Dedwen Nubian God of Riches

Dedwen
God or riches and incense
Orginin in the Nubian culture and introduced in Kemeti
Sanctuaries were dedicates to him by Tuthmosis III
He brought gifts from the southern regions to venerate the deity
He is shown in anthropomorphic form as a man with the head of a lion showing his nature and brave and ferocious leader
In that he shares mantle with Anhur, Sehkmet and several other lion headed ntrs
The earliest known information in Egyptian writings about Dedun indicates that he already had become a god of incense as early as 2400 bce
at that historical point, incense was an extremely expensive luxury commodity, and Nubia was the source of much of it, he was quite an important deity. The wealth that the trade in incense delivered to Nubia led to his being identified by them as the god of prosperity and of wealth in particular.
n the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, during the Egyptian rule over Kush, Dedun was said by the Egyptians to be the protector of deceased Nubian rulers and their god of incense, thereby associated with funerary rites.
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