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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian deity group → group of deities → religious concept →
associatedCosmology	Heliopolitan cosmogony →
associatedWithCity	Heliopolis →
centerOfCult	Heliopolis →
cosmicElementRepresented	air (Shu) → chaos and disorder (Set) → earth (Geb) → kingship and afterlife (Osiris) → magic and motherhood (Isis) → moisture (Tefnut) → 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 → New Kingdom → Old Kingdom →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Neith ("Ennead of Sais") → Nephthys → Nut → Osiris →	memberOf
Ennead of Heliopolis ("Heliopolitan cosmogony") →	associatedCosmology
Userkaf ("solar cult of Ra") →	associatedWithCult
Geb ("Heliopolitan Ennead") →	memberOfEnnead