Rem (mythology)
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Rem ( "to weep"), also Rem-Rem, Remi, or Remi the Weeper, who lives in Rem-Rem, the realm of weeping,[1] was a fish god in Egypt who fertilized the land with his tears,[2] producing both vegetation and the reptiles.[3] He is assumed to be the personification of Ra's tears.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Gerald Massey (2008) [1907]. Ancient Egypt - The Light of the World: A Work of Reclamation and Restitution in Twelve Books. NuVision Publications. p. 319. ISBN 978-1595476067.
- ^ Donald A. MacKenzie (2004) [1915]. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria. Kessinger Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-1417976430.
- ^ E. A. Wallis Budge (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology. Vol. 1. Methuen & Company. p. 319.
- ^ E. A. Wallis Budge (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology. Vol. 1. Methuen & Company. p. 303.
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