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'{{Infobox deity | type = Egyptian | name = Ash | image = Ash.png | alt = | caption = Ash as depicted in seals of [[Peribsen]] | hiro = <hiero>A:S-C7</hiero> | cult_center = | symbol = | parents = | siblings = | consort = | offspring = }} '''Ash''' was the [[ancient Egypt]]ian god of [[oases]],<ref name="hart">{{Citation | last = Hart | first = George | author-link = | publication-date = May 17, 2005 | year = 2005 | title = The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses | edition = 2nd | publication-place = | place = London | publisher = Routledge | isbn = 0-415-36116-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bMtbUplsCNwC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=ash+egyptian+god | accessdate =2007-10-18 }}</ref> as well as the vineyards of the western [[Nile Delta]]<ref name="hart"/> and thus was viewed as a benign [[deity]]. [[Flinders Petrie]] in his 1923 expedition to the Saqqara (also spelt Sakkara) found several references to Ash in [[Old Kingdom]] wine jar seals: "I am refreshed by this Ash" was a common inscription. In particular, he was identified by the [[Ancient Egypt]]ians as the god of the [[Libu]] and Tinhu [[tribe]]s,<ref name="hart"/> known as the "people of the oasis". Consequently Ash was known as the "lord of Libya", the western border areas occupied by the Libu and Tinhu tribes,<ref>[[Francoise Dunand]], Christiane Zivie-Coche, ''Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 BCE to 395 CE'', Cornell University Press 2005, {{ISBN|0-8014-8853-2}}, p.344</ref> corresponds roughly with the area of modern [[Libya]]. It is also possible that he was worshiped in [[Ombos]], as their original chief deity.<ref name="hart"/> In Egyptian mythology, as god of the oases, Ash was associated with [[Set (mythology)|Set]], who was originally god of the desert, and was seen as protector of the Sahara. The first known reference to Ash dates to the [[Protodynastic Period of Egypt|Protodynastic Period]], but by the late [[Second dynasty of Egypt|2nd Dynasty]], his importance had grown, and he was seen as protector of the royal estates, since the related god Set, in [[Lower Egypt]], was regarded as the [[patron deity]] of royalty itself. Ash's importance was such that he was mentioned even until the [[Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt|26th Dynasty]]. Ash was usually depicted as a [[human]],<ref name="hart"/> whose head was one of the desert creatures, variously being shown as a [[lion]], [[vulture]], [[hawk]],<ref name="hart"/> [[snake]], or the unidentified [[Seth animal|Set-animal]].<ref>Dunand, Zivie, ''op.cit.'', p.344</ref> Indeed, depictions of Ash are the earliest known depictions{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}, in ancient Egyptian [[art]], to show a deity as a human with the head of an animal. Some depictions of Ash show him as having multiple heads, unlike other Egyptian deities, although some compound depictions were occasionally shown connecting gods to [[Min (god)|Min]]. In an article in the [[academic journal|journal]] ''Ancient Egypt'' (in 1923), and again in an appendix to her book, ''The Splendor that was Egypt'', [[Margaret Murray]] expands on such depictions, and draws a parallel to a [[Scythia]]n deity, who is referenced in [[Sebastian Münster]]'s ''Cosmographia universalis''. The idea of Ash as an import god is contested, as he was the god of Ombos long before [[Set (mythology)|Set's]] introduction sometime in the 2nd Dynasty. One of his titles is "Nebuty" or "He of Nebut" indicating this position.<ref name="hart"/> Ash is sometimes seen as another name for Set—similarly as one might give the name Ta-Bitjet for [[Serket]], Dunanwy for Anti, or Sefkhet-Abwy for Sheshat. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Ancient Egyptian religion footer}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ash (God)}} [[Category:Egyptian gods]] [[Category:Nature gods]] [[Category:Nile Delta]] KYLIE WAS HERE AND NEVER FORGOTTEN'''''Bold text''''''