| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Combat | ATK 75 DEF 70 SPR 90 SPD 88 INT 85 |
| Rank | Moon God / Son of Amun and Mut / Lord of Time / Healer / Exorcist |
| Domain | The moon, time, healing, exorcism, fertility, the night journey |
| Alignment | Egyptian Sacred |
| Key Act | In the "Cannibal Hymn" of the Pyramid Texts, Khonsu helps the deceased pharaoh capture and devour the gods to absorb their power; in his benevolent aspect, expels demons from the possessed |
| Source | Pyramid Texts (Spells 273-274, the "Cannibal Hymn"); the Bentresh Stela (a healing exorcism narrative, 4th century BCE); Karnak Khonsu Temple inscriptions |
“His name means ‘Traveler’ — he crosses the sky each night, measuring the months, devouring the unworthy.”
Khonsu’s name (ḫnsw) means “the traveler” or “wanderer” — the moon as it crosses the sky. He is the son of the great Theban triad (Amun and Mut), depicted as a young man with the side-lock of youth, holding the crook and flail, with the lunar disk and crescent on his head. His double nature is striking: in the Pyramid Texts, he is a fearsome deity who helps the dead pharaoh hunt and devour other gods to absorb their potency (Pyramid Texts 273-274 — the so-called “Cannibal Hymn”); in later periods, he is the gentle healer-exorcist whose statue, sent to a foreign princess in the Bentresh Stela, drives a demon out of her by sheer presence. The Theban temple of Khonsu at Karnak was one of the most important healing centers in late-period Egypt.
Cross-tradition parallels: Chandra (Hindu moon god, also a “wanderer,” also tied to time-measurement and fertility); Sin/Nanna (Mesopotamian moon god); Selene (Greek moon-goddess); Christ as exorcist (Mark 1:23-27, Mark 5:1-20) — the lunar exorcism tradition was a domain Khonsu had owned.
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