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Discovere more About God Khnum | God of the Waters

05 16, 2023
God Khnum | God of the Waters

According to ancient Egyptian belief, Khnum performed the process of the physical creation of man from the silt of the Nile on a pottery wheel. Some accounts say that he formed small children from the Nile silt available at Aswan and put them in the wombs of their mothers. He was worshipped in various places in Egypt, such as Aswan, Esna, and Memphis (Menf) as the God who brought the Nile to establish life on its banks.

It dates back to the Old Kingdom era, where he was known in the religion of the ancient Egyptians as "NEB-qabhu", that is, the Lord of water, and was also worshiped during the New Kingdom era, and Elephantine was the center of his worship.

During the Middle Kingdom era, Khnum was revered as the one who brought the Nile flood and its silt and fertility to the land, and these inscriptions were painted on the new Satis temple, where the text did not mention Khnum's tasks in the past. With the advent of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom, Khnum assumed the title of NEB-Abu, that is, the Lord of two elephants. And before that, it was the goddess Satis who bore the title of "Lady of Elephantine."

Importance and centers of worship

In the ancient kingdom, in particular, Khnum was considered the patron god of Elephantine Island and the area around the Aswan falls, and for this, he also had the title of "Lord of the falls" (NEB-qabhu). Thus, during the new state, together with his wife Satis and their daughter anokis, he formed the so-called "elephantine trilogy. But in ISNA the trio of Khnum, "minhet" and their son was considered "truly". His cult during the eighth dynasty (the first transitional era) was mixed with the cult of RA and the Egyptians called him "Khnum-Ra" and the first oldest inscriptions were found in the temple of dibod.

Among the most important areas of his worship were the island of Elephantine, elephants, Esna, and "hut-ur" in the south and the north in "Tarkhan"

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God Khnum is an ancient Egyptian deity associated with creation, water, and fertility. He is depicted as a ram-headed god and is often shown with pottery on a potter's wheel.

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