Khnum
deity earth Egyptian corroborated · 18
An Egyptian god with the head of a ram.
↻ synthesized from 18 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egyptian religion.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Pakhet, Tefnut, Nandi, Narasimha, Ox-Head, Penghou, Pratyangira, Tikbalang, Tumburu, Varaha, Zhu Bajie, Knephis, Soknopis, Sekhmet, Wadjet, Nehebu-Kau, Hathor, Sopdu, Ptah, Bast, Shai, Raet-tawy, Montu-Ra, Amun-Ra, Ra-Horakhty, Atum-Ra, Heru-ur, Meretseger, Sia, Juno, Sopdet, Heket, Mehet-Weret, Heka, Werethekau, Nebetu'u, Khereduankh, Renpetneferet, Hapi, Banebdjedet, Maahes, Set, Sobek, Khepri, Atum, Thoth, Bes, Geb, Onuris, Apis, Bennu, Montu, Nefertem, Khonshu, Amun, Shu, Min, Ma'at, Im-ho-tep, Horus, Re, Ihy, Sokar, Harsomtus, Menat, Ammon, Mut, Minotaur, Anubis, Cynocephalus, Bastet, Daksha, Ganesha, Hayagriva, Horse-Face, Keibu Keioiba, Serapis, Aten, Apep, Isis, Hera, Aker, Osiris
- syncretized with
- Agathos Daimon, Ra, Banebdjedet, Hephaestus, Zeus, Tatenen
- aspect of
- Ra
- child of
- Neith
Mentioned by
- Minotaur
- Anubis
- Cynocephalus
- Bastet
- Daksha
- Ganesha
- Hayagriva
- Horse-Face
- Keibu Keioiba
- Serapis
- Aten
- Apep
- Isis
- Hera
- Aker
- Osiris
and 8 more
Sources
wikipedia (17)
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Khnum – An Egyptian god with the head of a ram.”
#4713 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“later identified with Serapis and with Egyptian gods Šai (Shai), Knephis (Kneph), Khnum, Soknopis”
#9050 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Menhit was said to be the wife of Khnum and the mother of Heka.”
#11167 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“daughter of Neith and Khnum, making her a sister to Sobek and Apep.”
#15130 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The ram god often depicted as Ra's form in the evening entering the river of night and called the divine Potter for creating humans”
#15414 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5