidentexten (= Orbis biblicus et orientalis, vol. 189). Saint-Paul, 2002, ISBN 3525530463, pp. 5 & 325.
  2. ^ Erik Hornung, Marsha Hill: The tomb of Pharaoh Seti I. Artemis Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3760810470, pp. 19.
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