Ennead of Heliopolis

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Egyptian deity group group of deities religious concept

The Ennead of Heliopolis is a group of nine primordial deities in ancient Egyptian religion that formed the central creation myth and divine family of the city of Heliopolis.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Ennead of Heliopolis canonical 9
Heliopolitan Ennead 2
Ennead 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian deity group ⓘ
group of deities ⓘ
religious concept ⓘ
associatedCosmology Ennead of Heliopolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Heliopolitan cosmogony
associatedWithCity Heliopolis ⓘ
centerOfCult Heliopolis ⓘ
cosmicElementRepresented air (Shu) ⓘ
chaos and disorder (Set) ⓘ
Geb ⓘ
surface form: earth (Geb)

kingship and afterlife (Osiris) ⓘ
magic and motherhood (Isis) ⓘ
Tefnut ⓘ
surface form: moisture (Tefnut)

Nephthys ⓘ
surface form: protection and liminality (Nephthys)

sky (Nut) ⓘ
cosmologicalRole creation myth ⓘ
primordial divine family ⓘ
creationModeOfAtum self-generation ⓘ
firstGeneration Atum ⓘ
fourthGeneration Isis ⓘ
Nephthys ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Set ⓘ
genealogicalStructure three divine generations ⓘ
hasNumberOfDeities 9 ⓘ
includesDeity Atum ⓘ
Geb ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Nephthys ⓘ
Nut ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Set ⓘ
Shu ⓘ
Tefnut ⓘ
influenced royal ideology of ancient Egypt ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
linkedToPharaoh divine ancestry of kings ⓘ
meaningOfName group of nine ⓘ
mythologicalFunction explains origin of gods and world ⓘ
originalEgyptianTerm Pesedjet ⓘ
primaryCreatorDeity Atum ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
secondGeneration Shu ⓘ
Tefnut ⓘ
textualSources Book of the Dead ⓘ
Coffin Texts ⓘ
Pyramid Texts ⓘ
thirdGeneration Geb ⓘ
Nut ⓘ
worshipPeriod Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom

Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Old Kingdom

Referenced by (18)

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

Osiris → memberOf → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
Neith → memberOf → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ennead of Sais
Userkaf → associatedWithCult → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: solar cult of Ra
Nut → memberOf → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
Nephthys → memberOf → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
Ennead of Heliopolis → associatedCosmology → Ennead of Heliopolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heliopolitan cosmogony
Geb → memberOfEnnead → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heliopolitan Ennead
Ancient Egyptian religion → hasCosmology → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heliopolitan Ennead
Tefnut → memberOf → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
Atum → memberOf → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
Djehuty → memberOf → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ennead of Hermopolis
Contendings of Horus and Set → mainCharacters → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ennead of the gods
Setekh → memberOf → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
Setesh → memberOf → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
Heliopolis → associatedWith → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ennead
Shu → memberOf → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
Pesedjet → alsoKnownAs → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
Pesedjet → associatedWithCosmology → Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heliopolitan creation myth