Ruty

{{short description|Ancient Egyptian lion god}}

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{{Infobox deity

| type = Egyptian

| name = Ruty

| image = Aker.svg

| caption = Twin lions guarding the eastern and western horizons as the points where the sun touches the twin-peaked mountain top of the earth where it leaves and re-enters the underworld, Aker was also often depicted like this

| hiero = t:Z1*Z1-l\-l\

| consort =

| symbol = Horizon, lion

}}

Ruty was an Ancient Egyptian god. he was depicted as two recumbent lions looking away from each other with the sign for Horizon sitting on their backs. Ruty could also be depicted as a lion-headed man{{harvnb|Wilkinson|2003|pp=180}}

Citations

  • {{cite book | last=Wilkinson | first=Richard H. | author-link=Richard H. Wilkinson | title=The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt | publisher=Thames & Hudson | year=2003 | isbn=0-500-05120-8 | url=https://archive.org/details/completegodsgodd00wilk_0 }}

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Category:Egyptian deities

Category:Groups of Egyptian deities

Category:Lion gods