Amu-Aa

Amu-Aa (also known as "eater of the donkey/ass", or "eater of the phallus") is one of the gods that goes with Osiris during the second hour of the night.(To learn more about the hours of the night, see the article on Amduat.)

Amu-Aa would eat the bread made for the boat and use the perfume.

While Amu can translate to Devourer and Aa to Donkey/Ass, Amu was also used in terms of knowledge like "To Know" and Aa also means door.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. ↑ Some translate the name as "one who knows the gate" which is a more fitting translation for his role as god near the gate.

References

  1. ↑ Rush, John A. (2007). The Twelve Gates: A Spiritual Passage Through the Egyptian Books of the Dead. Frog Books. ISBN 978-1-58394-175-1.
  2. ↑ Budge, Ernest-Alfred-Thompson- Wallis (1905). Egyptian heaven and hell. na.
  3. ↑ Budge, E. A. Wallis (2010-06-10). The Gods of the Egyptians: Studies in Egyptian Mythology. T G S. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-61033-009-1.
  4. ↑ Coulter, Charles Russell; Turner, Patricia (2013-07-04). Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-135-96390-3.
  5. ↑ "Ancient Egyptian Deities List - Gods & Goddesses of Kemet". Ancient Egypt. 2018-06-08. Archived from the original on 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  6. ↑ Budge, E. A. Wallis (2010-01-01). The Egyptian Heaven and Hell: The Book of the Am-Taut; the Book of Gates; and the Egyptian Heaven and Hell. Cosimo, Inc. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-61640-470-3.