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In [[Egyptian mythology]], '''Ptah''' ("creator") (or '''Tanen''' or '''Ta-tenen''' or '''Tathenen''' or '''Peteh''') is a creator god and patron deity of Memphis, Egypt, as well as craftsmen. Unlike [[Seker]], another crafts god, Ptah was associated with stone-based crafts. [[Apis]] was his [[oracle]]. Later, he was combined with [[Seker]] and [[Osiris]] to create Ptah-Seker-Osiris. As Tanen, Ptah was known as a [[chthonic]] deity.<br />
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He is married to [[Sekhmet]] or (more rarely) [[Bastet]]. His children included [[Nefertem]], [[Mihos]], and [[Imhotep]] . In some myths, he created [[Ra]] as well.<br />
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In art, he is portrayed as a mummified man with his hands holding a sceptre adorned with an [[ankh]], [[was]] and [[djed]] (symbols of life, power and stability, respectively). Often he wore a skullcap.<br />
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In the Memphite mythology, he is considered to be the head of creators and the sole creator of the entire world and everything within. He is not created but simply is. He is also sometimes considered to be a personification of the primal matter.<br />
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The important role Ptah has played in history can really be undestood as we learn that "Egypt" is a Greek corruption of the phrase "Het-Ka-Ptah", or "House of the Spritit of Ptah".<br />
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==References==<br />
*Wikipedia. (2005). ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptah Ptah]''. Retrieved on 03/02/2005.<br />
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