Atum's name is thought to be derived from the word tem which means to complete or finish. Thus he has been interpreted as being the 'complete one' and also the finisher of the world, which he returns to watery chaos at the end of the creative cycle. As creator he was seen as the underlying substance of the world, the deities and all things being made of his flesh or alternatively being his ka.
Atum is one of the most important and frequently mentioned deities from earliest times, as evidenced by his prominence in the Pyramid Texts, where he is portrayed as both a creator mother and father.
In the Heliopolitan creation myth, Atum was considered to be the first god, having created himself, sitting on a mound (benben) (or identified with the mound itself), from the primordial waters (Nu).Early myths state that Atum created the god Shu and goddess Tefnut by spitting them out of his mouth. To explain how Atum did this, the myth uses the metaphor of masturbation, with the hand he used in this act representing the FEMALE PRINCIPAL INHERENT WITHIN HIM. Other interpretations state that he has made union with his shadow.
In the Old Kingdom the Egyptians believed that Atum lifted the dead king's soul from his pyramid to the starry heavens. He was also a solar deity, associated with the primary sun god Ra. Atum was linked specifically with the evening sun, while Ra or the closely linked god Khepri were connected with the sun at morning and midday
Atum is said to have ascended from chaos-waters with the appearance of a snake, the animal renewing itself every morning.
Atum is the god of pre-existence and post-existence. In the binary solar cycle, the serpentine Atum is contrasted with the ram-headed scarab Khepri—the young sun god, whose name is derived from the Egyptian hpr "to come into existence". Khepri-Atum encompassed sunrise and sunset, thus reflecting the entire solar cycle.
I agreed Menen I deserve Raspect SAME WAY!
So I and I see that
when I chant JAH dis Incompass Haile I and Menen I as one
including all I and I souls intergrated inna work of art like our individual bodies that compose ONE HEART!
I also recently reasoning w I bredren Inna ST.Ann, to I and I callin ourselves Emperor so and so would seem offensive as opposed to calling oneself King dis and dat or Ras whateva, Seen?
So why it seems accepted to call Oneself Empress Something?
A Man takin Emperor as title seems a bit overstepped to I.
Why is it ok For Queens dem to be called Empress so and so?
Seems a bit dis respectful to the Emperor and Empress no?
EMPRESSES-Nothing against anyones on here Family, not personel -
just a thought fi reasoning. Maybe I think too hard on words.
Ones have opinions on this?
-Evison
Love and MORE LOVE !
Mo`a Anbesa Ze'imnegede Yihuda
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