Khnum

American  

[khnoom] / xnum /

noun

Egyptian Religion.

1. a god in the form of a ram who created human beings from clay on a potter's wheel.

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Example Sentences

In Elephantine Khnum was supposed to become incarnate in a ram, at whose death the divinity left him and took up his abode in another.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

While he fashioned the clay she would hold the Sign of Life, so that spirit might enter into the formed body when Khnum got it to the right state.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

Thou art my Ka in my body, the god Khnum who makes strong my limbs.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The scene in the series, which is of greatest interest in the present connexion, is that representing Khnum at his work of creation.

From Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition by King, L. W. (Leonard William)

The text then goes on to declare how Khnum the Creator came to the help of the Pharaoh, and caused the Nile once more to inundate the lands.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)