Temu

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Temu is an ancient Egyptian creator god, a form of the sun god Atum associated with the setting sun and the completion of creation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Temu canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian deity ⓘ
creator god ⓘ
solar deity ⓘ
appearsIn Book of the Dead ⓘ
Coffin Texts ⓘ
Pyramid Texts ⓘ
associatedConcept completion ⓘ
totality ⓘ
associatedWith Atum ⓘ
Heliopolitan Ennead ⓘ
Nun ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
completion of creation ⓘ
setting sun ⓘ
centerOfCult Heliopolis temple complex ⓘ
combinedForm Atum-Ra ⓘ
linked to: Atum

Ra-Atum ⓘ
linked to: Atum
cosmicFunction brings creation to completion ⓘ
cosmologicalRole brings all things back to himself at the end of time ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culture Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
domain creation ⓘ
sun ⓘ
emergedFrom Nun ⓘ
epithet He who completes ⓘ
Lord of the limits of the sky ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Sky
equivalent Atum-Temu ⓘ
linked to: Atum
formOf Atum ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
iconography anthropomorphic form ⓘ
man wearing the double crown of Egypt ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
memberOf Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
nameVariant Atum-Tem ⓘ
linked to: Atum

Tem ⓘ
role creator of the world ⓘ
primeval creator ⓘ
solarAspect evening sun ⓘ
solarCyclePosition sun at sunset ⓘ
theologicalRole aspect of the sun at the end of the day ⓘ
final state of the sun ⓘ
worshippedIn Heliopolis ⓘ
worshipPeriod Middle Kingdom ⓘ
New Kingdom ⓘ
Old Kingdom ⓘ
worshipType state cult ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Atum → alsoKnownAs → Temu ⓘ
Tem → alsoKnownAs → Temu ⓘ