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Moxth

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MOXTH, a hawk-beaded god of the Thebaid : in Thebes itself his rult was superseded by that of Ammon. but it persisted in Hermonthis. He was often given the solar attributes, and was credited as a great warrior. Mix, the god of Coptos and Panopolis (Akhmim), seems to have been early looked upon as a deity of the harvest and crops. His cult dates from the earliest times. Represented as ithyphallic, with two tail plumes on his head, the right arm upraised and bearing a scourge. In old times he is identified with Horus: later Ammon was confused with him, and depicted in his image.