Amun-MinWhen,
subsequently, Egypt conquered Kush, they
identified the chief deity of the Kushites
as Amun. This deity was depicted as Ram
headed, specifically a woolly Ram with
curved horns, and so Amun started becoming
associated with the Ram. Indeed, due to
the aged appearance of it, they came to
believe that this had been the original
form of Amun, and that Kush was where
he had been born. However, since rams,
due to their rutting, were considered
a symbol of virility, Amun became thought
of as a fertility deity, and so started
to absorb the identity of Min, becoming
Amun-Min. This association with virility
lead to Amun-Min gaining the epithet Kamutef,
meaning Bull of his mother, in which form
he was often found depicted on the walls
of Karnak, ithyphallic, and with a scourge.
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