Rem (mythology)

Rem ( "to weep"), also Rem-Rem, Remi, or Remi the Weeper, who lives in Rem-Rem, the realm of weeping[2] was a fish god in Egypt who fertilized the land with his tears,[3] producing both vegetation and the reptiles.[4] He is assumed to be the personification of Ra's tears.[1]

Rem[1]
in hieroglyphs

References

  1. E. A. Wallis Budge (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology. 1. Methuen & Company. p. 303.
  2. Gerald Massey (2008) [1907]. Ancient Egypt - The Light of the World: A Work of Reclamation and Restitution in Twelve Books. NuVision Publications. p. 319. ISBN 978-1595476067.
  3. Donald A. MacKenzie (2004) [1915]. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria. Kessinger Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-1417976430.
  4. E. A. Wallis Budge (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology. 1. Methuen & Company. p. 319.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.