Khonsu

Theban moon god of healing; son of Amun and Mut.

Parentage

• parent: Amun

Domains

• moon
• healing

Powers

• Crossing the night sky as the travelling moon
• Driving out demons and curing the possessed
• Measure and define time as the traveller of the night sky

Epithets

• ḫnsw m wꜣst nfr-ḥtp egyptian · Khonsu em Waset Neferhotep · cultKhonsu in Thebes, Perfectly-Gracious; the Theban moon-god of healingKarnak (temple of Khonsu); the Bentresh Stela (primary)
• pꜣ-jr-sḫrw egyptian · pa-ir-sekheru · cultHe who governs / makes the plans; Khonsu the executive moon-godBentresh Stela (Khonsu the Provider/Authority); Karnak texts (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Pyramid Texts, Utterance 273 (primary)