Khons

Japanese: Khons
Khons

...Even though he suffered a temporary setback during the New Kingdom due to the religious reforms of Akhenaten, his influence as the patron deity of the great empire reached its zenith, and he was syncretized with the sun god Ra of Heliopolis to become Amen-Ra, the creator god and "king of the gods." He formed the Theban triad with the goddess Mut as his wife and the moon god Khons as his son, and the temple of Karnak, the main temple, became the largest in Egypt through the expansion and reconstruction of the various kings from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemaic dynasty. In images, he is depicted as a man with two feathers or a ram's head.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…とくに新王国時代はイクナートンの宗教改革による一時的な打撃はうけても,大帝国の守護神として勢威は絶頂を極め,ヘリオポリスの太陽神ラーと習合してアメン・ラーAmen‐Raとよばれ,創造神,〈神々の王〉とされた。ムート女神を妻,月神コンスKhonsを子とするテーベの三柱神を形成,本山のカルナック神殿は中王国時代以降プトレマイオス朝にいたる歴代諸王の増改築によってエジプト最大の神殿となる。図像では2枚の羽根を頂く男性もしくは牡羊頭の人物として表現される。…

※「Khons」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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