Khnum
Americannoun
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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 A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Nit of Sais or Hathor of Dendera differed in no way, so far as their divine powers were concerned, from Ptaḥ of Memphis or Khnum of the Cataract.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Khnum, like the god of Thebes, was a ram, and is accordingly usually depicted with a ram's head.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
We have seen that the wife of Khnum was entitled “the Asiatic,” the very form of the name being Babylonian.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
In return for this the king gave the priests of Khnum at Elephantinê twenty miles of river bank on either side of the island, together with tithes of all the produce of the country.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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