Amon
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Amon can refer to:
- Amun, an Egyptian deity
- Amon (demon)
- Amon (Formula One team)
- the former name of Deicide (band)
- the word for "mountain" in Sindarin, an artificial language created by J. R. R. Tolkien
- a governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab in the Bible (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25)
- Amon of Judah, king of the Judah and son of Manasseh
- Chris Amon
- Amon Akilbaev
- Amon Göth, a commandant in the Nazi SS during World War II
- Amon Tobin, a Brazilian DJ
- Amon Amarth, a heavy metal band
Fictional characters/places named Amon include:
- one of the four Sinistrals, evil gods and main villains of the Lufia series of videogames
- Amon (Witch Hunter Robin), a character from the Witch Hunter Robin anime
- Amon Tomaz, a fictional superhero
- one of three demon gods in the game Shadow Hearts Covenant; also the second most powerful transformation in both Shadow Hearts and Shadow Hearts Covenant
- the demon that becomes Devilman when fused with Akira in the manga and anime series Devilman
- the house in which the events of the King Diamond album "Them" take place.
- in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth Amon is the Sindarin word for hill and forms the prefix of many places such as Amon Hen and Amon Amarth