Amun as a Creator

The gods  temple  Ipet-Sut  is  predicted  by Hatshepsut on her obelisk hill of the start,  indicating  that  it  was  the set  where  Amun  took  the  cosmos into existence. Hymns from the late New Kingdom emphasise the role of Amun as a primeval deity, making sky and earth by his  thoughts.  The  phenomenon of  the annual Nile flood, and the blowing of  the  north  wind  upriver  derive  from Amuns nature as elusive to determine  as the air, which, alike all the other gods, is but  a  reflection of the  deep Amun. Guess on Amun as a universal  super  deity  brought  the  Egyptian theologiser very close to the concept of monotheism, although they never considered the steps that would exclude all other deities from the temples. The worship of Amun in this prospect was henotheism in Egyptian terms  turning ones tightness onto the  superb  deity  while  not  denying  that he has provided a myriad of other God to be honoured  as  tell  of  his breeding power.

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