This article is about the Egyptian god of the disc of the Moon. For other uses, see Khonsu (disambiguation).
"Chons" redirects here. For the moth "S. chons", see Sympistis chons. For the singular of the plural, see Chon (disambiguation).
Khonsu
Khonsu in falcon form, adorned with the moon disk and crescent moon.
Name in hieroglyphs
Major cult center
Thebes
Symbol
the moon disk, the sidelock, falcon, crook and flail, was-scepter
Parents
Amun and Mut
Khonsu (Ancient Egyptian: ḫnsw; also transliterated Chonsu, Khensu, Khons, Chons or Khonshu; Coptic: Ϣⲟⲛⲥ, romanized: Shons) is the ancient Egyptian god of the Moon. His name means 'traveller', and this may relate to the perceived nightly travel of the Moon across the sky. Along with Thoth, he marked the passage of time. Khonsu was instrumental in the creation of new life in all living creatures. At Thebes, he formed part of a family triad (the "Theban Triad") with Mut as his mother and Amun his father.
Khonsu (Ancient Egyptian: ḫnsw; also transliterated Chonsu, Khensu, Khons, Chons or Khonshu; Coptic: Ϣⲟⲛⲥ, romanized: Shons) is the ancient Egyptian god...
The Temple of Khonsu is an ancient Egyptian temple. It is located within the large Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt. The edifice is an example...
From across the room Rose identified Horus on the stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu, then housed under inventory number 666 (since moved to the Egyptian Museum...
Thebes, Egypt. The group consisted of Amun, his consort Mut and their son Khonsu. They were favored by both the 18th and 25th Dynasty. At the vast Karnak...
Sennedjem's father or brother, Sennedjem himself, and to Sennedjem's son Khonsu. Of the three shafts associated with the chapels, only the shaft in front...
Texts. In Spell 310, Khonsu burned hearts heavier than the feather of ma'at during the Judgment of the Dead. In Spell 311, Khonsu devoured the hearts of...
form of Khonsu and was increasingly absorbed by him. He continued to appear in amulets and occasional other representations, similar to Khonsu in appearance...
of the lunar child god Khonsu. At the Temple of Karnak in Egypt's capital city of Thebes, the family of Amun-Ra, Mut and Khonsu were worshipped together...
family of Djed-Khonsu-iuef-ankh and his wife Mut-min we found in rooms 4 and 7 of the tomb. These include fragments of the coffin of Djed-Khonsu-iuef-ankh...
Akhenaten wearing a nemes, c. 1351 – c. 1332 BCE Relief from the Sanctuary of Khonsu Temple depicting Rameses III wearing a nemes Ushabti of Ramses IV with a...
incorrect reconstruction by Karl Richard Lepsius of a scene in the Temple of Khonsu. It is now believed that the partly preserved name of the son of Herihor...
the lunar goddess known as the "Lady of the Night" Shalim, god of dusk Khonsu, god of the moon Nut, goddess of the night also associated with rebirth...
spouse was Mut. In Thebes, Amun as father, Mut as mother, and the Moon god Khonsu as their son formed the divine family or the "Theban Triad". The history...
Selene/Luna. Male lunar gods are also common, such as Sin of the Mesopotamians, Khonsu of the Egyptians (or the earlier Egyptian lunar deity Iah), Mani of the...
the Opet Festival. Reliefs showing those boats are found in the Temple of Khonsu at Karnak and date to the late New Kingdom. Some have suggested that the...
to her children, Thoth (the god of wisdom) played against Khonsu in a game of senet. Khonsu lost to Thoth and then he gave away enough moonlight to create...
Khonsu. Due to lack of space, its walls are initially vertical before sloping to become a pyramid. A wall divided the chapels of Sennedjem and Khonsu...
with Hapy. From the tomb of Tutankhamun. Ramesses III at the temple of Khonsu. Sema tawy (without deities) on the side of the throne of Khafre History...
dedicated to the Theban Triad consisted of Amun, his consort Mut, and their son Khonsu. The focus of the annual Opet Festival, in which a cult statue of Amun was...
"Preliminary Report on the Work of the Epigraphic Survey in the Temple of Khonsu at Karnak, 2008-2009". Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt...
Bes Bes (bs) 𓁳 C22 U+13073 god with falcon head and moon Id. & Det. for Khonsu (ḫnsw) 𓁴 C23 U+13074 goddess with feline head and sun with uraeus Id. &...
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