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Khnum/Khenmew: Worshipped in the form of a ram in early New Kingdom, later as a man with a ram's head. At Elephantine he was guardian of the source of the Nile and thought to cause the inundation. He and his consort Satis and Anuket, their divine child, made up the...; Deities & Heros >> Egyptian

Satis: Satis, "The Lady of Elephantine" and "She of Sehel (the island)" the giver of water for purification of the deceased, and associated with the inundation. Together with Anuket she was the protectress of the waters of the Nile in the...; Deities & Heros >> Egyptian

Hapy/Hapi: The great god of the Nile was called Hapi. In sacred art, he was depicted as a man, somewhat overweight to symbolize abundance, and with female breasts to symbolize the river’s fertile properties. He is an ancient god, to the Egyptians as well as modern man,...; Deities & Heros >> Egyptian

Heket/Heqet: Heket - a water deity in the form of a frog or a frog-headed woman. She made her debut into the Egyptian pantheon in pyramid inscriptions, in a magical text destined to allow the king to ascend into the sky. Later she became connected with birth, in a Middle...; Deities & Heros >> Egyptian

Neith/Net: Nit (Gr: Neith) Local goddess of Zau (Gr: Sais), known as early as the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Period when her influence probably was at its height. Earliest traces are her hieroglyph (crossed arrows on a shield) on a pole in front of the reed shrines...; Deities & Heros >> Egyptian

Path/Peteh: Ptah, Peteh, 'South of His Wall', 'The Ancient One', worshipped in Mennefer (Gr: Memphis) already in the early dynastic period, probably at first as the local patron of craftsmanship, his High Priest in Mennefer was titled 'Greatest of the controllers of...; Deities & Heros >> Egyptian

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An Alabaster Statuette of Prince Khnum: Khnum-baf who lived at the beginning of the Fifth. Dynasly.; www.gizapyramids.org

KHNUM - A SCALABLE RAPID APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT: www.cs.technion.ac.il

School of Archaeology, Classics & Egyptology (SACE): Amun & Khnum. 5 –. Khnum moulds the child 12 – Anubis, Khnum & Sefkhetabwy recording reign gods, including Khnum, who models the child out of clay.; www.liv.ac.uk

Planning a Pyramid: 24. CHARACTERS. Narrator King Zoser Vizier Khnum Imhotep Builders 1–2 Khnum, mighty god of the Nile, why do you resist my prayers?; teacher.scholastic.com

Rock Inscriptions from Semna and Kumma: www.sfdas.com

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Khnum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: en.wikipedia.org

Gods of Ancient Egypt: Khnum: www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk

Egypt: Khnum, Potter God of the Inundation Silt and Creation: Egypt: Khnum, Potter God of the Inundation Silt and Creation.; www.touregypt.net

Egyptian God-Khnum: Cult Center: Philae, Elephantine and Esna. khnum; Attributes: A very ancient deity. As a water god he was closely associated with the annual flooding of the Nile.; www.egyptartsite.com

Khnum the Ram God - Ancient Egyptian Gods: Khnum, an Egyptian god of creation, was depicted as a ram. It was believed that he created the first children on his potter's wheel with clay from the River Nile.; www.artyfactory.com

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