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Origin of the name PTHAH.
Etymology of the
name PTHAH.
Meaning of the baby name PTHAH.
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| PTHAH. The
chief deity of Lower Egypt. According to the XVIIth chapter of the
Ritual of the Dead, Pthah was one of the primordial deities who were
created by Ra, and he was a symbolic personification of the elements of
creation and of embryonic life. He was, accordingly, generally
represented as a deformed or new-born child, having a very flat head,
projecting forehead, thick lips, prominent abdomen, and distorted
legs. On his head was generally figured a scarabaeus. He holds
two serpents against his chest and treads like Horus upon two crocodiles;
sometimes also a hawk rests upon each shoulder. In this form and
with these attributes Pthah was called Pthah-Sokari-Osiris, from whence
was derived the Pataikos of the Greek authors. This was the
representation of the god as he was adored at Memphis. Another form
of Pthah, that in which he was venerated in Upper Egypt, represented the
god as an upright mummy, standing upon a pedestal, and wearing a closely
fitting cap; his neck was adorned with a large and beautiful collar,
having a counterpoise at the back: his hands, which alone were free, held
the tat, or emblem of stability, the cucufa staff, and the
crux ansata. In this form he was analogous to the deity Khonsu, the
peculiar deity of the kings of Upper Egypt. In the Hieroglyphic
texts Pthah was called "The Father of Beginnings," "The
Creator of the Eggs of the Sun and Moon," and in common with many
other divinities, "The Lord of Life." (An Archaic
Dictionary, Cooper, 1876).
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