From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved "Volume III - Gods/Goddesses of Ancient Egypt"

RESHEF (Reshpu, Resheph)

To return to the Saturn Decan (Reshef's similarity to the Coptic Refe, Refan, Remphan), or List of Netjeru.

    Reshef (Reshpu) a Syrian war and thunder god, always depicted with raised weapons, wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt with a streamer flowing from the top.    At the base of the crown is either a complete head of a gazelle or just the horns.    In the Pyramid Texts mentioned as replacing the guardian of the celestial gates, Khay-Tau, a foreign deity, probably from Byblos.
    He is the Egyptian version of the Semetic Aleyin/Amurru.    On a limestone stele from Egypt, 1350-1200 B.C., of the nude Syrian goddess Qadesh, goddess of love, an aspect of Hathor, is seen standing on a lion flanked by Min and Resheph.    On the lower part, three figures present offerings to the Phoenican earth goddess Anat (Qadesh), who was introduced into Egypt by the Hyskos (1650 B.C.) at a shrine at Avaris.

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