Ruty
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| Ruty | |||||
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 Twin lions guarding the eastern and western horizons as the points where the sun touches the twin-peaked mountain top of the earth where it leaves and re-enters the underworld, Aker was also often depicted like this | |||||
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| Symbol | Horizon, lion | ||||
Ruty was an Ancient Egyptian god. he was depicted as two recumbent lions looking away from each other with the sign for Horizon sitting on their backs. Ruty could also be depicted as a lion-headed man[1]
Citations
[edit]- Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05120-8.
- ^ Wilkinson 2003, pp. 180
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