Ennead
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The Ennead or Great Ennead was a group of nine
Status within ancient Egypt
The Great Ennead was only one of several such groupings of nine deities in ancient Egypt. Claims to preeminence made by its Heliopolitan priests were not respected throughout Egypt, as each nome typically had its own local deities, whose priests insisted stood above all others;[2] even in the nearby city of Memphis , which along with Heliopolis is contained within the limits of modern Cairo, the priests of Ptah celebrated him as singularly superior to the Nine — In addition to Memphis having its own creation myth, the contemporaneous city of Hermopolis had another creation story, the Ogdoad, that accounted for the physical creation of the universe by eight (different) primordial gods.[2]
Name in Egyptian, Greek, and Latin
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The English name ennead is a borrowing via
History
The
The most important was the "Great" or "Heliopolitan Ennead" of Awanu (
Its development remains uncertain, although it appears to have first appeared when
Mythology
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Geb and Nut were the parents of
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Variant hieroglyphs for the Ennead
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A dual Ennead (Psḏty) was written
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In popular culture
Most of the Ennead are portrayed in Gods of Egypt (2016 movie); the main focus of the movie is the conflict between the protagonist god Horus versus the antagonist god Set.
In the first episode of the 2022
In the BL manhwa ENNEAD, written and illustrated by Mojito, Set (using the name Seth) is the main character. It draws heavily upon classic Egyptian mythology and centers on the conflict between Horus and Seth.
References
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OCLC 937102309.
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Clifford, Richard (1994). Creation Accounts in the Ancient Near East and in the Bible. Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association. pp. 99–116. LCCN 94026565– via archive.org.
- ^ a b c d e f Vygus, Mark (April 2015). "Middle Egyptian Dictionary" (PDF). Pyramid Texts Online.
- ^ "Ennead, n.". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Papyrus Cairo 86637.
- PMID 26679699.
Bibliography
- Vygus, Mark (April 2015). "Middle Egyptian Dictionary" (PDF). Pyramid Texts Online.
