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Aker is(also known as Akeru) was an ancient Egyptian god.earth Hegod takesand the appearancedeification of twothe lionshorizon. back-to-back,He orguarded asthe aeastern and western pieceborders of landthe withnetherworld aand lionprotected orthe humansun headgod Ra when he first entered the netherworld at eachsunset and again when he returned to the world endof the (oneliving facingat eastsunrise and bore the othersun facingon west).his Akerback isthrough the earthunderworld. He also welcomed the dead Pharaoh into the underworld. He defended the sun god from the serpent Apep (Apophis) and was theconsidered to be able to neutralize a snake bite. In his role as a protective deity, twin lion divinestatues personificationofrepresenting Aker were placed at the easterndoors of palaces and westerntombs to protect against evil spirits, a horizons,practice whichadopted signifiedby both the entranceGreeks and exitRomans.
The name Aker means "(one) who bends" but he was importantalso inknown as "Ruti" ("two lions"). During the late period the two lions were given specific funerarynames texts- Tuau (today) and imagery.Sef (yesterday). Initially Aker was depicted as a narrow strip of land with a human or lion head at each end, but later the strip of land was replaced by the hieroglyphic sign meaning "horizon". The lions are often covered with leopard-like spots, possibly echoing the now extinct Barbary lion.
| However, intoAker in his plural form (Akeru) was more aggressive and outdangerous. The Akeru are very ancient, possibly even older than Geb. The Pyramid Texts express the wish that each person will escape the clutches of the Netherworld,earth gods and specifically state that the Akeru will not attack the king (strongly implying that they could attack others). |
The name Aker means "(one) who bends" but he was importantalso inknown as "Ruti" ("two lions"). During the late period the two lions were given specific funerarynames texts- Tuau (today) and imagery.Sef (yesterday). Initially Aker was depicted as a narrow strip of land with a human or lion head at each end, but later the strip of land was replaced by the hieroglyphic sign meaning "horizon". The lions are often covered with leopard-like spots, possibly echoing the now extinct Barbary lion.