Amon

Amun, also known sometimes as Amon, was one of the most important of the ancient Egyptian gods, and is commonly identified with Ra as Amun-Ra. For further discussion, see Amun.

In Egyptian hieroglyphs, his name is ỉmn: <hiero>i-Y5:n</hiero> or, as Amun-Ra, he is ỉmn-r^c: <hiero>i-Y5:n-N5:Z1-A40</hiero>.

There are also two people called Amon in the Bible:

1. The governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab. The prophet Micah was committed to his custody (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25).

2. Amon of Judah was a king of the kingdom of Judah and son of Manasseh.

Amon (as in Amon Amarth) means also Mountain or Mount in Sindarin, an artificial language by J. R. R. Tolkien.

See also Amon (Formula One team)