Ming - Guanyu (English spelling)

Japanese: ミン - 冠佑（英語表記）Ming

An ancient Egyptian god. He was the embodiment of the fertility of the bull and the god of fertility and prosperity. In the festivals held before the harvest, lettuce (whose juice was believed to have an aphrodisiac effect) was offered to him. He is depicted standing upright with his right hand bent upwards, holding a flail, a symbol of royal power, and his left hand tucked under his clothes and holding a huge, erect sacred penis. He wears two large feathers on his head. The main centers of his worship were Coptos and Panopolis, and temples remain in both places. The Greeks identified him with Pan, and in Luxor, the god Amun was depicted as Min.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

古代エジプトの神。牡牛の生殖力の化身，肥沃多産の神で，収穫に先立って開かれる祭礼においてはチシャ(その汁には催淫効果があると信じられていた)がささげられた。右手を上に折り曲げ，王権の象徴たる殻竿（からざお）を持ち，左手は衣服の下に差し入れて巨大な勃起した聖なる男根を握り，頭に大きな二つの羽根飾を付け，直立した姿で表される。信仰の本拠はコプトスとパノポリスで，いずれも神殿が残る。ギリシア人はパンと同一視し，ルクソールにおいては，アメン神がミンの姿で表された。

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