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In Egyptian mythology, Amunet (also spelled Amonet, Amaunet, Amentet, Amentit, Imentet, Imentit, and Ament) was the female form of the original deity, Amun who was without a gender since it was a concept. Amun/Amunet originally were the aspects of the primordial concept of air, in the Ogdoad cosmogony. Of the name for primordial air meaning, (one who) is hidden, the male aspect is Amun, and the female aspect is Amunet. As with all females in the Ogdoad, Amunet was depicted either as a cobra snake or as a snake-headed woman. The male deities in the Ogdoad were generally depicted with the head of a frog. Pagan and heathen redirect here. ... Pantheism (Greek: πάν ( pan ) = all and θεός ( theos ) = God) literally means God is All and All is God. It is the view that everything is of an all-encompassing immanent abstract God; or that the universe, or nature, and God are equivalent. ... Polytheism is belief in or worship of multiple gods or deities. ... Akh redirects here. ... 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When Amun became regarded with greater importance, and his identity increasingly overlapped with that of Atum, Amaunet, as the female aspect, became increasingly identified with Iusaaset, Atum's shadow. By becoming identified as Iusaaset, Amunet was regarded as the mother of creation and she was seen as owning the tree from which all life emerged and returned, the tree of life, an acacia tree said to reside on the desert's edge. Iusaaset was seen as the mother and grandmother of the gods. The strength, hardiness, medical properties, and edibility, lead the acacia tree to be considered the tree of life, and thus the oldest, which was situated close to, and north of, Heliopolis, was said to be the birthplace of all of the gods. Thus, as the mother, and grandmother, of the gods, Iusaaset was said to own this tree. History Atum (alternatively spelt Tem, Temu, Tum, and Atem) is an early deity in Egyptian mythology, whose cult centred on the Ennead of Heliopolis. ... This article is about Atum, the Egyptian deity. ... The Tree-of-Life is a fictional plant (the ancestor of yams, with similar appearance and taste) in Larry Nivens Known Space universe, for which all Hominids have an in-built genetic craving. ... For other uses, see Acacia (disambiguation). ... This article is about arid terrain. ...

Amaunet was said to be the mother who is father, implying that she is a creator goddess, who needed no male to procreate, reproducing asexually through parthenogenesis. The Egyptians thought that animals without sexual dimorphism, such as snakes, were all female. For the religious belief, see Virgin Birth of Jesus. ... Female (left) and male Common Pheasant, illustrating the dramatic difference in both color and size, between the sexes Sexual dimorphism is the systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species. ...

As Amun was increasingly identified as a significant deity, rather than a mere concept, so Amunet increasingly became identified as a distinct female goddess, and eventually Amun became identified as her husband. As Amunet continued to be identified as the goddess of air, she was sometimes depicted as a winged goddess, or as a woman with a hawk, or ostrich feather, on her head. For other uses, see Hawk (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758 Distribution of Ostriches. ... For other uses, see Feather (disambiguation). ...

When Amunet later was displaced as Amun's consort by Mut, she was said, as representing the air, to have become associated with Iah, the moon itself, and was depicted in association with him on tombs, coffins, and sarcophaguses. For other uses, see Mut (disambiguation). ... This article is about Earths moon. ... The Etruscan Sarcophagus of the Spouses, at the National Etruscan Museum. ...

The similar name Amentet or Imentit was sometimes used to refer to the underworld, and this goddess provided a welcome to the newly dead, since the tree she was associated with, was said to be near Heliopolis, the place where bread was provided for the surrounding population, during winter. In Egyptian mythology, Duat (also called Akert or Amenthes) is the underworld, where the sun traveled from west to east during the night and where dead souls were judged by Osiris, using a feather, representing Truth. ... For other uses, see Heliopolis. ...

She also is depicted with one of the hieroglyphs for the concept "West" on her head, on which the hawk or ostrich feather rest. Her name means "She of the West", as she is regarded as a personification of the direction West. References to the west also relate to the place where the dead enter the underworld, relating to her role as a funerary goddess. Hieroglyphics redirects here. ... A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ... A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ...

See also

• Maat Kheru
• Aahla

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