https://thelemapedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Ennead 2026-09-21T09:59:37Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.5 https://thelemapedia.org/index.php?title=Ennead&diff=9280&oldid=prev 2005-03-12T17:40:26Z

<p>more detail added from my own general knowledge</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:40, 12 March 2005</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{egyptiangods}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{egyptiangods}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In Egyptian mythology, the </del>'''Ennead''' of [[Heliopolis]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">were </del>the nine <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">most important </del>gods and goddesses. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This collection of </del>gods <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was later copied </del>by other cult <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">centres</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The gods </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Great </del>Ennead of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Heliopolis are: </del>[[Atum]], his <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">children </del>[[Shu]] and [[Tefnut]], <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">their children</del>, [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nuit</del>]] and [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Seb</del>]], and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the family group </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nephthys</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>[[Osiris]], [[Isis]], [[Set]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Great </ins>'''Ennead''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Heliopolis were the nine most important gods and goddesses worshipped in the city, as per the creation myth of Heliopolis.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Etymnology==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The word 'ennead' comes from the Greek word ennea, meaning nine. Ennead has thus since become a word to mean a group of nine. When referring to Egyptian mythology, the Ennead are generally the nine foremost deities </ins>of [[Heliopolis]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, though the term can also be used within Egyptian texts to refer to a council of </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gods.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Ennead and Heliopolis==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>nine gods and goddesses <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the Ennead of [[Heliopolis]] were [[Atum]], [[Shu]], [[Tefnut]], [[Geb]], [[Nut]], [[Osiris]], [[Isis]], [[Nephthys]] and [[Set]]</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Over time, with differing emphases placed on different </ins>gods by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">different Pharaohs, </ins>other <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deities were added into the Ennead, such as [[Nun]] and [[Ra]], inevitably giving the Ennead as a whole a '</ins>cult<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' status</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Many aspects </ins>of the Ennead <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">were absorbed into other city cult systems.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Ennead and creation==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The original nine stem from a creation myth that was local to Heliopolis at first, but eventually became more popular and spread. The myth varies in detail greatly depending on the location and time </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the writing, but the basic idea remains.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Atum]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was the creator god, having risen from the primeval waters of chaos ([[Nu]])</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">creating himself through </ins>his <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">own will. He created a hill to stand on, which was said to be the spot on which the temple of [[Heliopolis]] was built. He created </ins>[[Shu]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, the air, </ins>and [[Tefnut]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">moisture</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from himself. They in turn gave birth to </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Geb</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, the earth, </ins>and [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nut</ins>]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the sky. [[Geb]] </ins>and [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nut</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">then gave birth to </ins>[[Osiris]], [[Isis]], [[Set]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and [[Nephthys]], who were the parents of the Pharaohs and other gods</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See also: [[Ogdoad]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See also: [[Ogdoad]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{egyptiangods}}<br /> In Egyptian mythology, the &#039;&#039;&#039;Ennead&#039;&#039;&#039; of [[Heliopolis]] were the nine most important gods and goddesses. This collection of gods was later copied by other cult centres. The gods of the Great Ennead of Heliopolis are: [[Atum]], his children [[Shu]] and [[Tefnut]], their children, [[Nuit]] and [[Seb]], and the family group [[Nephthys]], [[Osiris]], [[Isis]], [[Set]].<br /> <br /> See also: [[Ogdoad]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *Wikipedia. (2005). &#039;&#039;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennead Ennead]&#039;&#039;. Retrieved on 02/28/2005.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Egyptian Gods]]</div>

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