View source for Religion:Weneg (Egyptian deity)

{{short description|Ancient Egyptian deity}}
{{Infobox hieroglyphs
|name = <nowiki />
{{(!}}
{{!}}<hiero>E34:N35:W11</hiero>
{{!}}[[File:Weneg.jpg|9px]]
{{!)}}
|name transcription =Weneg<br/>wng<br/>''Weneg-plant''
|name explanation = <br/>'''Personal name, based on<br/> the Pyramid Texts'''
|}}
'''Weneg''' (also read as '''Uneg''') was a sky and death deity from ancient Egyptian religion, who was said to protect the earth and her inhabitants against the arrival of the "great [[Religion:Chaos (cosmogony)|chaos]]".

== Mythology ==
The first known mention of a god named Weneg appears in a spell from the [[Religion:Pyramid Texts|Pyramid Texts]] from the Sixth Dynasty, where he is described both as a death deity and as the deceased king. He is addressed as "Son of [[Religion:Ra|Ra]]". The texts contain several [[Unsolved:Prayer|prayer]]s asking that the king receive safe travel across the sky together with Ra in his celestial [[Engineering:Barque#Barques and barque shrines in Ancient Egypt|barque]]. The king is addressed by the name of Weneg.<ref name=L418>Christian Leitz u.a.: ''Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen''., ''vol. 7''. Peeters, Leuven 2002, {{ISBN|90-429-1152-2}}, S.&nbsp;418.</ref><br/><br/>

'''PT 363; column 607c–d:'''<br/>
''Ra comes, ferry the king over to yonder side,''<br/>
''as thou thy follower over,'' <br/>
''the '''wng-plant''', which thou lovest!''<ref>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/pyt/pyt19.htm Pyramid text 363; column 607c–d] (english)</ref><br/><br/>

'''PT 476; column 952a–d:'''<br/>
''O thou keeper of the way of the king, who art at the great gate,''<br/>
''certify the king to these two great and powerful gods,''<br/>
''for the king is indeed the '''wng-plant''', the son of Ra,''<br/>
''which supports the sky, which governs the earth''<br/> 
''and which will judge the gods!''<ref>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/pyt/pyt25.htm Pyramid text 476; column 952a–d] (english)</ref><br/><br/>

Weneg as a deity is sparsely attested. He appears only in another Pyramid Texts spell from 6th Dynasty, where he is identified and equated with the sky god Shu.<ref>Georg Hart: ''The Routledge dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses''. Routledge 2005, {{ISBN|0415361168}}, page&nbsp;162</ref><ref>Stephen Quirke: ''Ancient Egyptian Religions''. London 1992, {{ISBN|0714109665}}, page&nbsp;22</ref><ref>Adolf Erman: ''Die Ägyptische Religion''. G. Reimer 2005, page&nbsp;91</ref> The name ‘Weneg’ as a such is otherwise known only as the name of a king from the Second Dynasty, whose chronological position and length of reign is uncertain.<ref>Jochem Kahl: ''Ra is my Lord: Searching for the rise of the Sun God at the dawn of Egyptian history,'' Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2007, {{ISBN|3-447-05540-5}}, page&nbsp;4–5.</ref>

== References ==
<references />


{{DEFAULTSORT:Weneg (Egyptian God)}}
[[Category:Sky and weather gods]]
[[Category:Death gods]]

{{Sourceattribution|Weneg (Egyptian deity)}}