Khonsu

Pantheon: Egyptian
Titles: God of the New Moon, He Who Travels, The Navigator, The Wanderer, He Who Crosses the Sky in a Boat
Alternate Names/Spellings: Chons, Chunsu, Khensu, Khensu Nefer-Hetep, Khensu-Pa-Khart, Khensu-Ra, Khons
Gender: Male

Khonsu is the god of Exorcism, Fertility, Healing, Love, The Moon, and Regeneration. His sacred animals are baboons, cats, and falcons. Khonsu helps women and cattle in conceiving, and has the ability to protect mortals from evil spirits on the earth, in the sky, and in the sea. He was one of the early gods of Egypt.

In art, Khonsu typically appears as a mummy wearing a scullcap with a crescent lunar disk, though he can also appear as a falcon-headed man seated on a throne and wearing the lunar disc with the uraeus or the solar disc with the uraeus and feathers.
As Khensu Nefer-Hetep he appears wearing the double crown of Egypt, and holding a scepter and an ahkh.
As Khensu-Ra he wears the solar disc and carries a stylus.

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