He was a solar divinity, the primitive patron of Eliopoli. He was represented by
the figure of a man, with the pharaoh’s crown and he was associated with Shu and
Tefnut, to form a threefold. He created himself, before he generated Shu and
Tefnut, and was the primordial god in Eliopoli. Under the II dynasty, he was
assimilated to the sun Ra, in this way, the God began to symbolize the sun that
goes to sleep. In “The book of what is in Ade”, Ra has Atum’s features when he
passes the nocturne world. Atum’s sacred animals were the lion, the snake and
the Ichneumon.
He was a solar divinity, the primitive patron of Eliopoli. He was represented by
the figure of a man, with the pharaoh’s crown and he was associated with Shu and
Tefnut, to form a threefold. He created himself, before he generated Shu and
Tefnut, and was the primordial god in Eliopoli. Under the II dynasty, he was
assimilated to the sun Ra, in this way, the God began to symbolize the sun that
goes to sleep. In “The book of what is in Ade”, Ra has