Medjed (fish)
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medjed-fish-309-3575944
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Medjed (fish)
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Medjed were a kind of elephantfish worshipped at Oxyrhynchus in ancient Egyptian religion. The fish were believed to have eaten the penis of the god Osiris after his brother Set had dismembered and scattered his body. A settlement in Upper Egypt, Per-Medjed, was named after them. They are now better known by their Greek name Oxyrhynchus, meaning "sharp-nosed", a nod to the Egyptian depiction of the fish. As a sacred fish, they are frequently depicted wearing horned sun-discs. Some figurines have
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Species of fish
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medjed_(fish)
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2024-03-11T15:57:20Z
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