Ptah
Sign in to savePtah ( ; , ; ; ; ) is an ancient Egyptian deity, a creator god, and a patron deity of craftsmen and architects. In the triad of Memphis, he is the husband of Sekhmet and the father of Nefertem. He was also regarded as the father of the sage Imhotep.
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Ptah was an ancient Egyptian god credited with creating the world and was particularly revered as the protector of craftsmen and architects. He held an important place in Egyptian religion as part of the Memphis triad, where he was married to the goddess Sekhmet and fathered both the god Nefertem and the legendary sage Imhotep.
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- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Ptah
- Deity.image
- Ptah standing.svg
- Deity.caption
- Ptah, in the form of a mummified man (except for arms and face) standing on the symbol for Ma'at, holding a scepter or staff that bears the combined ankh-djed-was symbols
- Deity.hiero
- p:t-H-A40
- Deity.cult_center
- Memphis
- Deity.symbol
- the djed pillar, the bull
- Deity.parents
- none (self-created or un-created)
- Deity.consort
- Sekhmet and Bastet
- Deity.offspring
- Nefertem, Maahes, Imhotep, Anat, Qetesh, The Hemsut
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13 sectionsContents
- Origin and symbolism
- Epithets
- Representations and hypostases
- Development of the cult
- Main places of worship
- Gallery
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
Ptah ( ; , ; ; ; ) is an ancient Egyptian deity, a creator god, and a patron deity of craftsmen and architects. In the triad of Memphis, he is the husband of Sekhmet and the father of Nefertem. He was also regarded as the father of the sage Imhotep.
==Origin and symbolism== thumb|upright|Statue of Ptah - Egyptian Museum of Turin, Italy Ptah is an Egyptian creator god who conceived the world and brought it into being through the creative power of speech. A hymn to Ptah dating to the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt says Ptah "crafted the world in the design of his heart," and the Shabaka Stone, from the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty, says Ptah "gave life to all the gods and their kas as well, through this heart and this tongue." Ptah creating the world through heart and tongue, has been subject to comparative interest, in particular with the Jewish conceptions of divine word as a creative process.