Neper (Egyptian mythology)
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Neper Npr grain / grain |
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Neper was the ancient Egyptian god of grain . In Egyptian mythology he is considered the son of Renenutet in his function as god of the dead .
Above all, Nepers worship was intended to ensure high-yielding harvests of wheat and barley . With his other titles Qema-Neper as the creator of the grain and Secheper-wahit as the creator of the abundance of grain , Neper also appeared in the form of Osiris .
His birthday of the 1st Schemu I fell at the beginning of the Renenutet festival . In the grave of the barn master Chaemhet ( TT57 ) there is an inscription from the time of Amenophis III. in honor of Nepers testifies: "All beautiful and pure things Renenutet, the mistress of the barn, sacrifice on 1st Schemu I, this day of the birth of Neper."
In the New Kingdom , his wife Nepit is documented for the first time on a stele of Seti I as the equation of Renenutet.
See also
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. (former title: "Real Lexicon of Egyptian Religious History"). Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , pp. 517-518.
- Christian Leitz : Lexicon of Egyptian Gods and Designations of Gods , Vol. 1: 3 - y . Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1146-8 , p. 195.
- Richard Anthony Parker : The calendars of ancient Egypt , Chicago Press, Chicago 1950.
- Siegfried Schott : Ancient Egyptian Festival Dates , Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz / Wiesbaden 1950.