Min
Min

Pantheon: Egyptian
Titles: God of the Eastern Desert, Lord of the Foreign Lands
Alternate Names/Spellings: Min-Horus
Gender: Male

Min is the god of Crops, Fertility, Harvests, Roads, Sexuality, and Travellers. His sacred animal is the white bull, and he represents the direction East. His main cult centers were in Coptos and Panopolis, where he was honored during the harvest festivals with an offering of the first of the wheat crop. He was also honored by those who were travelling through the desert. He is sometimes associated with Horus, Ra, and Pan.

In art Min appears as a man wearing a double plummed crown with a streamer on the back, and a fully erect Phallus. He is usally holding a flail in his right hand.

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