entities: ENT_EGY_IAH

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_EGY_IAH Iah   Egyptian Moon deity Nature Deity moon; lunar cycle; time; fertility; nocturnal light       A           Egyptian moon deity; name simply means "moon" (Egyptian: Jꜥḥ); one of the oldest Egyptian lunar deities, attested in the Pyramid Texts (Old Kingdom); he is associated with the crescent moon and is depicted as a man wearing the crescent and full moon disc on his head; in the Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom he was the primary lunar deity of the Egyptian pantheon; his importance was gradually eclipsed by Khonsu (the moon deity of the Theban Triad) who absorbed his functions in the New Kingdom; Thoth also absorbed aspects of his lunar role; by the Ptolemaic period Iah had become largely a lunar symbol rather than an actively worshipped deity; his name survives in the element "Jah" (month) in the Coptic calendar deity

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