Biography of khonsu the moon god sinopsis
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The Khonsu Cosmogony
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Author(s): Eugene Cruz-Uribe
Source: Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt , 1994, Vol. 31 (1994), pp.
169-189
Published by: American Research Center in Egypt
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.com/stable/40000676
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Khons
Name
- Khons
- Chonsu
- Khensu
- Chons
- Khonshu
Title(s)
- God of Knowledge
- God of Moon
Class
- Second Generation God
- Second Generation Primordial God
Occupation
- One of the Duo God of Knowledge
- God of Knowledge
- God of Moon
Gender
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.
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Khonshu mythos
I keep seeing the aspects of Khonshu (pathfinder, embracer, defender) pop up and I got super interested but couldn’t actually find anything that elaborated on it. I did a little dive and found some character stats from games, and some comic-book Khonshu timelines but ingenting abouthis aspects in particular.
So inom did a bigger dive into ‘Khonsu’ and ancient Egyptian theology to see if I could learn more about what they were drawing inspiration from.
(If you’ve got a comic book (or a fic!) recommendation that tackles the different aspects of Khonsu I would love to have it.)
His name means ‘the traveler’ or more directly ‘he who travels the night sky.’ He’s got a dark past as an ancient bloodthirsty god who strangled other deities, eviscerated them, and fed the parts to kings so they could absorb their strength/power in the afterlife.
Khonsu was mainly worshiped as one part of the Thebian Triad in the New Kingdom of Thebes. He’s the divine child of the o