Aani

Aani

The word for baboon in ancient Egyptian was jꜥnr, with later variants such as jꜥnj and jꜥnꜥ, rendered in the obsolete Lepsius romanization as respectively ȧāni and ȧānā. Attested over fifty times in extant literature, this word simply refers to the animal itself. In ancient Egyptian religion, the baboon was considered sacred to the Egyptian god Thoth. Many Egyptian gods can manifest in a baboon aspect or have other associations with the animal, includingHapy, a god who protects the canopic jar containing the lungs after embalming. Khonsu, a god known as “eater of hearts” in the Pyramid Texts. Thoth, a god of reason and writing: “And so the Baboon of Thoth came into being,” says one 18th Dynasty text.

Pantheon: Egyptian Culture: Ancient Egyptian Civilization: Ancient Egypt Period: 3100 BCE – 400 CE

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