Enneaden
Enneaden i Heliopolis är i egyptisk mytologi de nio mest betydelsefulla gudarna och gudinnorna. De bestod av fyra generationer gudar, eftersom de bestod av en urgudom, Atum; Atums son och dotter; barnbarn och barnbarnsbarn.
De nio gudarna i Enneaden var:
- Atum; urvarelsen;
- Shu, Atums son, luftens gud,
- Tefnut, Atums dotter, fuktens gudinna,
- Geb, Shus och Tefnuts son, jordens gud,
- Nut, Shus och Tefnuts dotter, himmelsens gudinna
- Neftys, Gebs och Nuts dotter, Sets maka,
- Osiris, Gebs och Nuts son, Isis make,
- Isis, Gebs och Nuts dotter, Osiris maka,
- Set, Gebs och Nuts son, Neftys make.
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- Assmann, Jan (1984). The Search for God in Ancient Egypt. ISBN 978-0-8014-8729-3
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Nut.svg
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The goddess Nut, wearing the water-pot sign (nw) that identifies her. Basic design taken from File:Meskhenet standing.svg; pot design based on pots depicted in the tomb of Nefertari and on the image of Nut from the Papyrus of Ani.
Författare/Upphovsman: A. Parrot, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
The goddess Nut, wearing the water-pot sign (nw) that identifies her. Basic design taken from File:Meskhenet standing.svg; pot design based on pots depicted in the tomb of Nefertari and on the image of Nut from the Papyrus of Ani.
Tefnut.png
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Goddess Tefnut personification of humidity and clouds Egyptian mythology
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Goddess Tefnut personification of humidity and clouds Egyptian mythology
Nepthys.svg
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Nephthys (Greek: Νέφθυς) or Nebthet or Neber-Het was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. A member of the Great Ennead of Heliopolis in Egyptian mythology, she was a daughter of Nut and Geb. Nephthys was typically paired with her sister Isis in funerary rites because of their role as protectors of the mummy and the god Osiris and as the sister-wife of Set.
Författare/Upphovsman: Jeff Dahl, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Nephthys (Greek: Νέφθυς) or Nebthet or Neber-Het was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. A member of the Great Ennead of Heliopolis in Egyptian mythology, she was a daughter of Nut and Geb. Nephthys was typically paired with her sister Isis in funerary rites because of their role as protectors of the mummy and the god Osiris and as the sister-wife of Set.
Isis.svg
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Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis, wife of Osiris. Isis is usually represented as a woman with the throne-hieroglyph on her head. Isis can also be represented as a bird (called a kite) wearing the same headdress. In another form, Isis bears the headdress used by Hathor, consisting of a sun-disk and cow horns.[1] This image is partially based on images of Isis from the tomb of Nefertari, en:QV66.
Författare/Upphovsman: Jeff Dahl, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis, wife of Osiris. Isis is usually represented as a woman with the throne-hieroglyph on her head. Isis can also be represented as a bird (called a kite) wearing the same headdress. In another form, Isis bears the headdress used by Hathor, consisting of a sun-disk and cow horns.[1] This image is partially based on images of Isis from the tomb of Nefertari, en:QV66.
Standing Osiris edit1.svg
Författare/Upphovsman: Jeff Dahl, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Osiris was the lord of the dead in the ancient Egyptian religion. Here, he is shown in typical mummy wrappings.[1] Based on New Kingdom tomb paintings.
Författare/Upphovsman: Jeff Dahl, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Osiris was the lord of the dead in the ancient Egyptian religion. Here, he is shown in typical mummy wrappings.[1] Based on New Kingdom tomb paintings.
Shu with feather.svg
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The ancient Egyptian god Shu is represented as a human with a feather on his head, as he is associated with light and air. This feather serves as the hieroglyphic sign for his name. Shu could also be represented as a lion, or with a more elaborate feathered headdress.[1]
Författare/Upphovsman: Jeff Dahl, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
The ancient Egyptian god Shu is represented as a human with a feather on his head, as he is associated with light and air. This feather serves as the hieroglyphic sign for his name. Shu could also be represented as a lion, or with a more elaborate feathered headdress.[1]
Set.svg
Författare/Upphovsman: Jeff Dahl (diskussion · bidrag), Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Set, an ancient Egyptian deity. Based on New Kingdom tomb paintings.
Författare/Upphovsman: Jeff Dahl (diskussion · bidrag), Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Set, an ancient Egyptian deity. Based on New Kingdom tomb paintings.
Atum.svg
Författare/Upphovsman: Jeff Dahl, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Författare/Upphovsman: Jeff Dahl, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Atum, an ancient Egyptian god of creation. Based on New Kingdom tomb paintings. See (for example):
