EGYPTIAN GOD AMON

THE HIDDEN ONE

One of the eight divine forces of chaos known as the Ogdoad. Amon was worshipped as a local fertility god in Thebes which is located in Upper Egypt.  Amon became a national deity in the Second millennium BC (New Kingdom) when kings from Thebes came into power.

His name was connected together with that of the supreme solar deity, Ra to create Amon-Ra. He was considered one of the four great creator deities along with Atum, Khnum and Ptah. Amon-Ra was the hidden power who created the gods. The snake form of Amon was said to be the earliest being to exist in the primeval waters.

The name Amon meant - "the hidden one", suggesting that he once had been an invisible natural spirit of some kind. He was thought of as "an invisible creative power which was the source of all life in heaven, and on the earth, and in the great deep, and in the Underworld, and which made itself manifest under the form of Ra. He was thought to be self-made and was part of the old myths of creation. Texts from the Old Kingdom mention him as connected with the force of life and tell about his female counterpart who was named Amonet.

Because of his lofty position, many statues and temples were erected for his cult and kings incorporated his name into theirs. He was a good looking young man, simply dressed and had two feathers he wore atop a red crown.