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Ptah

 

a god in ancient Egyptian religion. Ptah was originally (third millennium B.C.) worshiped in Memphis as the creator of “all that is.” Later, he was worshiped as the patron of arts and crafts. Together with his spouse, the goddess Sekhmet, and his son, the sun god Nefertem, he formed the “Memphis Triad.” He was depicted as a man wrapped in a shroud.

REFERENCE

Sandman-Holmberg, M. TheGodPtah. Lund, 1946.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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