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I believe the Egyptian Khonsu is the same as the Sumerian moon God Khingu. My gut tells me that Khufu the builder of the great pyramid might be an alternate spelling of Khonsu as well and I'm looking for proof. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.4.131.27 (talk) 05:23, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures[edit]

how are pictorial representations of khonsu seperated from those of horus? they look very similar. also how are the representations of the moon above a deity's head distinguished from a sun above it? pls authoritative/knowledgable replies only backed up with reliable source web pages if pos. what about the similarities with amun-ra as a kind of horus-ra aswell? can anyone help demystify this? Kentmage (talk) 01:19, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there is an easy way to tell Ra and Khonsu apart. Khonsu has a white circle over his head, which symbolizes a moon. Ra has a red circle over his head, which symbolizes a sun. Although Horus and Khonsu may look the same, they are both different from each other. I luv mythology (talk) 14:56, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

btw[edit]

btw I think this is a great article and it may be impossible to find back-up reference after 1000's of years. After a bit of thought I have come back here with a theory or POV, but please forgive my luxury of making an unsubstantiated theory as there are not huge numbers of people onto this topic to make a large enough minority view of this subject count, but could it be that through the undulating fortunes of Egypt that the people of that land wanted a consistant image of there deity but because of the fashions of nature, the fashions of the culture changed deity name and hence deity family tree position? I also noticed the cresent shape underneath the moon symbol so maybe that is the feature that differentiates sun from moon. Perhaps the only way to distinguish between some of the more similar deities is to translate nearby heiroglyphs or other nearby(geographical and chronological) texts. Although great changes in image of deity may have been fashionable to some in Egypt at the time some may have been of a more conservative psyche. Kentmage (talk) 05:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Recent move[edit]

Regarding the recent move of this article from Khonsu to Khons(egyptian deity), I am not sure that Khons is the most common spelling of his name. Khonsu is the spelling I have encountered most commonly, at least in English-language sources. In any case, there is no other article titled "Khons", so the parenthetical phrase "Egyptian deity" isn't needed in the title. On top of that, the missing space before the parenthesis and the uncapitalized E in "Egyptian" mean that this article is undoubtedly in the wrong place. A. Parrot (talk) 20:22, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I've reverted the changes made by Bazookafox1. Having consulted the sources available to me, I dare to say that Khonsu is used more frequently than Khons. -- Mercy (☎|✍) 22:50, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Both George Hart "The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses" and Wilkinson "The Complete Gods and Goddesses of AE" use Khonsu ... so this is more standard. Apepch7 (talk) 00:19, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Contract killers[edit]

In other words, Khonsu is a contract killer. He will assassinate anyone for a price. 116.237.43.23 (talk) 04:11, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. It won't surprise me if he is the god of contract killers... 116.237.43.23 (talk) 04:22, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]