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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock & James Strong (1880)

(or Atmiu) was the Egyptian deity of the setting sun, or darkness. He was called "the Sun who reclines himself," and was represented as an erect human figure wearing a crown composed of an expanded lotus, surmounted with four upright feathers, like those on the crown of Amen- Ra. He was specially adored at Heliopolis in Lower Egypt. He, is also called Tux (q.v.)

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