Iah
The god Iah, depicted as Chons
| Iah in hieroglyphs |
| <hiero>i*a*H*iaH</hiero> |
In Egyptian mythology, Iah (Egyptian Jḥ) was a lunar deity. In Egyptian, the god's name literally means "moon". He is strongly associated with both Thoth and Chons, and rarely shows up as a separate entity. One notable exception is the myth in which Thoth gambles with Iah for a fraction of the moon's light, in order to creat the 5 Epagomenal Days, as related in Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride.
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