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Ptah
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PtahCreatorPantheon: Egyptian Element: Fire Sphere of Influence: Secrets and Crafts Preferred colors: Night-Black, Star-White Associated symbol: Bull, Ankh, Djed Wand Animals associated with: Bull Associated Planet: Saturn |
Husband to Sekhmet and sometimes Bast. Ptahs law is Universal law. He is seen as the creator, older than the gods themselves, the one who put all things in motion, and the only one who knows the true purpose. His name means Sculptor or Engraver. He is usually shown as a bearded, balding man wearing a tight headband. Those seeking meaning for their life should consult Ptah. | |
Additional Information on Ptah from WikipediaInformation is unedited and uncheckedn Egyptian mythology, Ptah ("creator") is a creator god and patron deity of Memphis, Egypt, as well as craftsmen. image:Egypt.Ptah.01.png|Ptah|right| Ptah Unlike Seker, another crafts god, Ptah was associated with Rock (geology)|stone-based crafts. Apis (egyptian mythology)|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.He is married to Sekhmet or (more rarely) Bastet. His children included Nefertem, Mihos, Imhotep and Maahes. In some myths, he created Ra as well. In art, he is portrayed as a mummy|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. ==Other names== *Tanen *Ta-tenen *Tathenen This text is made available under the GNU Free Documentation License Agreement. The full text of this article is available for download here. (Ptah) | |