Ancient Egypt had no less than four creations myths. In one of these, the god Khnum molded the first humans on his potter's wheel.

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(5) Khnum (Aether)

Egyptian • Inspiration • Deity

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The progenitor god of Egypt, he created all of the gods and the lands. He ruled the waters, both of the rivers and of the sea.

Illus.: Thomas M. Baxa • Set 2 • 72/100

Warrior Pack

Khnum comes with the Srqt, the Scorpion King warrior pack.

History in Brief

Elephantine's Creation Myth

Each of Egypt's creations stories is tied to at least one Predynastic city. As the kingdoms grew and merged, certain elements and entities grew and merged with Egypt. In the city of Elephantine, their view of the beginning of humanity involved a ram-headed deity, Khnum, sitting at his potter's wheel.

Also considered a water god (specfically, the waters of the flooding Nile river), Khnum's story differs significantly from the other Egyptian myths. Rather than tales of warring gods or dysfunctional families, Khnum interacted directly with mankind. One day, sitting at his potter's wheel, he molded the first humans into existence.

Though Khnum was a primogenitor god, his status waned in the wider Egyptian kingdom during later dynasties. Khufu, and early pharaoh, invoked Khnum as a protector god. Centuries later, Khnum was a builder-god that was worshipped in the shadow of the gods of the Great Ennead.

Trivia

Khnum...

• never fully lost worship; as a god of the ever-important Nile, he was still honored into the first centuries CE.

Links

• Chnum on Wikipedia
• Khnum in the Encyclopædia Anachronistica