TYPE: Chthonic Underworld God
ORIGIN: Egyptian
INFORMATION: The keeper of the underworld ferry boat. Aqen was a rarely mentioned ancient Egyptian deity of the underworld. He is first mentioned in the famous Book of the Dead from the Middle Kingdom period. There, he guided the sun god Ra as the "protector of Ra's celestial bark" by "bringing the shenw-ring to his majesty". He was also described as the "mouth of the time", from which the gods and demons pulled the "rope of time", as described in the tomb of king Seti I.