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tnrees · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:33 am

The ancient Egyptians seem to have considered the swan to be a variety of goose.
does anyone know of Amun with a swan?

the_tutness_is_here · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:25 pm

A...swan?

THAT'S news to me, I've heard about him becoming a goose and emitting a loud HONK! (Thus came the "Big Bang", which I personally thought was awesome), but a swan...that's an interesting concept.

Osiris II · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:46 am

Swans and geese are very closely related. I, in some countries, that type of bird is referred to as "Swan-geese".
But I'm the same as Tut. I've never heard of the relationship with Amen and a swan--just geese.

tnrees · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:29 am

As far as the ancient Egyptians were concerned it would still be just Amun/goose even if a modern ornithologist called it Amun/swan