Apedemak God - Apedemakshin

Japanese: アペデマク神 - あぺでまくしん
Apedemak God - Apedemakshin

...The main ruins are Naqa, Musawrat es-Sufra, Wad ben Naqa, Umm Usda, and Basa, and are mostly Egyptian-style buildings with reliefs and paintings depicting various gods and the battles between Kush and his enemies. A unique Meroean god was Apedemak, a lion-god unknown in either Egypt or Napata, and of Indian origin. At Naqa there is a small temple called Kiosk, which is notable as the southernmost Roman-style building on the African continent.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "God Apedemak" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…おもな遺跡はナカ,ムサワラット・エス・スフラ,ワド・ベン・ナカ,ウンム・ウスダ,バサなどで,多くはエジプト様式の建造物に浮彫や絵画で種々の神や,クシュとその敵との戦いなどが表されている。メロエ独自の神としてアペデマク神がいるが,これはエジプトでもナパタでも知られていないライオン神で,インド由来の神である。ナカにはキオスクと名づけられる小神殿があるが,この神殿は,アフリカ大陸で最も南にあるローマ様式の建築として注目される。…

※「アペデマク神」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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