Motif
Local deity elevated as head of a divine company
local_deity_elevated_as_head_of_a_divine_company
A motif of the Supreme Ruler and Cosmic Sovereignty family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
egyptian
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Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations PLATE IX. / LEGEND OF THE BIRTH OF HORUS, SON OF ISIS AND OSIRIS. / PLATE XV. / A LEGEND OF KHNEMU AND OF A SEVEN YEARS' FAMINE.; lines 1562-1603 confidence: medium
Matar describes Khnemu's form as that of Shu, his wooden house near granite quarries, and the gods dwelling with him: Sept or Sothis, Anqet, Hap or Hep, Shu, Keb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Horus.
The passage states that the priests of Khnemu made him head of a Company of Gods and lists deities dwelling with him.
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