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Irer
Irer was depicted as a man with the hieroglyph for eye above his head
Name in hieroglyphs

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Locations Aaru Benben Duat Land of Manu The Indestructibles
Symbols and objects Aani Ankh Atef Atet Book of Thoth Cartouche Corn mummy Crook and flail Deshret Djed Egyptian obelisk Egyptian pool Eye of Horus Eye of Ra Griffin Hedjet Hemhem crown Hennu Hieracosphinx Hypocephalus Imiut fetish Khepresh Kneph Matet boat Medjed Menat Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Serpopard Set animal Shen ring Sphinx Tyet Uraeus Ushabti Was-sceptre Winged sun
Texts Funerary texts (Amduat • Books of Breathing • Book of Caverns • Book of the Dead • Book of the Earth • Book of Gates)
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Irer was an ancient Egyptian god who, along with Sedjem, join Hu and Sia as creative powers of the gods. Irer, which translates as "sight," first appears as a scribe, alongside Sedjem, for Thoth and Seshat in the temples of Seti I and Ramesses II at Abydos.

References

1. ^ Hornung, Erik (1982). Conceptions of God in ancient Egypt : the one and the many. Internet Archive. Ithaca : Cornell University Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8014-1223-3.
2. Hannig, Rainer (1995). Grosses Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch (2800-950 v. Chr.): die Sprache der Pharaonen. Kulturgeschichte der antiken Welt (in German). Mainz: P. von Zabern. p. 1191. ISBN 978-3-8053-1771-9.

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Deities (list)	Ogdoad Amun Amunet Hauhet Heh Kauket Kek Naunet Nu Ennead Atum Geb Isis Nephthys Nut Osiris Set Shu Tefnut Triads Theban Triad Elephantine Triad A Aani Abtu Aati Ahmose-Nefertari Aker Akhty Amenhotep I Amenhotep, son of Hapu Amesemi Am-heh Ammit Amu-Aa Anat Andjety Anhur Anput Anubis Anuket Apedemak Apep Apis Aqen Arensnuphis Ash Assessors of Maat Astarte Aten B Baal Ba'alat Gebal Babi Banebdjedet Ba-Pef Bastet Bat Bata Bennu Bes Beset Buchis C Cavern deities D Dedun Dionysus-Osiris Djed Djedefhor Duamutef Duau G Gate deities H Ha Hapi Ḥapy Harmachis Harpocrates Hathor Hatmehit Haurun Hedetet Hedjhotep Heka Hemen Hemsut Henet Heqet Hermanubis Hermes Trismegistus Heru-ur Heryshaf Hesat Horus Hu I Iabet Iah Iat Igai Ihy Ikhemu-sek Imentet Imhotep Imsety Ipy Irer Ishtar Iunit Iusaaset J Jupiter Ammon K Kagemni Kebechet Khensit Khenti-Amentiu Khenti-kheti Khepri Kherty Khnum Khonsu Kneph Kolanthes Kothar-wa-Khasis M Maahes Maat Mafdet Mandulis Medjed Mehen Mehet-Weret Mehit Menhit Meret Meretseger Meskhenet Min Mnevis Montu Mut N Nebethetepet Nebtuwi Nefertum Nehebkau Nehmetawy Neith Nekhbet Nemty Neper Nepit P Pakhet Perit Petbe Ptah Ptahhotep Q Qebehsenuef Qebui Qed-her Qetesh R Ra Raet-Tawy Rekhyt Rem Renenutet Renpet Renpetneferet Repyt Resheph S Sah Satis Sebiumeker Sedjem Seker Sekhmet Serapis Serket Seshat Shai Shed Shesmetet Shezmu Sia Sobek Sopdet Sopdu Souls of Pe and Nekhen T Ta-Bitjet Tatenen Taweret Tayt Teka-her Thoth Tjenenyet Tutu U Unut W Wadjet Wadj-wer Weneg Wepset Wepwawet Werethekau Wosret Y Yam
Creatures	Griffin Hieracosphinx Medjed Serpopard Sha Sphinx Uraeus
Characters	Dedi Djadjaemankh Rededjet Ubaoner
Locations	Aaru Akhet Benben Duat Land of Manu The Indestructibles
Symbols and objects	Ankh Atef Cartouche Corn mummy Crook and flail Crown of justification Deshret Djed Egyptian obelisk Egyptian pool Eye of Horus Eye of Ra Hedjet Hemhem crown Hennu Horus on the Crocodiles Hypocephalus Imiut fetish Khepresh Kneph Menat Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Writings	Amduat Books of Breathing Book of Caverns Book of the Dead Book of the Earth Book of Gates Book of the Heavenly Cow Book of Traversing Eternity Coffin Texts The Contendings of Horus and Seth Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld Great Hymn to the Aten Litany of the Eye of Horus Litany of Re Pyramid Texts Spell of the Twelve Caves
Festivals	Beautiful Festival of the Valley Cattle count Coronation of the pharaoh Min festival Opet Festival Sed festival
Related religions	Atenism Gnosticism Hermeticism Kemetism Mysteries of Isis Temple of Set Thelema
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