The God of Fertility, MIN

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Min, in ancient Egyptian religion, a god of fertility and harvest, embodiment of the masculine principle; he was also worshipped as the Lord of the Eastern Desert. His cult originated in predynastic times (4th millennium bce). Min was represented with phallus erect, a flail in his raised right hand.
The phallus was a symbol of fertility, and the god Min was often depicted as ithyphallic, that is, with an erect penis.
His cult was most robust in Coptos and Akhmīm (Panopolis). Wherein his honour, great festivals were held celebrating his coming forth, with public processions and presentation of offerings. The lettuce was his sacred plant.
By the New Kingdom, he was also fused with Amun in the form of Min-Amun.
The Min festival was an ancient Egyptian ceremony held to celebrate the continued rule. It dated back to Predynastic Egypt and was still very popular during the 19th Dynasty reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II.
In this festival of Min, the king cut the first sheaf of grain. It symbolically supported his role as life-sustainer of his people. This festival, associated with Min, was fecundity and the masculinity of rebirth. Therefore, this third festival focuses on birth, predominating the agricultural aspect.

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