Khnum

Ram-headed creator-potter who shapes bodies; lord of the cataract.

Parentage

• parent: Nun

Children

• Anuket
• Heka

Domains

• creation
• nile source

Powers

• Modelling human bodies and kas on the potter's wheel
• Governing the Nile flood from its cataract source

Epithets

• nb qbḥw egyptian · neb qebehu · cultLord of the cataract (Elephantine); ram-god of the Nile sourceFamine Stela (Sehel); Elephantine temple texts (primary)
• nb msḫnt egyptian · neb meskhenet · cultLord of the birth-place; the potter who forms bodies on his wheelEsna temple texts; the Birth Cycle reliefs (Khnum forming the royal child) (primary)

Relations

• sibling: AtumFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nun) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: NeithFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nun) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: RaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nun) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Pyramid Texts, Utterance 522 (primary)