Per-Knef
MDC: kA-nfy? knf?
Gardiner:
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Alt Egyptian:
Demotic:
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Coptic:
Hebrew:
Greek: Knufis, Knuphis, Kmephis, Chnuphis, Kamephis (km-atf)?,
Kamephis >Kamutef /kA-mwt.f/ 'his mother’s bul'?
Arabic:
English:
Kemetic:
Alt: Kneph , Kmeph, Neph
IPA:
Pronounced:
Meaning: It has been said hi name means, Hieroglyphic name can no be found (needs source) "soul breath" Then name would have to be kA "soul"+ nfy "breath",
xnp "breath"?
Gardiner:
Budge:
Alt Egyptian:
Demotic:
Transliteration:
Coptic:
Hebrew:
Greek: Knufis, Knuphis, Kmephis, Chnuphis, Kamephis (km-atf)?,
Kamephis >Kamutef /kA-mwt.f/ 'his mother’s bul'?
Arabic:
English:
Kemetic:
Alt: Kneph , Kmeph, Neph
IPA:
Pronounced:
Meaning: It has been said hi name means, Hieroglyphic name can no be found (needs source) "soul breath" Then name would have to be kA "soul"+ nfy "breath",
xnp "breath"?
Home:
Dynasty:
Temple: Thebes (Luxor) (Plutarch, Isis and Osiris)
Elephantine (creator God)
Nome:
Triad
Consort
Children
Parents
Alternative Parentage
Siblings
Female/Male counter part
Priest names
Followers
Features
Androgynous snake with legs walking, or winged egg, a globe surrounded by a serpent or serpents, or Amun in the form of a serpent called Kematef. In Upper Egypt he was knonw to have a ram head and human body, Elephantine he was known as the creator of Ptaḥ who fastioned him on the potters wheel like Khnum does with humans.
Symbols
egg
snake with legs
Roles
Divine Wisdom. The serpent, which produces an egg from his mouth, from which Ptah emerges. Had no begining and no end (Plutarch, Isis and Osiris)
Interesting facts
Hybrid gods
Kneph-Ammon (giver of light in darkness, and the opener of the eyes.)
Connection to other gods
Chnuphis (Greek) this figure adopts a serpent-bodied, lion-headed ("leontoeidic") visage
Demiurge (Gnostic) (sometimes)
Celebrations
Offering items
Protects
Other names
Names derived from the God's name
Epitaphs
Divine Wisdom
Ref - Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3, by G.R.S. Mead, (1906) ; Plutarch, Isis and Osiris ; An Essay on Symbolic Colours: In Antiquity--the Middle Ages--and Modern Times By Frédéric baron de Portal
Dynasty:
Temple: Thebes (Luxor) (Plutarch, Isis and Osiris)
Elephantine (creator God)
Nome:
Triad
Consort
Children
Parents
Alternative Parentage
Siblings
Female/Male counter part
Priest names
Followers
Features
Androgynous snake with legs walking, or winged egg, a globe surrounded by a serpent or serpents, or Amun in the form of a serpent called Kematef. In Upper Egypt he was knonw to have a ram head and human body, Elephantine he was known as the creator of Ptaḥ who fastioned him on the potters wheel like Khnum does with humans.
Symbols
egg
snake with legs
Roles
Divine Wisdom. The serpent, which produces an egg from his mouth, from which Ptah emerges. Had no begining and no end (Plutarch, Isis and Osiris)
Interesting facts
Hybrid gods
Kneph-Ammon (giver of light in darkness, and the opener of the eyes.)
Connection to other gods
Chnuphis (Greek) this figure adopts a serpent-bodied, lion-headed ("leontoeidic") visage
Demiurge (Gnostic) (sometimes)
Celebrations
Offering items
Protects
Other names
Names derived from the God's name
Epitaphs
Divine Wisdom
Ref - Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3, by G.R.S. Mead, (1906) ; Plutarch, Isis and Osiris ; An Essay on Symbolic Colours: In Antiquity--the Middle Ages--and Modern Times By Frédéric baron de Portal
