Day One Creation of light
In the beginning there was only water, a chaos of churning, bubbling water, this the Egyptians called Nu or Nun. It was out of Nu that everything began.
- Then the sun god Ra emerged out of primeval chaos, he came out of a blue giant lotus flower that appeared on the surface of the water. Ra gave light to the universe
- Then the sun god Ra emerged out of primeval chaos, he came out of a blue giant lotus flower that appeared on the surface of the water. Ra gave light to the universe
Day Two Creation of air and moisture - Ra created the air god Shuand his wife Tefnut the goddess of moisture,
Day Three Creation of Earth and Sky - Shu and Tefnut gave birth to the sky- goddess Nut and the earth god Geb, and so the physical universe was created.
Ra seems to rest while his sons and daughters are completing the task of creation, this is in accordance with the polytheistic beliefs of ancient Egyptians
Ra seems to rest while his sons and daughters are completing the task of creation, this is in accordance with the polytheistic beliefs of ancient Egyptians
Day Four Creation of Calendar - Against Ra's orders, Geb and Nutmarried. Ra was incensed and ordered Shu to separate them, which he did. But Nut was already pregnant, although unable to give birth as Ra had decreed she could not give birth in any month of any year.
Thoth, the god of learning, decided to help her and gambling with the moon for extra light, was able to add five extra days to the 360-day calendar. On those five days Nut gave birth to Osiris, Horus the Elder, Seth, Isis, and Nephthys successively. Even the heavenly bodies are seen as serving human needs, by providing the basis for a calendar.
Day Five, Six, Seven Creation of Life - Khnum created the living creatures on his potter's wheel.
He modeled the animals, plants and people of the earth. A detailed description of how he created humans is found atEsna Temple. It describes how he orders the bloodstream to cover the bones, and makes the skin enclose the body. He then makes the respiratory system and the food digestion.
In contrast with the Hebrew mythology, the work of Khnumwas seen as a continuous task, he was seen as a deity sitting on his potter's wheel constantly working in creating life.
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