Aker (deity)

Aker
Aker
	Twin lions (yesterday and tomorrow) believed to guard 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.
Name in hieroglyphs	; or; ; or;
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Symbol	Horizon

Aker was an ancient Egyptian personification of the horizon, and an earth and underworld god, believed to guard the eastern (Bakhu) and western (Manu) horizons.^[1]

^ "The Mountains and Horizon of Ancient Egypt". www.touregypt.net. Retrieved 2023-05-25.

[1] "The Mountains and Horizon of Ancient Egypt". www.touregypt.net. Retrieved 2023-05-25.

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