I don't think it's a crack-pot idea to connect deities with old-kingdom kings... I don't like this particular connection, though.

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Den has a symbol of a hand over the nile. I think he may have a connection to crocodiles/sobek. Den is the son of Merneith and Djet, where as Sobek was the son of Neith and Set. This connection is above my paygrade though; it is a guess.

Min is a fertility god...he seems to be connected to Nut. Geb was the husband of Nut... it appears there was a min cult in the city of gebtu... so I would guess that Min is very similar, if not equivalent to Geb. Min is pre-dynastic, whereas Geb is from the 3rd dynasty... my sources tell me.

Den doesn't seem to be represented in a Phallic manner, though.
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"But it is fascinating that Min stands on a block
raising a pyramid and fertile as all get-out. His plumes rise high in
the air and in one text Nut is impregnated with fury."
-- can you show an example of what you're talking about here?



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