Nefertem
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Nefertem is an ancient Egyptian lotus god associated with the rising sun, beauty, and healing, particularly revered in the religious traditions of Memphis.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptian god
→
ancient Egyptian deity → |
| appearsIn |
Book of the Dead
→
Coffin Texts → Pyramid Texts → |
| associatedDeity |
Bastet
→
Ptah → Ra → Sekhmet → |
| associatedWith |
beauty
→
fragrance → healing → lotus → perfume → rebirth → rising sun → sunrise → youth → |
| cultPeriod |
Middle Kingdom
→
New Kingdom → Old Kingdom → |
| culture |
ancient Egyptian religion
→
|
| gender |
male
→
|
| iconography |
sometimes child with side-lock of youth
→
sometimes lion-headed → standing on a lotus blossom → young man with a lotus headdress → |
| majorCultCenter |
Memphis
→
|
| memberOf |
Memphite triad
→
|
| mythologicalRole |
bringer of the first light of the sun
→
symbol of the first lotus emerging from the primordial waters → |
| oftenConsideredSonOf |
Bastet
→
Ptah → Sekhmet → |
| parent |
Bastet
→
Ptah → Sekhmet → |
| symbol |
blue lotus
→
lotus blossom → perfume bottle → |
| title |
god of healing
→
god of perfume → god of the lotus blossom → he who is beautiful → lotus god → |
| triadMemberWith |
Bastet
→
Ptah → Sekhmet → |
| worshippedIn |
Lower Egypt
→
Memphis region → |
Referenced by (10)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Bastet
("Nefertum")
→
Ptah → Sekhmet ("Nefertum") → |
child |
|
Ineb-hedj
→
Memphis (Egypt) → |
associatedDeity |
|
Memphis (Egypt)
("Mn-nfr")
→
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ancientName |
|
Manf
→
|
associatedWithDeity |
|
Memphis (ancient city)
→
|
hasDeity |
|
Ptah
→
|
triadMemberWith |
|
Great Temple of Ptah
→
|
worshippedDeity |