The session covered:
Four Main Egyptian Creation Myths – There are four main traditions for the creation for which records have survived, based in cultural centres along the Nile. These were Heliopolis, Memphis, Hermopolis and Thebes. These have similar themes of a primeval ocean to the ones in Suma etc. covered in the previous session
Khum – In addition there is Khnum a creator god who was known all over Eygpt.
Common Themes – There are similarities in these beliefs and stories in the Hebrew tradition as recorded in the Old Testament Book of Genesis which has at least 2 accounts of creation, Jewish folklore with Adam and Eve and a tradition that survives in the Koran where Satan takes the form of a serpent to tempt Eve.
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