God Min
Doctrine and rituals The structure The primitive structure of the god "Min"
- who is the oldest deity that can be identified so far - was a conical hut not far from the shape of the square huts, of which there are still many among the African tribes.
All three forms of buildings contain rooms in which the owner lives, whether a living person, a god, or the dead, and parts of the building in which his furniture and possessions are kept, and servants are assigned to provide comfort to the living, and priests serve the gods, while a special class of Genizian priests was the service of the consort, which meant the comfort of the dead and its requirements.
Worship The most important centers of his worship were Akhmim and Qeft.
The god Min was his sacred symbol, a column or a monument that was appearing on one of the masts of the (Naqada) civilization near the end of prehistoric times, although the nature of this column is still mysterious, and sometimes the image of each other differs from the other, although its appearance in the era of (Naqada) took the form of A monument carved from stone or wood. It may be an arrow or a spear with two heads. Feasts were held for him during the harvest season, (the feasts of the god “Min”).
The feasts of God were linked to a season or a date in the religious year that generally does not involve any relationship to seasons, according to the nature of the god who owns the feast.
The god of fertility, who was celebrated in all his temples with rain at the beginning of the crop season. The statue of "Min" was carried by the priests on poles, and each of them was wrapped in robes adorned with the names of the king and in the way that only their heads and feet appear from the top and bottom of the robes, followed by another small group of priests carrying with them lettuce wraps, which is the sacred plant of the god "Min".
Baqad was also a white bull in the procession, while statues of the king and symbols or signs of the gods were raised on the masts.
And when the king took over his throne called "under the cabin," a grain of wheat was cut for the god, and four birds were released to the pillars of the globe, carrying written announcements about the feast.
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The most well-known image of the god Min in Luxor depicts him as an erect man, wearing a loincloth, with one arm raised to hold a whip, while the other is hidden under his robe, and he carries on his head two crowns with feathers, which is his religious symbol.
Doctrine and rituals The structure The primitive structure of the god "Min," who is the oldest deity that can be identified so far - was a conical hut not far from the shape of the square huts, of which there are still many among the African tribes.
All three forms of buildings contain rooms in which the owner lives, whether a living person, a god, or the dead, and parts of the building in which his furniture and possessions are kept, and servants are assigned to provide comfort to the living, and priests serve the gods, while a special class of Genizian priests was the service of the consort, which meant the comfort of the dead and its requirements.
The most important centers of worship for him were Akhmim and Qeft.
The god Min was his sacred symbol, a column or a monument that was appearing on one of the masts of the (Naqada) civilization near the end of prehistoric times, although the nature of this column is still mysterious, and sometimes the image of each other differs from the other, although its appearance in the era of (Naqada) took the form of A monument carved from stone or wood. It may be an arrow or a spear with two heads. Feasts were held for him during the harvest season, (the feasts of the god “Min”).
The feasts of God were linked to a season or a date in the religious year that generally does not involve any relationship to seasons, according to the nature of the god who owns the feast.
The god of fertility, who was celebrated in all his temples with rain at the beginning of the crop season. The statue of "Min" was carried by the priests on poles, and each of them was wrapped in robes adorned with the names of the king and in the way that only their heads and feet appear from the top and bottom of the robes, followed by another small group of priests carrying with them lettuce wraps, which is the sacred plant of the god "Min".
Baqad was also a white bull in the procession, while statues of the king and symbols or signs of the gods were raised on the masts.
And when the king took over his throne called "under the cabin," a grain of wheat was cut for the god, and four birds were released to the pillars of the globe, carrying written announcements about the feast.
The Importance of the God Min to the Pharaohs
- In fact, the importance of the god Min grew during the reign of the Middle Kingdom, when he was already most closely associated with the god Horus, combining them in the image of the god Min-Horus.
- By the time of the New Kingdom, Min was also fused in his relationship with the god Amun, as they were both depicted together in the image of the god Min-Amun... The shrine of the god Min was crowned with a pair of bull horns.
- One of the most important symbols used in the worship of the god Min was the pungent lettuce and the saw lettuce, both plants of great importance and a remarkable ability to arouse sexual desire in both men and women.
- They also possessed anesthetic powers, and a rubbery liquid or sap flowed from them when they were cut, and it is possible that at that time they were associated with male semen.
Min's wives were Iapet (a goddess representing the East) and Rebet (whose main cult centre was at Itribes).
