Arensnuphis (in Egyptian: Iryhemesnefer, ỉrỉ-ḥms-nfr, "the good companion") is a deity from the Kingdom of Kush.

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Arensnuphis
Temple statue of god Arensnuphis, from Meroe, Nubia (modern-day Sudan), 100-50 BCE. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Name in hieroglyphs	or
Venerated in	Nubian mythology
Symbols	Lion • Spear
Region	Kingdom of Kush
Consort	Isis
Equivalents
Egyptian equivalent	Anhur • Shu (Egyptian god)
Greek equivalent	Ares
Roman equivalent	Mars

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in ancient Kingdom of Kush, first attested at Musawwarat el-Sufra in the 3rd century BC. His worship spread to the Egyptian-controlled portion of Kush in the Ptolemaic Period (305–30 BC). His mythological role is unknown; he was depicted as a lion and as a human with a crown of feathers and sometimes a spear.^[1]

Arensnuphis was worshipped at Philae, where he was called the "companion" of the Egyptian goddess Isis, as well as at Dendur. In the ancient Egyptian religion, the Egyptians syncretized him with their gods Anhur and Shu.^[1]