Khnum

E133265

ancient Egyptian deity creator god ram-headed god

Khnum is an ancient Egyptian ram-headed god associated with the Nile’s inundation, creation, and the molding of human beings on a potter’s wheel.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Khnum canonical	13
Khmunu	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian deity ⓘ creator god ⓘ ram-headed god ⓘ
associatedWith	Nile inundation ⓘ cataracts of the Nile ⓘ creation ⓘ fertility ⓘ potter’s wheel ⓘ water ⓘ
consort	Neith ⓘ
creates	children in the womb ⓘ human bodies ⓘ ka of humans ⓘ
culture	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: ancient Egypt
depictedAs	ram ⓘ ram-headed man ⓘ
epithet	Fashioner of Mankind ⓘ He who forms on the potter’s wheel ⓘ Lord of Elephantine ⓘ Lord of the Cataract ⓘ Lord of the Inundation ⓘ
iconography	holding ankh ⓘ holding was-scepter ⓘ man with ram’s head wearing a crown ⓘ ram-headed man ⓘ seated at a potter’s wheel ⓘ
influenced	annual Nile flood ⓘ
memberOf	Elephantine triad ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
role	creator of human beings ⓘ fashioner of bodies ⓘ god of the inundation ⓘ guardian of the Nile’s source ⓘ
spouse	Anuket ⓘ Sopdet ⓘ surface form: Satet
symbol	potter’s wheel ⓘ ram horns ⓘ
temple	Temple of Khnum at Elephantine ⓘ Temple of Khnum at Esna ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Middle Kingdom New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: New Kingdom Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Old Kingdom Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic Period
triadMemberWith	Anuket ⓘ Sopdet ⓘ surface form: Satet
worship	state cult in ancient Egypt ⓘ
worshipCenter	Elephantine ⓘ Esna ⓘ First Cataract region ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Beit el-Wali → dedicatedTo → Khnum ⓘ

Khufu → associatedDeity → Khnum ⓘ

Neith → consort → Khnum ⓘ

Ancient Egyptian religion → hasDeity → Khnum ⓘ

Elephantine Island → wasCultCenterOf → Khnum ⓘ

Anuket → consort → Khnum ⓘ

Sobek → parentsInSomeTraditions → Khnum ⓘ

Hermopolis → ancientName → Khnum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khmunu

Sehel Island → dedicatedSanctuaryTo → Khnum ⓘ

Elephantine → primaryDeity → Khnum ⓘ

Gebel el-Silsila → hasShrineDedicatedTo → Khnum ⓘ

Swenet → associatedWithDeity → Khnum ⓘ

Siene → hadTempleTo → Khnum ⓘ

Sarenput I → associatedWithDeity → Khnum ⓘ