A primeval god, mentioned in
the Pyramid Texts, he was adopted as the god of Thebes. As Thebes ascended in
importance, becoming the seat of authority, home to Pharaohs, he became both god
of Thebes and god of the Two Lands. He was considered to be the force of the
wind.
As a creator god, associated with fertility. He was believed to be the essence
of all things, the ba or soul in all of nature.
Once a primeval, creator god, he became state god, supreme
among the pantheon of Egyptian gods. He was the force of nature, the giver of
life itself.
As a creator god, he is sometimes pictured as a goose; the curved
horn ram was his sacred animal. In the New kingdom he is most often represented
as a man, with two feathers upon a flat crown.
