Min
In (ethno-)linguistics, the Min tongues are spoken by people mainly in China and Southeast Asia. See the article Min (linguistics).
In Egyptian mythology, Min was an ancient fertility god, and the patron of traveling caravans. As a god of male sexual potency, he was honored during the coronation rites of the New Kingdom Pharoahs. Festivals in his honor included offerings of wheat and lettuce (an aphrodisiac). He was a son or lover of Isis.
In Egyptian art, Min was depicted as wearing a crown with feathers and holding his penis, erect, in his left hand while holding a flail in his right.
- an aspect of the god Ammon
- one of the most ancient and enduring of Egyptian gods, worshipped in all Ancient Egyptian periods
- associated with thunder
- Sometimes (but rarely) shown with the head of a lion
- god of fertility and vegetation
- associated by the Greeks with Pan, but their cults were distinct
- Worshipped at Akhims a city known to the Greeks as Panopolis. Also associated strongly with the cities of Gebtu and Kmentmin, in both of which he was worshipped in the form of a white bull.
- at the beginning of the harvest season, they took his image out of the temple and brought it to the fields in the "festival of the departure of Min," During which they blessed the harvest and played gymnastic games in his honor.
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