What is Aker (deity)?
{{Infobox hieroglyphs |title = Aker |name = <hiero>A-k:r</hiero><ref name=LGG>Christian Leitz: ''Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen (LGG)'' (= ''Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta'', vol. 6). Peeters Publishers, Leuven 2002, {{ISBN|9042911514}}, pp. 83 - 85.</ref> |name transcription = ''3kr'' |name explanation = ''He who is beneath'' |name2 = <hiero>A-k:r-E20</hiero> |name2 transcription = ''3kr'' |name2 explanation = ''He who is beneath'' |NAME3 = <nowiki /> {{(!}} {{!}} {{!}} {{!}}<hiero>A-k:r</hiero> {{!}}[[Image:aker.png|110px]] {{!}} {{!)}} |name3 transcription = ''3kr'' |name3 explanation = ''He who is beneath'' |image1 = Aker.svg |image1-width = 180px |image1 description = Aker |}} '''Aker''' (''also known as Akeru'') is the [[ancient Egyptian]] god of [[Earth]] and the horizon. He guarded the eastern and western borders of the [[netherworld]]. He protected [[Ra]], the sun god, when he entered the netherworld at sunset and when he returned to the world of the living at sunrise and bore the sun on his back through the underworld. He welcomed the deceased [[pharaoh]] [[Apep]] (''Apophis) and'' was rumored to have the ability to neutralize a snake bite. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/aker/ Aker, at Ancient Egypt on line] {{religion-stub}} {{Ancient Egyptian religion footer}} [[Category:Egyptian gods and goddesses]]