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  2. Khnum - Wikipedia

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    Khnum is commonly depicted seated beside a potter's wheel, with a formed entity standing upon it, symbolizing his act of creation. [2] Khnum is often portrayed alongside the frog-headed fertility goddess Heqet, who can be seen assisting him at the pottery wheel, as seen in the wall relief of the mammisi of Nectanebo II.

  3. Creation of life from clay - Wikipedia

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    Also in Greek mythology, Prometheus moulds a clay statue of Athena, the goddess of wisdom to whom he is devoted, and gives it life from a stolen sunbeam. [24] Pandora, from Greek mythology, was fashioned from clay and given the quality of "naïve grace combined with feeling". [25]

  4. List of Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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    She became a major deity in Greek and Roman religion [40] Maat – A goddess who personified truth, justice, and order [41] Menhit – A solar Lioness goddess who personified the brow of Ra [42] Mut – Consort of Amun, worshiped at Thebes [43] Neith – A creator and hunter goddess, Tutelary deity of the city of Sais in Lower Egypt [44]

  5. Heqet - Wikipedia

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    Heqet was considered the wife of Khnum, who formed the bodies of new children on his potter's wheel. [ 6 ] In the Osiris myth , it was Heqet who breathed life into the new body of Horus at birth, as she was a goddess of the last moments of birth.

  6. Satis (goddess) - Wikipedia

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    "Pourer" or "Shooter"), Greek: Satis, also known by numerous related names, was an Upper Egyptian goddess who, along with Khnum and Anuket, formed part of the Elephantine Triad. A protective deity of Egypt's southern border with Nubia , she came to personify the former annual flooding of the Nile and to serve as a war , hunting , and fertility ...

  7. Anuket - Wikipedia

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    Anuket was part of a triad with the god Khnum, and the goddess Satis. She may have been the sister of the goddess Satis [6] or she may have been a junior consort to Khnum instead. [6] [2] A temple dedicated to Anuket was erected on the Island of Seheil.

  8. List of art deities - Wikipedia

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    The following list of art deities is arranged by continent with names of mythological figures and deities associated with the arts.Art deities are a form of religious iconography incorporated into artistic compositions by many religions as a dedication to their respective gods and goddesses.

  9. Category:Khnum - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the god Khnum.He was one of the earliest-known Egyptian deities, originally the god of the source of the Nile.Since the annual flooding of the Nile brought with it silt and clay, and its water brought life to its surroundings, he was thought to be the creator of the bodies of human children, which he made at a potter's wheel, from clay, and placed in their mothers' wombs.