Min’s Family Tree

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Family

• Hathor(spouse),Ihy(child)— Consort

  At Akhmim, Min and Hathor were worshipped as a divine couple, with Ihy as their child, forming the local triad of the temple cult in Upper Egypt.

  ⚠ Akhmim temple inscriptions name Min as father; Edfu and Dendera traditions identify Horus instead.

Has aspect

• Amun

  Min was syncretized with Amun during the Middle and New Kingdoms as the composite deity Amun-Min, also called Kamutef, combining Amun's cosmic sovereignty with Min's procreative power.

• Horus

  Min was syncretized with Horus at Coptos as Min-Horus, combining Min's virile, protective role with Horus's championing of legitimate kingship in a local fusion attested in temple reliefs.

• Horus the Elder

  Min was identified with Horus the Elder at Coptos, with the Pyramid Texts referring to Min as 'Horus who is on his hill,' linking the ithyphallic fertility god to the elder falcon deity.

Equivalent to

• Pan(Greek)

  The Greeks identified Min with Pan, naming Min's cult centre Akhmim as Panopolis. Both shared associations with fertility, virility, and pastoral life.

Associated with

• Qetesh,Resheph

  Min, Qetesh, and Resheph appear together on New Kingdom votive stelae, with the naked goddess Qetesh standing on a lion between the ithyphallic Min and the armed warrior Resheph — a Coptite triad blending Egyptian fertility with imported Levantine war and love.