Khnum

  • GMC Poetry: Khnum

    Hail to You, Green-faced, Ram-headed one! Great Khnum, Divine Potter, Most ancient of Gods! From the mud of the Holy River Neilos You bring forth life Your deft hands work upon the earth, shaping it upon Your wheel, Turning it from black goo, into a living creature Into a human, an animal, a God. You

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  • First posted in 2o11. — Khnum (also Chnum, Knum, or Khnemu), the ram-headed creator God of Egypt, is one of the oldest Gods of Egypt, worshiped from the 1st dynasty ( 2925–2775 BCE) into the early centuries CE. He was originally thought to preside over the unknown source of the Nile River. Hapi was considered

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  • April GMC

    The Gods of the Month for April are Khnum, Hathor, and Oya, a Yoruba Orisha. Two Egyptian Gods came up in the same month again, which is interesting. I guess the Gods think I need to spend more time on the Kemetic side of my spirituality instead of just the Greek. Should be another interesting

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  • Some Thoughts on Khnum

    Khnum (also Chnum, Knum, or Khnemu), the ram-headed creator God of Egypt, is one of the oldest Gods of Egypt, worshiped from the 1st dynasty ( 2925–2775 BCE) into the early centuries CE. He was originally thought to preside over the unknown source of the Nile River. Hapi was considered the Nile God in other

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