Dedwen
| Dedwen in hieroglyphics | |||||
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| since the pyramid texts : |
Dedwen Ddwn |
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| transcription | Ddwn | ||||
Dedwen (also Dedun ) is the Egyptian - Nubian god of wealth and bringer of incense .
Dedwen has been known since the Old Kingdom and is mentioned in the pyramid texts , in which the king is referred to as "Dedun who rules over Nubia" and is equated with this god. The god was firmly connected with the regions of Egypt that are south of Aswan . He was considered a representative of the south ( Nubia ) and brought the people and treasures from this area to the Egyptian king ( Pharaoh ).
Since the New Kingdom he has appeared in human form, but later also in the form of a lion , as finds in Kalabsha show.
So far, places of worship for Dedwen are only recorded in Nubia: Philae , Kalabsha , Abu Simbel , Semna and Gebel Barkal . In the later years he was in Amun temple at Hibis of and as dedun-Amun in the temple of Amun-Re revered by Aghurni.
See also
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 153.
- Richard H. Wilkinson : The world of the gods in ancient Egypt. Faith - Power - Mythology. Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1819-6 , p. 105.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pyramid Texts, Spruch 994 and 1476 ( Kurt Sethe : The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts based on the paper prints and photographs of the Berlin Museum. Unchanged photomechanical reprint of the 1st edition, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1908-1922; Olms, Hildesheim 1960).
- ↑ a b Rolf Felde: Egyptian gods. 2nd expanded and improved edition, R. Felde Eigenverlag, Wiesbaden 1995, p. 15.