Kakau (Egyptian mythology)
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Kakau is an ancient Egyptian deity documented since the Middle Kingdom . In the Greco-Roman times , Kakau was represented iconographically as a standing bull; optionally on a base.
Kakau mainly represented the gods Geb , Amun , Amun-Re , Min and Month in its appearance . In Egyptian mythology , the king ( Pharaoh ) was the living image of Kakau. In the Egyptian Book of the Dead , which was written at the beginning of the New Kingdom , Kakau was one of the seven divine cows.
In the Turin Royal Papyrus , the King List of Abydos and the King List of Saqqara , King Nebre ( 2nd dynasty ) is listed under the name Kakau.
See also
literature
- Christian Leitz u. a .: LGG, vol. 1: A - i (series of publications: Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta 110) . Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1146-8 , p. 273.