Per-Khonsu
𓐍𓈖𓇓𓅱𓀭 𓐍𓈖𓊃𓇓𓅴
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(Demotic)
MDC: xnsw
Alt Egyptian : ḫnsw, xnzw
Gardiner: Khons
Budge: Khensu
Transliteration: Khensw
Meroitic : Aqedise (pronounced akwəɖiɕ), Xs (pronouced xansa)
Meroitic cursive : Aqedise (pronounced akwəɖiɕ)
Coptic: Shons /ϣⲟⲛⲥ (B,S)
Akkadian : ḫa-an-ša
Hebrew: Khonsu/ ח'ונסו, H'onso/ ח'וֹנסוּ
Greek: Chon /χών, Khons /Χόνς
Demotic:
Arabic: Khonsu/ خونسو
English: Khonsu
Kemetic: Khonsu (Chons)
Alt: Chonsu, Khensu, Khons, Chons, Khonshu
Pronounced: Khonsü, xanzaw (Alt)
Meaning: One who travels
Home: Night sky, TAr(w)
Temple: Waset/Thebes/Θῆβαι; nbwt (gold)/Ombos; Ipet-isut /Karnak
Cults: Min-nefer/Memphis/ Μέμφις, Hebet/Hibis, Beḥdet/Edfu/ إدفو
Nome:
Consort
Children
Father
Amun
Mother
Mut
Alternate parents
Bastet
Siblings
placenta (Associated with being the King's Placenta)
Alternative Parentage
Amun and Bastet
Priest names
Features
Younger man wrapped in mummy wrappings with green skin, a kings beard and a menat necklace. Or a hawk/falcon. In his hand he holds the Crook and flail or the Was scepter. Atop his head side-lock of hair he wears the scribes cap and a headdress with the crescent moon beneath the full moon. Sometimes he has a falcon's head. Sometimes he appeared as a goose, ram or two crocodiles.
Symbols
Number 9
Moon
Snakes
Baboon
Falcon
Lotus/ sSm
Roles
God of the new moon. New kingdom he was known as an exorcist and a healer. Protects against wild animals. In Karnak he was considered the great snake who fertilizes the cosmic egg. He was thought to watch overnight travelers. He was also invoked to protect ahisn wild animals and aid in healing. Along with Djehuty/Thoth he marked the passage of time. Khonsu was instrumental in the creation of new life in all living creatures. In Thebes he was part of the triad of Mut and Amun.
Connection to other gods
Horu
Shu
Montju/ Montu (replaces the war god as son of Mut)
Celebrations
Offering items
Moon stone
Moon items
Gane boards, Senet
Other names
Epitaphs
anx Hr ibw ? / (The one who) lives on hearts
nTr aA m nTrw aA ?/ Great god of the great gods
wHm-rnp / repeats rejuvenation
xnsw pA iry sxrw m wAst /Khonsu of Thebes The "Maker" of men's destinies
ref.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khonsu, The Meroitic Language and Writing System By Claude Rilly, Alex de Voogt
Temple: Waset/Thebes/Θῆβαι; nbwt (gold)/Ombos; Ipet-isut /Karnak
Cults: Min-nefer/Memphis/ Μέμφις, Hebet/Hibis, Beḥdet/Edfu/ إدفو
Nome:
Consort
Children
Father
Amun
Mother
Mut
Alternate parents
Bastet
Siblings
placenta (Associated with being the King's Placenta)
Alternative Parentage
Amun and Bastet
Priest names
Features
Younger man wrapped in mummy wrappings with green skin, a kings beard and a menat necklace. Or a hawk/falcon. In his hand he holds the Crook and flail or the Was scepter. Atop his head side-lock of hair he wears the scribes cap and a headdress with the crescent moon beneath the full moon. Sometimes he has a falcon's head. Sometimes he appeared as a goose, ram or two crocodiles.
Symbols
Number 9
Moon
Snakes
Baboon
Falcon
Lotus/ sSm
Roles
God of the new moon. New kingdom he was known as an exorcist and a healer. Protects against wild animals. In Karnak he was considered the great snake who fertilizes the cosmic egg. He was thought to watch overnight travelers. He was also invoked to protect ahisn wild animals and aid in healing. Along with Djehuty/Thoth he marked the passage of time. Khonsu was instrumental in the creation of new life in all living creatures. In Thebes he was part of the triad of Mut and Amun.
Connection to other gods
Horu
Shu
Montju/ Montu (replaces the war god as son of Mut)
Celebrations
Offering items
Moon stone
Moon items
Gane boards, Senet
Other names
Epitaphs
anx Hr ibw ? / (The one who) lives on hearts
nTr aA m nTrw aA ?/ Great god of the great gods
wHm-rnp / repeats rejuvenation
xnsw pA iry sxrw m wAst /Khonsu of Thebes The "Maker" of men's destinies
ref.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khonsu, The Meroitic Language and Writing System By Claude Rilly, Alex de Voogt
sw nDmwy Htp.k xnsw n nmH
it is sweet your grace, Khonsu, to the orphan
~Stela Turin 50052. (Catalogue No. 1553) Lower registers line 4
