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a mystical Egyptian deity, is represented is cynocephalic, with the solar disk on his head, holding a viper in his left hand and the Ankh cross in, his right, while the folds of the serpent Mehen are over his head and around him. He was a form of the deity Khnuphis, and is figured in the Book of the Lower World.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Av'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/av.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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