Classical Studies 2525A/B Lecture 7: Week 7 (MK State Temples)

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Main gods (but there are many others: montu = falcon head wearing sun disk and cobras. Central cult at medamud (also at armant and tod) near. Thebes: middle kingdom, war god, difference between montu and horus montu has circle on top of head, becomes popular, amun-re = (very popular in 12th d): central cult at karnak north of thebes, from mk onwards. Guaranteed constant regeneration of the world, king of the gods: becomes popular, min = fertility god, very old (predynastic statue). Central cult at coptos: around since predynastic period, hathor = cow-headed goddess. Central cult at dendera: name means house of horus , goddess of afterlife, love and maternity, associated and discussed with mortuary temples, atum = the sun. Central cult at heirakonpolis: father is osiris, osiris = god of the underworld. Very important in middle kingdom: son is horus. Isis and nephthys = sisters of osiris (isis also wife; mother of horus).

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