Temu

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Temu is an ancient Egyptian creator god, a form of the sun god Atum associated with the setting sun and the completion of creation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Temu canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian deity
creator god
solar deity
appearsIn Book of the Dead
Coffin Texts
Pyramid Texts
associatedConcept completion
totality
associatedWith Atum
Heliopolitan Ennead
Nun
Ra
completion of creation
setting sun
centerOfCult Heliopolis temple complex
combinedForm Atum-Ra
linked to: Atum

Ra-Atum
linked to: Atum
cosmicFunction brings creation to completion
cosmologicalRole brings all things back to himself at the end of time
countryOfOrigin Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culture Ancient Egyptian religion
domain creation
sun
emergedFrom Nun
epithet He who completes
Lord of the limits of the sky
linked to: Lord of the Sky
equivalent Atum-Temu
linked to: Atum
formOf Atum
gender male
iconography anthropomorphic form
man wearing the double crown of Egypt
languageOfName Ancient Egyptian
memberOf Ennead of Heliopolis
nameVariant Atum-Tem
linked to: Atum

Tem
role creator of the world
primeval creator
solarAspect evening sun
solarCyclePosition sun at sunset
theologicalRole aspect of the sun at the end of the day
final state of the sun
worshippedIn Heliopolis
worshipPeriod Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
worshipType state cult

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atum alsoKnownAs Temu
Tem alsoKnownAs Temu