Min
(West Asian mythology)
A chthonic deity worshipped at the cities of Panopolis and Coptos in Lower Egypt. The Egyptian Priapus, Min was normally shown as a man wearing a head-dress from which rose two plumes, holding a sceptre in the form of a whip, and with his sexual member firmly erect. Min was the tutelary god of nomads and hunters and his domain was the eastern desert. In his special character as a god of virility and generation, the cult of Min was widespread. Several ‘comings forth of Min’ were celebrated throughout Egypt, the most important festivals taking place at the beginning of harvest. Among the lower classes these festivals must have served as a pretext for riotous behaviour, and it is quite possible that he was as popular as the other widely worshipped deity, Osiris.
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Egyptian god of the desert, thunder, storms, and of fertility. Depicted with an erect phallus and holding aloft a flail, Min was an early god of Coptos, later associated with Amun at Luxor. The Feast of Min was an important festival.
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Min (mĭn). 1 Chief river of Fujian prov., SE China, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in Wuyi shan and flowing SE to the South China Sea near Fuzhou; it receives several tributaries near Nanping. Fuzhou, a transshipment point, has a deepwater anchorage for oceangoing vessels. 2 River, W Sichuan prov., central China, c.500 mi (800 km) long, rising in the Min shan and flowing S through the Chengdu Plain to the Chang River at Yibin. The Dadu River, c.400 mi (640 km) long, is its chief tributary. In the 2d cent. B.C., the Min's water was diverted by Li Ping, governor of Chengdu, into numerous channels that reunite downstream near Pengshan. The irrigation system is still used today to water the fertile Chengdu Plain.
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IN BRIEF: n. - Abreviation for a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; Also: Opposite of max (maximum).
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