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2006-08-31 17:41:43 · 2 answers · asked by Burgo 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
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2006-09-04 06:39:00 · answer #1 · answered by Dragonheart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ATUM (m), self-arising from the primaeval waters of chaos (NUN), by masturbation created the first pair - SHU (m) 'air' and TEFNUT (f) 'moisture'. These in turn begat GEB (m) 'earth' and NUT (f) 'sky'.
GEB attempted to mate with his sister and so their parents 'came between them', and in the iconography Shu is shown with arms raised holding up the heavenly vault of Nut while Geb lays recumbent. In spite of this, GEB and NUT managed to beget OSIRIS (m) and ISIS (f), and SET (m) and NEPTHYS (f) - brothers and sisters and wives and husbands -'semi-human' members of the Ennead, with SET being portrayed with the head of a strange beast.
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2006-09-01 02:40:36 · answer #2 · answered by altgrave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋