Atum
Egyptian · deity · primordial · deity
Self-created Heliopolitan demiurge and head of the Ennead.
Parentage
Children
Domains
- creation
- completeness
- setting sun
Powers
- Bringing himself into being from the primeval waters
- Generating Shu and Tefnut without a consort
- Descend as the evening sun returning to the primeval waters
Epithets
- nb tꜣwy jwnw
- ḫpr-ḏs.f
- nb r-ḏr
Relations
Sources
- Pyramid Texts, Utterance 600
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