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Sign in to saveAtum (, Egyptian: jtm(w) or tm(w), reconstructed ; Coptic Atoum), sometimes rendered as Atem, Temu, or Tem, is the primordial God in Egyptian mythology from whom all else arose. He created himself and is the father of Shu and Tefnut, the divine couple, who are the ancestors of the other Egyptian deities. Atum is also closely associated with the evening sun. As a primordial god and as the evening sun, Atum has chthonic and underworld connections. Atum was relevant to the ancient Egyptians throughout most of Egypt's history. He is believed to have been present in ideology as early as predynastic
Atum is the primordial creator god in ancient Egyptian mythology who brought himself into existence and fathered the divine couple from whom all other gods descended. He was deeply significant to Egyptian civilization throughout its history and was associated with the evening sun and the underworld.
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