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Atum

American  
[ah-tuhm] / ˈɑ təm /

noun

Egyptian Religion.
  1. a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.


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The road "is basically the backbone of Russian occupation in the south", Clément Molin, an analyst at the French-based think tank Atum Mundi, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

The Smashing Pumpkins will drop the third album later this month in their Atum trilogy, a three-act rock opera so expansive that Corgan’s friends told him he should ease up his workload.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

Ancient Egyptian creation myth. The first god to emerge from chaos is named Atum.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2014

He is the paut-ti445 of the world, Atum, feeder of beings among the gods, beneficent spirit in the abode of spirits.

From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Epiphanius Wilson

In Hebrew it would appear as Shemesh-Edom, and an Egyptian papyrus, now at Leyden, informs us that Atum or Edom was the wife of Resheph the Canaanitish god of fire and lightning.

From Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

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