This amulet most likely depicts the popular god Khnum, a deity who was invariably shown as a ram or a ram-headed man. In working with the silt, the very soil that the ancient Egyptian potters used, he became the great potter who not only molded men and women, but who molded the gods themselves and the world.He was depicted as a ram, ram-headed man or as a full male with the horns of a ram who wears a plumed white crown of Upper Egypt. This god was an ancient god, popular from early times through to the Greco-Roman period who was thought to have created the pharaoh's form and soul on his potters wheel. In the story of Raddjedet's triplets, the birth related goddesses Isis, Nephthys, Meskhenet and Heqet disguised themselves as female musicians with Khnum as their porter. Khnum, Potter God of the Inundation Silt and Creation by Caroline Seawright. A particular breed of ram (Ovis longipes palaeoatlanticus) with short curled horns — like the one seen here — was used specifically to render Khnum. Khnum was originally a water god who was thought to rule over all water, including the rivers and lakes of the underworld. During the soul's journey to Duat, the Egyptian afterlife, the soul would recite a spell for Khnum's aid in getting past the cockroaches, with the speech “Be far from me, O vile cockroach, for I am the god Khnum”.https://pagan.wikia.org/wiki/Khnum?oldid=7411.
He has several occupations, as the creator of children before they are born, and as the helper of Hapi, the god of the Nile River, to burst forth in the … The next pyramid builders were his son and grandson who added 'Ra' to their names - Khafra and Menkaura. Renenutet is in all things everything will be brought forth by the million and everybody ...... in whose granary there had been dearth. Khnum is a Stand that confers the ability to change shape to its user, Oingo. In Iunyt (Esna, in the,As well as creating the body and the “ka” (spirit) of each newborn child, he could bless the child. This god was an ancient god, popular from early times through to the Greco-Roman period who was thought to have created the pharaoh's form and soul on his potters wheel. He is also known … Khnum was always thoughtful and thoughtful, like a non-violent God without warlike tendencies, he was always happy to increase and expand what little he possessed for diligence and efficiency. I know the Nile, urge him to the field, I urge him, life appears in every nose. When Ra stopped making his nightly journey through the Duat, he left Khnum at the gates of the Fourth House. The worship of Khnum centered on two principal riverside sites, Elephantine and Esna, which were regarded as sacred sites. On temple walls, he was sometimes shown as holding a jar, with the precious water flowing out of it. 2000.Wilkinson, Richard H., The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt, Thames and Hudson, 2000,Kathryn Bard, Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, Psychology Press, 1999,Learn how and when to remove this template message,https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khnum&oldid=975721351,Articles needing additional references from August 2019,All articles needing additional references,Articles having same image on Wikidata and Wikipedia,Articles containing Ancient Egyptian-language text,Articles containing Koinē Greek-language text,Articles with unsourced statements from January 2011,Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Khnum was the ram-headed god of the Nile and pottery. Khnum (Khnemu, Khenmu, Khenmew, Chnum) was one of the most ancient gods of Egypt, whose worship is thought to have been popular as early as the,Khnum was originally a water god who was thought to rule over all water, including the rivers and lakes of the underworld. The stele (which was allegedly inscribed during the reign of,Khnum was one of the gods who was thought to have helped Ra on his perilous nocturnal journey through the underworld. I will make the Nile swell for you, without there being a year of lack and exhaustion in the whole land, so the plants will flourish, bending under their fruit. As a result he was closely associated with the art of pottery. Khnum was a ram god of the Nile, a god of silt, fertility and a potter god of creation. He is the creator god who made man out of clay in his potter's wheel.
CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. He was associated with the source of the Nile, and ensured that the inundation deposited enough precious black silt onto the river banks to make them fertile. Egypt had been going through a seven year drought and a temple had been built to Khnum in the hopes that the famine would end:I am Tatenen, father of Gods, the great Shu living on the shore. His symbol is a flat-horned ram. He makes an appearance on the “Famine Stele” found on Sehel island. The Egyptians believed that the ram was a very potent animal, and thus Khnum was linked to fertility.Considered to be the ba of Ra - this might be an Egyptian pun on the fact that the ram was also called ba - he helped Ra travel through the underworld each night on the Solar Barque. He was a god of the sun, a protector of the dead and protector of Re on the solar barque.
In the New Kingdom he was worshiped there as head of a triad with his wife Satet (a fertility goddess of the Nile and purifier of the dead) and daughter Anuket (a huntress goddess of the first cataract near Swentet, 'The Embracer').There is a Greco-Roman temple for him at Iunyt (Esna) where he was given two consorts, Menhit (a lion headed war goddess, 'She Who Slaughters') and Nebtu (a local goddess of the oasis, 'The Guilded One') - one goddess became a form of the other - and a son called Hike (god of magic, 'He Who Activates the Ka').He was also linked to the war-like creator goddess Neith at Iunyt (Esna).