Ennead

deity sky Egyptian single tradition · 2

The Ennead is an assembled group of Egyptian deities. They are involved in the legal judgment to decide who should inherit the kingship between Horus and Set. The judge in this trial may be Geb, Ra, or Atum.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-2300 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in Pyramid Texts.

Relationships

enemy of
Yam
co occurs with
Ra, Isis, Osiris, Set, Horus, Thoth, Geb, Seth
child of
Atum

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Sources

Source passages

“The contest between them is often violent but is also described as a legal judgment before the Ennead, an assembled group of Egyptian deities, to decide who should inherit the kingship.”

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“stopped and Seth and Horus have brought their case before the Ennead. Throughout the story, Horus and Seth have various competitions to see who will be king. Horus beats Seth each time. The beginning of the story consists of Seth and Horus pleading their cases to the deities of the Ennead, who then share their opinions.”

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