“the Traveller, He who crosses [the sky]” Khonsu (also spelled Khons or Khonsou), whose name means “the Traveller” or “He who crosses [the sky],” is one of the oldest known deities of the Ancient Egyptian pantheon, with roots traceable back to the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 B.C.). However, he rose to prominence particularly during the...
To the Ancient Egyptians, Nefertum, the radiant deity of the blue lotus, emerged from the primordial waters as the fragrant bloom that first opened at the dawn of creation. Often depicted as a handsome youth crowned with a lotus flower (sometimes flanked by plumes or lions), Nefertum embodied both rebirth and divine fragrance, serving as...
In Egyptian myth, before Creation of the World took place, the universe existed as a boundless sea of dark, inert waters known as Nun. From this primordial chaos arose the first god, Atum, self-created and eternal, who emerged atop the sacred mound, which came to be a symbol of the first land to rise from...
