Ptah
Ptah is a deity. Bastet was depicted as the consort of Ptah, with whom she had a son, Maahes.
↻ synthesized from 45 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worshipped throughout most of ancient Egyptian history.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Api, Tabiti, Papaios, Argimpasa, Terminus, Her[e]cle, Aphrodite Urania, Ptahil, K'Liluna, Magba, demon spirits, Bast, Mujaji, Kokou, Varnae, Originators, Vanyan, Creeping Doom, Ibeji, Children of Olokun, Ghekre, Hadari-Yao, Horus Ankh-mesut, Eye of Ra, Ogdoad, Khereduankh, Renpetneferet, Shu, Amunet, Anat, Amenhotep I, *Dyēus, Mnevis, Osorapis, Buchis, Ram of Mendes, Heka, Sia, Hu, Irer, Sedjem, Shapash, Ptah-Tatenen, Ogdoad of Hermopolis, Tanenu, Tanuu, Onuris, Bennu, Nefertem, Heru-ur, Im-ho-tep, Khonshu, Ma'at, Amun Re, Seshat, The Far, The Large, Osiris-Apis, Melqart, Ramesses, Gherke, Montu, Amaunet, Amon Ra, Imhotep, Min, Apep, Isis, Wadjet, Gaia, Zeus, Apollo, Amon, Mars, Ares, Jupiter, Dionysus, Heracles, Janus, Hercules, Hestia, Khnum, Khepri, Sopdu, Tefnut, Seth, Orishas, Anansi, Ngi, Geb, Meretseger, Qetesh, Astarte, Bat, Nut, Neith, El, Baal, Yam, Athirat, Sobek, Set, Aker, Serapis, Hathor, Mut, Seker, Nephthys, Anubis
- syncretized with
- Hephaestus, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Osiris, Aten, Ptah-Seker, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
- allied with
- Mujaji, Kokou, Bast, Thoth, Tatenen, Osiris, Sokar, Amun, Re, Horus, Kokou the Ever-Burning, Ra, Bes, Exu, Amun-Ra
- manifests as
- Banebdjedet, harpoon, Apis
- enemy of
- Apophis
- sibling of
- Khonshu
- manifested by
- Apis
- has aspect
- Apis, Ptah-South-of-His-Wall, Ta-tenen
- served by
- Apis
Mentioned by
- Apep
- Isis
- Wadjet
- Gaia
- Zeus
- Apollo
- Amon
- Mars
- Ares
- Jupiter
- Dionysus
- Heracles
- Janus
- Hercules
- Hestia
- Khnum
and 38 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Later she became the cat goddess that is familiar today. She was then depicted as the daughter of Ra and Isis, and the consort of Ptah, with whom she had a son, Maahes.”
#10857 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Leiden hymns, Amun, Ptah, and Re are regarded as a trinity who are distinct gods but with unity in plurality. "The three gods are one yet the Egyptian elsewhere insists on the separate identity of each of the three."”
#11569 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Sekhmet was considered the wife of the god Ptah and mother of his son Nefertum.”
#14099 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ptah, god of craftsmanship, the arts, and fertility, sometimes said to represent the Sun at night”
#15410 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Memphites (priests of Memphis), on the other hand, believed that Ptah created Atum in a more intellectual way, using his speech and thought, as told on the Shabaka Stone.”
#16490 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001