We could not trace this name to a source we trust. The page is the investigation.
Kemwer
audit verdict
Why this entry exists
This name reached the census from an aggregate list whose only citation for it was a source this reference does not accept — an excluded aggregator, a self-published site, or in one case a student project. Rather than delete the name or describe it as though it were established, the entry records the investigation.
Deleting it would be tidier and less useful: a reader who encounters this name elsewhere deserves to be able to find out what it actually rests on.
What was checked
- 1. Searched every archived source text for the name, including a consonantal-skeleton match to allow for Budge-era vs modern spellings (scripts/lookup.py).
- 2. Checked whether the census's own linked Wikipedia article exists, and what it is actually about.
- 3. Recorded a verdict, the evidence for it, and the check that would settle it.
What was found
Cited to godchecker.com, which is excluded. Wikipedia's own article describes Kemwer ('great black one') as an epithet of Horus, and separately as a name for a sacred bull of Athribis.
How much weight this carries
Our archived corpus is entirely Budge-era. Absence from it is WEAK evidence for a modern spelling, because the same god may be written quite differently there. Wikipedia is an aggregate list (Tier C). It can establish what a claim IS and how it is classified, but never that a name is attested. No verdict below promotes a name on Wikipedia's authority alone. 'Unsupported' here means 'no support found by these checks', not 'proven fabricated'.
Verdict — an epithet, not an independent deity
In plain English: This is a nickname for a god we already have, not a separate one.
Merge as an epithet rather than standing as an independent deity; keep the name as a searchable variant per 05-TRANSLITERATION.md.
What would settle it: Find the epithet applied to Horus in a dated text, or the Athribis bull cult in a temple source.
The record
Nothing. That is the finding.
Sources
[wp-list-egyptian-deities]— English Wikipedia, List of Egyptian deities, retrieved 2026-07-28. Aggregate list; census use only, never sufficient to establish attestation.- Excluded and not cited: the aggregator or self-published page that was this name's only support. See
04-BIBLIOGRAPHY.md. [lgg]— Leitz (ed.), Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen. In copyright and library-only; the reference most likely to settle these questions.
Open questions
- Find the epithet applied to Horus in a dated text, or the Athribis bull cult in a temple source.
- Re-run this audit once the Amduat and Book of Gates guardian rosters are recovered from better scans; several of these names may simply be residents of the underworld books.
Cite this entry
Research grade: ⚠audit — Attestation could not be verified. This entry is the audit.
This entry should not be cited as a description of a deity. It records an unverified name and the state of the investigation into it.
"Kemwer", The Egyptian God Corpus,
graded audit, retrieved 2026-08-10.