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The creation account of Heliopolis relates that from the primeval waters represented by Nun, a mound appeared on which the self-begotten deity [[Atum]] sat. Bored and alone, [[Atum]] spat producing [[Shu]], representing the air and [[Tefnut]], representing moisture. [[Shu]] and [[Tefnut]] mated and brought forth [[Geb]], representing the earth, and [[Nut]], representing the nighttime sky. Because of their initial closeness, [[Geb]] and [[Nut]] engaged in continuous copulation until [[Shu]] separated them, lifting [[Nut]] into her place in the sky. The children of [[Geb]] and [[Nut]] were the sons [[Osiris]] and [[Set]] and the daughters [[Isis]] and [[Nephthys]], which in turn formed couples. | The creation account of Heliopolis relates that from the primeval waters represented by Nun, a mound appeared on which the self-begotten deity [[Atum]] sat. Bored and alone, [[Atum]] spat producing [[Shu]], representing the air and [[Tefnut]], representing moisture. [[Shu]] and [[Tefnut]] mated and brought forth [[Geb]], representing the earth, and [[Nut]], representing the nighttime sky. Because of their initial closeness, [[Geb]] and [[Nut]] engaged in continuous copulation until [[Shu]] separated them, lifting [[Nut]] into her place in the sky. The children of [[Geb]] and [[Nut]] were the sons [[Osiris]] and [[Set]] and the daughters [[Isis]] and [[Nephthys]], which in turn formed couples. | ||
==Osiris== | |||
[[File:osiris.jpeg|frame|right|Osiris]]Osiris was was one of the [[Egyptian Nine Ennead]]. Osiris at times considered the oldest son of the Earth god [[Geb]], and the sky goddess [[Nut]], as well as being brother and husband of [[Isis]], with Horus being considered his posthumously begotten son. usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead.<ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennead Wikipedia Ennead]</ref> | |||
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==See Also== | |||
[[Red Cube Egyptian Pantheon]] | |||
[[Red Nile Cube]] | |||