Khnum

Egyptian · deity · primordial · deity

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

Parentage

Nun

Children

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
nb msḫnt

Relations

sibling: Atum
sibling: Neith
sibling: Ra

Sources

Pyramid Texts, Utterance 522

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