Egyptian Gods

Aah was an ancient Moon God of Egypt. The name Aah also spelled as Aa, Ah, Aos, Iah, Aah Tehuti or Aah Te-huti. The meaning of name means “moon” and it is also translated as “collar”, “to embrace” and “defender”.

Aah existence was mentioned in the “Book of The Dead”, in which he says: “I am the moon-god Aah, the dweller among the gods”.

Aah was referred as the creator of the Egyptian calendar, which has 12 months a year and 30 days. He was also known as the student of the wisdom god, Thoth. His appearance portrayed as a man wearing sun disk on top of a crescent.

According to myth, originally in Egyptian calendar there was only 360 days long in a year. Thus, goddess Nut was unable to bear children because of the jealousy god Ra by separating the couple, Nut and Geb. The couple turned to the wisdom god, Thoth for help. Thoth gambled with Aah for 1/72nd of its light (360/72 = 5), or 5 days, and won. During these 5 days, she gave birth to Osiris, Horus, Set, Isis and Nephthys. He also gets credits with the creation of 365 day calendar.