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Khnoum
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Khnum was an ancient Egyptian god first worshipped in Upper Egypt who was believed to control the annual flooding of the Nile River and create human bodies from clay on a potter's wheel. He mattered to ancient Egyptians because the Nile's yearly floods—which brought fertile silt and life-giving water—were essential to their survival, making Khnum a deity responsible for both the river's vital inundation and human life itself.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Khnum
- Deity.image
- Khnum.svg
- Deity.caption
- The Egyptian god Khnum was usually depicted with the head of a ram.
- Deity.hiero
- W9-E10
- Deity.cult_center
- Elephantine, Esna
- Deity.symbol
- the potter's wheel
- Deity.consort
- Heqet, Satis, Neith, Menhit, and Nebtuwi
- Deity.offspring
- Heka, Serket and Anuket
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Lower Egyptian
- Deity.equivalent1
- Banebdjedet
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- water deity
- Part of
- Egyptian mythology
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Nebtuwi
- Child
- Heka
- Father
- Nun
- Mother
- Naunet
- Image
- Khnum.svg
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- worshipped by
- religion of ancient Egypt
- Commons category
- Khnum
- topic's main category
- Category:Khnum
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Article · Français
Khnoum (en grec ancien Χνούμ / Khnoúm, lui-même issu de l'égyptien ancien H̱nmw signifiant « le maître de l'eau fraîche ») est le dieu des cataractes et puissance créatrice dans la mythologie égyptienne. Il contrôlait la crue du Nil en ouvrant, à Éléphantine, la caverne de Hâpy dans laquelle se trouvait l'Inondation. Il joue là un rôle majeur dans le quotidien des Égyptiens, préservant le peuple de la famine.
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