Atum
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Coptic ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲙ (atoum, “Atum”), from Egyptian tm (“Atum”).
Proper noun
editAtum
- (Egyptian mythology) The creator god of Heliopolis, the original source of all matter, associated with the evening sun.
References
edit- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.