Khonsu is the moon god worshiped in the city of Thebes. He is the son of the god Amon and the goddess Mut, the three gods together formed the Theban triad. It is considered an alter ego of God Horus. In one of his performances more features to appear in human form, with chin and side ponytail, as the Divine Child, his celestial representation shows him with a falcon, with a crescent moon on his head and the solar disk. In Hermopolis his image was especially linked to the God Thot, the other god of the moon.
Khonsu means "cross", symbolizing their daily crossing the night sky. In the Old Kingdom was playing the role of light in which the kings were fighting their enemies and hunters catch their prey.
His magic powers were invoked to ward off evil spirits. Especially during the rituals of the full moon, when increases psychic and intuitive powers to ward off nightmares and worries that prevent sleep.
MUT
is a Mother Goddess, consort of the god Amon. Mut word means "mother", so it was called Mother World, was also called Lady of Heaven and Queen of the Gods . Some of its representations showing the shape of the woman wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt and a papyrus scepter in hand. Their worship was carried out especially in the city of Thebes, where his temple was a little further south of the Temple of Amun-Re. Its symbol is the vulture hieroglyph, which carried the Queen's image in their crowns as a symbol of motherhood.
His magical powers are used especially for the protection of children, family unity, loyalty and to help expectant mothers.
Khnum
The ram-headed God very probably belongs to the pre-dynastic era. He is often represented with a human body and the head of a ram, on which wearing the white crown, and sometimes accompanied by the solar disk. He was especially revered at Esna, where he was regarded at first as the Creator God that shaped humanity with the mud of the Nile on a potter's wheel, he was also considered the guardian of the source of the Nile's name means " Builder "or" structure. " The Egyptians believed that Khnum was the creator of the first egg from which came the sun, and who shaped bodies of the Gods. His consort is Goddess Heket, head of a frog, who helped shape the building.
When his title as God the Creator is bequeathed to Atum, the god Khnum shared with the title God Hapi the Nile, also called Lord of the First Cataract of the Nile . It was the deity to the Egyptians begged for the amount of water during the flood of the river outside the proper measure to be beneficial. His
promote creativity magical powers, powers to shape and take charge of our own destiny, and fertility.
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