Amun

:For the people in the Bible, see Ammon (nation). For the extinct mollusc see Ammonite.

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Amun (also spelt Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imenand, and spelt in Greek as Ammon, and Hammon) was the name of a deity, in Egyptian mythology, who gradually rose to become one of the most important, before disappearing back into the shadows.

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Originally, he was simply nothing more than a deification of the concept of air, and thus wind, one of the four fundamental concepts held to have composed the primordial universe, in the Ogdoad cosmogeny, whose cult was strongest in Heliopolis. His name reflects this function, since it means the hidden one, reflecting the invisibility of the air, and of the wind. Like all other members of the Ogdoad, his male aspect was usually depicted as a frog, or frog-headed. Symbolically, invisibility was represented by the colour blue, since it was the colour of the sky, seen through the air, and so this was the colour usually given to Amun's image.

Ammon (nation): :For the extinct mollusc see Ammonite. For the ancient Egyptian god see Ammon....

Ammonite: This article is about the marine animal. For the novel see Ammonite (novel), for the Biblical people, see Ammon (nation), for The Book of Mormon people, see Ammonites (Book of Mormon), and for the ancient Egyptian god see Amun....

Greek: The noun Greek refers to:...

Amun related Images and Photos (experimental)

Amun Re King of the Gods	God Amun Offers Sickle Weapon to Pharaoh Ramesses III as he Strikes Two Captured Enemies	Arana #6 Cover: Arana and Amun	Jenny's Pearl Necklace by Ben-Amun
Statue of Mentuemhat Governor of Thebes from the Temple of Amun Karnak Late Period c.670 BC	Silver's Long Spike Earrings by Ben-Amun	Silver's Star Chain Fringe Earrings by Ben-Amun	Silver's Star Chain Fringe Necklace by Ben-Amun
Serena's Double Strand Spike Necklace by Ben-Amun	Silver's Falling Star Bright Necklace by Ben-Amun	Blair's Triple Row Glass Pearl Stretch Bracelet by Ben-Amun