Aker (deity)
Egyptian deity of the eastern and western horizons and an earth and underworld god
Aker (also known as Akeru) is the ancient Egyptian god of Earth and the horizon. He guarded the eastern and western borders of the netherworld. He protected Ra, the sun god, when he entered the netherworld at sunset and when he returned to the world of the living at sunrise and bore the sun on his back through the underworld.
| Aker in hieroglyphs | |||||||||
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3kr He who is beneath | |||||||||
3kr He who is beneath | |||||||||
3kr He who is beneath | |||||||||
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He welcomed the deceased pharaoh Apep (Apophis) and was rumored to have the ability to neutralize a snake bite.
References
change- ↑ Christian Leitz: Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen (LGG) (= Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, vol. 6). Peeters Publishers, Leuven 2002, ISBN 9042911514, pp. 83 - 85.
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