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Khnum

In Egyptian mythology, a ram-headed creator god with cult centres at Esna and Elephantine where he was guardian of the sources of the River Nile. He is depicted sitting at a potter's wheel with his newly created being on the wheel.



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The portrayal of a deity shaping the first humans out of clay appears in both ancient Egyptian creation mythology (where the god Khnum is the creator) and Sumerian myths (in one story the god Enki is the creator and in another the goddess Ninmah).
Science, religion, and public school education by Larue, Gerald A. / The Humanist
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