Amu-Aa is attested in Egyptian religious-literary sources as one of the divine attendants who travels with Osiris through the hours of the night in the Amduat (the night-barque cycle). The sources present Amu-Aa as a named member of the retinue specifically placed in the second hour of the night; there is no mythic biography, origin myth, or narrative account of personal deeds beyond this liturgical/theological attestation in the available materials.
No consistent iconographic or anthropomorphic description is documented in the provided sources. Claims that derive from the name's lexical components (for example renderings such as "eater of the donkey/ass" or "eater of the phallus") are etymological readings reported in the summaries and should not be taken as direct iconographic descriptions; the supplied texts do not give a concrete visual portrait of Amu-Aa.
The sources report a narrowly defined functional behavior: Amu-Aa "would eat the bread made for the boat and use the perfume," indicating the deity consumes provisions and uses offerings prepared for the funerary/night barque during the second hour of the night. Beyond this consumptive access to the boat's provisions, no additional powers, magical faculties, or broader activities are recorded in the provided materials.
Weaknesses
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Wards
- otherno protective rituals or wards specifically addressing Amu-Aa are attested in the provided sources
Ampycus (Ampyx)
Ampycus (also Ampyx/Ampyce) is a name borne by several related mortal figures in Greek myth: chiefly a father of seers (notably Mopsus), and in variant traditions a local eponym, a priest of Demeter, and a Lapith warrior. He functions as a genealogical marker and occasional ritual or martial actor within heroic-age narratives rather than as an independent supernatural being.
Ampyx
Ampyx (Ancient Greek Ἄμπυξ, also Ampycus/Ampykos) is a personal name borne by several distinct mortal figures in Greek myth. The name is attached to seers, a priest, warriors, and ancestral/founder figures across different local traditions rather than to a single supernatural species or class.
Amrak
Amrak is not attested in the provided sources as a supernatural being. The lexical string "Amrak" appears across unrelated secular contexts — as a historical regnal name (Amrak Khagan / Ashina Anluo), a Turkish place-name (Çamrak / amrak), titles in modern Arabic-language music, an institutional name/acronym (AMRAK Institute), and as a modern brand/typeface/project name. No folkloric, ritual, or mythological descriptions of an entity called "Amrak" are present in the cited material.
Amrita (Buddhist tradition)
In the context of Indian religions, particularly within Hinduism and Buddhism, Amrita is a divine elixir that grants immortality and eternal life. (Note: - Power tier should be Ancient (deity-level), not Primordial. - Origin story appears accurate but lacks specificity on when Amrita was first mentioned in the Rigveda; add more detail. - Abilities are )
Amru bin Jabir Al-Jinni
Named in a single modern catalogue entry as "one of the companions of the jinn," Amru bin Jabir Al-Jinni is recorded only as an individual associated with the jinn class. No further narratives, attributes, or practices are attested in the provided source.
Amset (Imsety)
Amset (Egyptian Imsety) is one of the four sons of Horus in ancient Egyptian mortuary religion, a named funerary guardian commonly associated with protection of the liver and represented as the human-headed canopic-jar lid in mummification and afterlife iconography.
Amun
Amun is a major ancient Egyptian deity whose name (imn) means 'the hidden one.' Originating as a local Theban tutelary god, he rose to national prominence and was syncretized with the sun‑god Ra (Amun‑Ra), becoming a transcendent, self‑created creator and king of the gods closely tied to royal legitimation and personal petitionary religion.
Amun-Re
Amun-Re is a major ancient Egyptian state deity formed by syncretism of Amun with the sun-god Re. Attested from the Old Kingdom and rising to prominence as the patron god of Thebes by the 11th Dynasty, Amun-Re is closely tied to pharaonic kingship, temple cult, and oracular activity (notably at Siwa).
Amunet
Amunet (jmnt) is a primordial Egyptian goddess originally one of the female members of the Ogdoad of Hermopolis whose name means ‘The Hidden One.’ In later Theban religion she became a localized consort and cult companion of Amun, serving protective and liturgical roles in royal coronation, Sed festivals, temple liturgies, and funerary invocations.
Amurru (Martu)
Amurru, Sumerian Martu, is a Mesopotamian deity who functions as the divine personification of the Amorites. Originating in Mesopotamian textual practice, he is associated with the steppe and mountains, depicted with a crooked staff, portrayed in hymnography as warlike and lightning-armed, and from the Old Babylonian period acquires a prominent exorcistic cultic role.
Amy
Amy is a named demon listed in early modern and later European grimoires. The figure appears as an entry in demonological compilations such as The Lesser Key of Solomon, the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, and the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic, and is recorded under variant transliterations in that corpus.
Amy Rose
Amy Rose is a fictional character in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, introduced in Sonic CD as a female anthropomorphic hedgehog who functions as a recurring major character and a persistent romantic interest in the series' protagonist, Sonic. She has appeared across numerous subsequent games and media as part of the core ensemble.
Community Record
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- [2]Amu-Aa (Wikidata). Wikidata entry Q104860473 (noting classification as Ancient Egyptian deity)other
- [3]Archive CIA Reading Room scans (no relevant Egyptological detail). CIA Reading Room document 'OSS - MEMORANDA REGARDING JOINT PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE COMMITTEE (JPWC) SUBCOMMITTEE, 1943' (not containing substantive information on Amu-Aa in provided excerpts)other
- [4]Archive CIA Reading Room scan (no relevant Egyptological detail). CIA Reading Room document 'FR:ZIMINA K.P. TO:ZIMMERMAN E.' (not containing substantive information on Amu-Aa in provided excerpts)other
- [5]Archive CIA Reading Room scan (no relevant Egyptological detail). CIA Reading Room document 'FR:STOLYAROVA M. TO:STOROCHIK E.A.' (not containing substantive information on Amu-Aa in provided excerpts)other