| LC control no. | no2019114576 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Atum (Egyptian deity) |
| Variant(s) | Jtm(w) (Egyptian deity) Tm(w) (Egyptian deity) Atoum (Egyptian deity) Atem (Egyptian deity) Tem (Egyptian deity) Atmu (Egyptian deity) Tum (Egyptian deity) Aton (Egyptian deity) Temu (Egyptian deity) Atoem (Egyptian deity) Атум (Egyptian deity) Ατούμ (Egyptian deity) Atumo (Egyptian deity) אתום (Egyptian deity) Atumas (Egyptian deity) Atama (Egyptian deity) Atom (Egyptian deity) Dewa Atum (Egyptian deity) |
| Associated country | Egypt |
| Associated place | Heliopolis (Egypt : Extinct city) |
| Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Myśliwiec, Karol. Studien zum Gott Atum, 1978-1979. Wikipedia, August 5, 2019 (Atum (Egyptian: jtm(w) or tm(w); Coptic: Atoum), sometimes rendered as Atem or Tem, is an important deity in Egyptian mythology; his prominence in the Pyramid Texts, where he is portrayed as both a creator and father to the king; in the Heliopolitan creation myth, Atum was considered to be the first God, having created himself, sitting on a mound (benben) (or identified with the mound itself), from the primordial waters (Nu); Major cult center: Heliopolis) Afrikaans page (Atoem) Belarusian page (Атум = Atum) Breton page (Atoum) Greek page (Ατούμ = Atoum) Esperanto page (Atumo) Hebrew page (אתום = Atum) Lithuanian page (Atumas (Atem, Atama, Atom, Tem)) Malay page (Dewa Atum) LCSH, August 5, 2019 (Atum (Egyptian deity); UF Atmu (Egyptian deity); Tum (Egyptian deity)) Le grand hymne à Aton = The great hymn to Aton, 1991. Ancient Egypt online, viewed August 5, 2019 (Atum (also known as Tem or Temu) was the first and most important Ancient Egyptian god to be worshiped in Iunu (Heliopolis, Lower Egypt), although in later times Ra rose in importance in the city, and eclipsed him to some extent; Atum was the creator god in the Heliopolitan Ennead) <https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/atum/> Encyclopædia Britannica online, viewed August 5, 2019 (Atum, Egyptian god; Atum, in ancient Egyptian religion, one of the manifestations of the sun and creator god, perhaps originally a local deity of Heliopolis. Atum's myth merged with that of the great sun god Re, giving rise to the deity Re-Atum. When distinguished from Re, Atum was the creator's original form, living inside Nun, the primordial waters of chaos) <https://www.britannica.com/topic/Atum> Egyptian gods and goddesses website, August 5, 2019 (Atum is one of the most important deities since the earliest times in Egyptian mythology. Atum was known as the God of Creator. He was the first God to exist on the earth from waters of Chaos and he created all the Gods and the universe. Atum also spelled as Tem, Temu, Tum, and Atem whose name means "Complete" or "Perfection"; In later times, Atum was portrayed as a man merged with the setting sun and became Atum-Ra. He was worshipped by Egyptians throughout Egypt, with his cult centered on the city of Heliopolis) <http://egyptian-gods.org/egyptian-gods-atum/> |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 85009426 |
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