Amun

Scott Noegel discusses Amun
Emily Teeter discusses Amun

Amun was a god of ancient Egypt known in very early eras but who gained his dominance during the New Kingdom at Thebes. Amun means the "hidden". His epithets are "Greatest of Heaven, Eldest of Earth". He is associated with the dynamic force of life. He was mentioned in the Pyramid Texts during the 5th and 6th Dynasties, and his presence in Thebes was first documented in the 6th Dynasty. His mythology confers many attributes to him which other gods have, with the exception that Amun is said to have given birth to himself, and no other god has that power. All other deities trace their being and powers to Amun. Amun is depicted as a young virile man wearing a headdress of double plumes representing the Two Lands, upper and lower Egypt. He is also pictured as a ram with curled horns. His consort was the oldest mother goddess, Mut. The king's wife, and other noble women, often had the title of Wife of Amun.

consort: spouse of nobility.