The deity Khnum, in Kemetian (Egyptian), means molder. Khnum is usually shown as a wide horned ram-headed deity which mainly takes the resemblance of the Markhor, the largest Goat some say in the world which thrives in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan. He is portrayed within the Medu Neter normally as working at his potter’s wheel, fashioning, creating men and all living creatures out of clay (Earth). A passage from an Kemetian creation legend by Khnum follows: The mud of the Nile, heated to excess by the Sun, fermented and generated, without seeds, the races of men and animals. Passages of the Bible leave no doubt about the belief in the concept of the Divine Potter. Genesis, 2:7 mentions the material used to make man, the same type of substance used by Khnum: And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. The well-known Ancient Kushite/Kemetian illustration showing Khnum, the Divine Potter, at his potter’s wheel, fashioning men from clay, was echoed thousands of years later in Isaiah, 64:8: Yet, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter; we are all the work of thy hand...
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:20:56 +0000
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