Editing Khonsu (section)

===Role as a creator god===
During the later period of the [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]], Khonsu was also worshipped as a creator god. As such, he was depicted as a man with two falcon heads, vulture wings, and standing on the back of a crocodile. The two heads represent the sun and the moon, while standing on the crocodile symbolizes triumph over the chaotic, primordial forces.<ref>Nasr (2022), pp.316-317.</ref>

The Khonsu cosmogony, as described in the Khonsu Temple at Karnak, portrays the god as a central figure in the creation of the world. The narrative explains how the god Amun emerged from the Nun as a serpent and deposited his semen into the primordial waters in the form of a falcon egg. Khonsu, the second primordial snake and son of Amun, devours the semen and becomes pregnant by it. In the form of a crocodile, Khonsu travels to the primordial mount to cleanse his mouth of the waters of Nun. There, he copulates with the goddess [[Hathor]]-in-Benenet. Through their union, the city of Thebes is born, and Khonsu gives birth to the eight gods of the [[Ogdoad (Egyptian)|Ogdoad]]. The Ogdoad then ascends to the Island of Flames, where they create the sun god.<ref>Cruz-Uribe, Eugene (1994).[https://www.academia.edu/1865664 The Khonsu Cosmogony.]  In: American Research Center in Egypt, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt Nr 31. pp.169.189 </ref>

In this cosmogony, Amun is given the epithet “Father of the Fathers of the Ogdoad” and is explicitly not considered part of the group of eight gods, emphasizing his status as the supreme deity. Variants of this epithet found in Thebes include: “Father of the Fathers of the Gods of the First Primeval Time,” “Father of the Fathers Who Created the Gods of the Primeval Time,” and “The Father of the Fathers Who Made the One Who Made You.”<ref>Sethe, Kurt Heinrich (1929). [https://archive.org/details/Sethe1929/mode/2up Amun und die acht Urgötter von Hermopolis eine Untersuchung über Ursprung und Wesen des aegyptischen Götterkönigs]. Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften. p.57.</ref> Instead of Amun and Amunet, Niau and Niaut form the final divine pair of the Ogdoad in the Khonsu cosmogony.<ref>Sethe (1929), p.68.</ref>