In Egyptian mythology, Ptah ("creator") is a creator god and patron deity of Memphis, Egypt, as well as craftsmen. Unlike Seker, another crafts god, Ptah was associated with stone-based crafts. Apis was his oracle. Later, he was combined with Seker and Osiris to create Ptah-Seker-Osiris. As Tanen, Ptah was known as a chthonic deity.He is married to Sekhmet or (more rarely) Bastet. His children included Nefertem, Mihos, Imhotep and Maahes. In some myths, he created RaThis article is about the Egyptian god. In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Society Islands), Ra is an alternate spelling for Roua. Ra is also a character from the film Stargate. See RA for uses of the two-letter combination RA . D10The Eye of Ra also as well.
In artMona Lisa Although today the word art usually refers to the visual arts, the concept of what art is has continuously changed over centuries. Perhaps the most concise definition is its broadest—art refers to all creative human endeavors, excluding actions, he is portrayed as a mummifiedMusee du Louvre, Paris A mummy is a preserved corpse. The best-known mummies are those that have been embalmed with the specific purpose of preservation, particularly in ancient Egypt. In China, preserved corpses have been recovered from submerged cedar c man with his hands holding a sceptre adorned with an ankhThe ankh was the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that stood for the word n which means life. Gods may carry it by the loop, or bear one in each hand crossed over their breast. Latinists interpreted the symbol as a crux ansata " cross with a handle. What i, was and djedThe Djed pillar represents stability and has been interpreted as the backbone of the Egyptian god Osiris. (symbols of life, power and stability, respectively). Often he wore a skullcap.
Other names
- Tanen
- Ta-tenen
- Tathenen
- Peteh
Arts gods
Creator gods
Egyptian gods
