Lord of the Inundation

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Lord of the Inundation is an epithet of the Egyptian creator god Khnum, highlighting his role in controlling and bringing the life-giving annual Nile flood.

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Label Occurrences
Lord of the Inundation canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epithet ⓘ
appliedTo Khnum ⓘ
associatedWith Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile

Nile inundation ⓘ
agricultural renewal ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
life-giving waters ⓘ
category epithets of Egyptian gods ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
denotesRole bringer of the annual inundation ⓘ
controller of the Nile flood ⓘ
epithetOf Egyptian creator god ⓘ
ram-headed god Khnum ⓘ
linked to: Khnum
functionInMythology to emphasize divine control over the Nile flood ⓘ
highlightsAspectOf Khnum as sustainer of life ⓘ
Khnum as water deity ⓘ
languageOfOrigin ancient Egyptian ⓘ
linkedConcept annual Nile flood ⓘ
creation and regeneration ⓘ
refersTo Khnum ⓘ
relatedDeityAspect Khnum as potter-creator of humans from Nile clay ⓘ
linked to: Khnum
religiousRole guarantor of sufficient inundation ⓘ
protector of Egypt’s agricultural cycle ⓘ
symbolizes divine regulation of natural forces ⓘ
prosperity brought by the Nile ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
veneratedAt Aswan region ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Governorate

Elephantine ⓘ
worshipContext Nile flood festivals ⓘ
local cults of Khnum ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khnum → epithet → Lord of the Inundation ⓘ