Aah

**Aah**


 * Other Names:**

Aa, Ah, Iah, Yah, Yaeh


 * Meaning of Name:**

“Moon;” also “To Embrace,” and “Defender.”


 * Hieroglyphics:**




 * Titles:**

“The White Disk”


 * Family:**

Aah's wife was sometimes said to be Astarte.

Aah was a moon god, in charge of the lunar year. His duties were shadowy, done in the dark of the moon. Aah was known for gambling away five days of moonlight in a dice game to Thoth, who put the five days into the month of July. He accompanied Khonsu, Thoth, and occasionally Osiris. Osiris was described as "bright as the moon-god Aah; shining as Aah." Aah was pictured as a man wearing a moon crescent, often with the sun disk upon it.


 * Quotes from the Book of the Dead and other sources:**

“I am the Moon-God Aah, the dweller among the Gods; I do not fail.”


 * Egyptian Names Honoring this Deity:**

Yah-hotep ("Aah is Content"), Ahmes ("Aah is Born"), Sit-Yah ("Daughter of Aah")

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