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  Atum
Atum was especially worshipped at Heliopolis, where he was the head of the Ennead cult.
Atum was depicted as old man symbolizing the setting sun, but he also appeared also a snake, a scarab, and a mangust (pharaoh hat).
The Memphite creation myth stated that Atum was conceived in the heart of Ptah and was created by his word.
www.pantheon.org /articles/a/atum.html   (186 words)

  
 Atum
Atum was also a protective deity, he was the god who lifted the dead king out from the pyramid and into the heavens.
Much of the information relating to Atum is derived from the Pyramid Texts, while it is in the Book of the Dead that it is told that Atum is the one who will eventually destroy everything, thence return to his premieval form as a serpent.
Atum had two children without a consort, which was commonly explained to masturbation by his hand, which in images used to be represented as a female principle.
lexicorient.com /e.o/atum.htm   (325 words)

  
 Atum Summary
ATUM was the creator god of Heliopolis, the sole progenitor and head of the ancient Egyptian pantheon according to one of the earliest Egyptian cosmogonies.
Atum, "the all" or "the complete one," by spitting, vomiting, or masturbating produced Shu and Tefnut, "air" and "moisture," who in turn generated Geb and Nut, "earth" and "sky." This last chthonic pair produced Osiris and Seth, rivals for the rulership of the land, together with their consorts, Isis and Nephthys.
Atum (alternatively spelt Tem, Temu, Tum, and Atem) is an early deity in Egyptian mythology, whose cult centred on the Ennead of Heliopolis.
www.bookrags.com /Atum   (893 words)

  
 The Gods of Ancient Egypt -- Atum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Atum was revered not only as the father of the gods but also as the father of the pharaohs.
The title "Son of Atum" was included in the many titles of the king, even after the pharaohs styled themselves "Sons of Ra."
In this form, Atum also symbolized the setting sun and its journey through the underworld to its rising in the east.
www.touregypt.net /godsofegypt/atum.htm   (197 words)

  
 Egypt: Atum, Lord of the Two Lands, Lord of Heliopolis
Atum was the great primeval deity of Heliopolis, and his cult rose to importance as early as the Old Kingdom.
In fact, Atum's close relationship to the king is seen in many cultic rituals, and a papyrus dating to the Late Period which is now in the Brooklyn Museum shows the god's importance in the New Year's festival in which the king's role was reconfirmed.
Though Atum was not particularly a god of the populous, amulets and small reliquaries of lizards, which were one of his symbols, were worn in honor of the god in the Late Period.
touregypt.net /featurestories/atum.htm   (1660 words)

  
 Ancient Egyptian Culture
In one interpretation, Atum is credited with the fertile land that springs up when the water's of the Nile River recedes, because he was the first to arise out of the watery mess.
Atum emerged from Nu as the sun god at the beginning of time and is the creator of the world.
Atum is known also as Khepri, the great scarab beetle, Ra-Harakhte, the winged-solar disk, Ra, the midday sun, Aten, the solar-disk, or Horus on the Horizon.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/egypt/religion/mythology.htm   (2199 words)

  
 Ancient Egypt: the Mythology - Atum
Atum was one of the most ancient gods in Egypt and was part of the Heliopolitan cosmology.
According to the priests of Heliopolis, Atum was the first being to emerge from the waters of Nun at the time of creation.
However, Atum was depicted in art as a man wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.
www.egyptianmyths.net /atum.htm   (233 words)

  
 Atum
In ancient Egyptian mythology, Atum was a creator god associated with Heliopolis, a city near the Nile River delta that was a center of sun worship.
According to one creation myth, Atum made the first divine couple: Shu, god of air, and Tefnut, goddess of moisture.
Images of Atum often show him as an elderly bearded man, sometimes wearing the combined crowns of Lower and Upper Egypt.
www.mythencyclopedia.com /Ar-Be/Atum.html   (168 words)

  
 Game Over Online Magazine - Atum
Atum is probably a witty name for atoms, the indivisible bases that make up the world as we know it.
Atum was obviously created to cater to multi-user gameplay, in the sense that multiple people will be using your PDA.
Although you can elect to beam a copy of Atum to your friends, multiplayer is a hotseat affair where both players will try their hands at either thwarting one another's molecules or constructing atom combinations together.
www.game-over.net /reviews.php?id=65&page=handreviews   (476 words)

  
 Atum - Egyptian Mythology - Sun God - Atum - Egyptian God
Early myths state that Atum created the god Shu and goddess Tefnut from his semen by masturbation in the city of Annu (the Egyptian name for Heliopolis), a belief strongly associated with Atum's nature as an hermaphrodite (his name meaning completeness).
But as Ra was the whole sun, and Atum just the sun when it sets, it was Atum who was thought of as an aspect of Ra, and eventually subsumed into him.
As both the cosmogeny associated with Ra and that of Atum said that the origin of each was the primordial waters, when, in later years, Neith came to embody these waters, Iusaaset became considered an aspect of Neith rather than Atum-Ra.
egyptiandreams.co.uk /atum.php?osCsid=60d941334a746cba7c96443e78924612   (668 words)

  
 Egyptian gods Amun, Anubis, Anuket, Aset, Aten, Atum
Atum is therefore the creator god who created the universe, he is the supreme being and master of the forces and elements of the universe.
Atum was considered a protective deity in regards to the king, and even called the father of the king.
Atum was also thought to manifest in the form of a scarab, a bull or a lion.
www.philae.nu /akhet/NetjeruA.html   (7122 words)

  
 Planewalker.com
Atum is usually human in form, and have sacred creatures of the bull, lion, and lizard, representing strength, ferocity, and life.
Atum is usually shown as a pharonic figure, wearing the double-crown of Red and White, representing both Lower and Upper Egypt.
Atum is understandably peeved off at the sun god, and the two are rather harsh to each other; Re seeing Atum as a tired old hack, and Atum seeing Re as a dangerous force overstepping his sphere of influence.
www.planewalker.com /entry.php?intEntryID=5539   (965 words)

  
 Atum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Atum (or Tem or Tum) was an early god of Heliopolis, and a predynastic sun-deity.
The Heliopolitan theologians interpreted his name to mean the "complete one." A reference to their belief that Atum created himself out of the waters of Nun, either through the effort of his own will power or by uttering his own name, which was the power of the spoken word.
Sometimes Atum was thought to have originated as a serpent in Nun, and to be destined to return to that form; but through his identification with Re, serpents became his enemies.
www.themystica.com /mythical-folk/articles/atum.html   (231 words)

  
 GateWorld - Columns: Atum - Part Two (Stargate Mythology)
Tefnut is the wife of Shu and the daughter of Atum.
Atum makes a trip to this world in a time prior to the Stargate's burial because of what Ra has discovered.
With that type of metaphor, Atum would then be regarded as the very first king and the most powerful of all System Lords.
gateworld.net /opinion/columns/stargatemythology/atum_-_part_two.shtml   (1260 words)

  
 Egyptian Creation Myth
Re'-Atum (Atum), was the sun god who emerged from the waters of Nun in the form of a bird and created the first land, Benben.
Atum felt sorry for these few remaining people and decided to spare their lives.
Atum, who was extremely upset by this, punished her by refusing to allow her to give birth in any month of any year.
www.angelfire.com /weird/theo857/egyptmyth.html   (648 words)

  
 Egyptian Creation
In the fifth-Dynasty, Atum is the same god as the sun god, Ra, Re or Khepri.
Some texts say that the birth of Atum's children was on the hill while other say that Atum stayed in the waters of Nu to give birth.
Atum, who had only one eye and was removable.
www.starsandseas.com /SAS_Mythology/Ecreate.htm   (606 words)

  
 Atum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Atum (alternatively spelled Tem, Temu, Tum, and Atem) is an early deity in Egyptian mythology, whose cult centred on the Ennead of Heliopolis.
In the Ennead cosmogony, he was considered to be the first god, having arisen by his own force himself, sitting on a mound (benben), from the primordial waters (Nu).
As both the cosmogony associated with Ra and that of Atum said that the origin of each was the primordial waters, when, in later years, Neith came to embody these waters, Iusaaset became considered an aspect of Neith rather than Atum-Ra.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atum   (511 words)

  
 Demogorge (Atum, son of Gaea and Demiurge)
Atum can also fly and when he does so he emanates light as bright as the sun.
Having infused her life-force into the planet, Gaea gave birth to Atum who began slaying all the Elder Gods who had degenerated into demons and were killing each other to survive and gain power.
They were designated as one of the Elder Gods that fled from Atum in the Demons entry in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition#3 and this has been repeated in other sources, such as the Marvel Age Midnight Sons Special.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/atum.htm   (1660 words)

  
 Atum Limited - Creating Technology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Atum Limited was founded in 2003 to provide e-business solutions, computer and related services to business customers in Turks and Caicos.
"Atum Limited's services are a perfect fit for the economic direction that TCI is embracing," said Atum CEO Jason Williams.
Atum has partnered with industry leaders such as Microsoft, IBM and Hewlett-Packard to provide comprehensive computer hardware and e-business solutions to companies of all sizes and in all industries.
www.atum.tc   (262 words)

  
 Liber Pennae Ultim-Atum: The Commentary
Atum became masculinized as the Red God of the Setting Sun in later Egyptian myths, so it is not surprising that this male bias remained in the tale of Adam and Eve, where Eve was said to have sprung from Adam's rib.
Atum has 'new eyes' because as the creator his perception is everything, and the Universe (Nu) of form has now been born.
Atum as the original 'self-mated' masturbator is the deity of Self-Love.
www.hermetic.com /wisdom/lpu-comment.html   (5892 words)

  
 Atum
Atum-Ra is an important combined deity (Ra and Atum).
Atum is often shown with the head of a hawk.
Pr Ntr Kmt is a church for witches and other pagans based on ancient practices, especially ancient Egypt.
www.teenwitch.com /DEITY/KMT/ATUM.HTM   (215 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/atum696
This is demo release of young polish project - Atum.
Through this release Atum tries to express his feelings coused by society, religion and media.
The first album of the Polish dark ambient project ATUM - "Agorafobia" is a record that is as cold as ice.
www.myspace.com /atum696   (457 words)

  
 Atum
Obviamente, medidas drásticas são necessárias para restaurar a população de atum bluefin.
Redes de arrasto gigantes e rebocadores varrem a região toda atrás de atum, amparados por uma frota de aviões e helicópteros capazes de encontrar cardumes de atum, mesmo com os números cada vez menores de peixes.
Ao invés de reduzir a pesca para ajudar na recuperação do atum no Mediterrâneo, os lucros rápidos obtidos injetaram ainda mais dinheiro na indústria pesqueira: isso se traduz em barcos maiores e mais novos, aparelhagem de armazenamento e até mesmo novos aeroportos para exportar o peixe.
oceans.greenpeace.org /pt/nossos_oceanos/atum   (604 words)

  
 Ash - Astarte - Aton - Atum - Auf
Inscriptions state that the god had no physical image, but it was represented as a solar disk projecting many downward rays that ended as human hands, sometimes the god is depicted holding an ankh, the symbol of eternal life.
In preparation for sunrise, the god Atum holds a winged serpent who is about to devour ten stars symbolizing the ten hours of the night that have elapsed.
This gruesome punishment was thought to explain the blood-red color of the rising sun.
www.crystalinks.com /egyptgods2.html   (2001 words)

  
 Atum Corporation: Creating innovative e-business solutions
Atum Corporation is a leading provider of e-business solutions that enable any company to streamline processes and increase efficiency.
Atum Corporation’s strategic partnerships allow clients to easily streamline any of their IT needs.
Atum Corporation is pleased to be able to provide you with Microsoft Business Solutions, including Microsoft CRM and any of Microsoft Great Plains® offering.
www.atum.com   (115 words)

  
 Nefertem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Since Atum was a solar deity, Nefertum represented sunrise, and since Atum had arisen from the primal waters in a Egyptian blue water lily bud, Nefertum was associated with the blue water lily, not a 'lotus', see below.
Later, as time wore on, Atum became assimilated into Ra (as Atum-Ra), and so it came to be that people regarded Nefertum as a separate deity.
Some of the titles of Nefertem were He Who is Beautiful and Water Lily of the Sun, and a version of the Book of the Dead says Rise like Nefertem from the blue water lily, to the nostrils of Ra, and come forth upon the horizon each day.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nefertem   (417 words)

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