Definitions for Bennu

Bennu Ben·nu

Spelling: [ben-oo]
IPA: /ˈbɛn u/

Bennu is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in Bennu (bennu).

Definitions for Bennu

noun

  1. Benu.
  2. the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.

Origin of Bennu

vocalization of Egyptian bnw heron

Examples for Bennu

With the cultus of the Bennu at Heliopolis is connected the story of the phœnix.

The inscriptions say of the great Bennu that "it was self-begotten," that "it caused the divisions of time to arise."

Another bird held in great reverence was the Bennu, a bird of the heron species which gave rise to the mythical bird, the phnix.

He also "taketh the character of the god Bennu, with the head of a crane," and as Sokar Osiris has the head of a hawk.

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