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Worshipped throughout Nubia and Egypt, his cult centers were Elephantine, Sunnu, Abu, and Semnut.

He, like other ancient Egyptain gods, was worshipped by prayer, hymn, and feastivals (most likely at birth of children, and during the flood of the nile).

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Why is there very little known about King Khufu?

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How do you pronounce the Egyptian gods name khnum?

kəˈnu; m


How did the Egyptians worship Khnum?

ancient Egyptian god of fertility, associated with water and with procreation. Khnum was worshipped from the 1st dynasty (c. 2925-2775 bce) into the early centuries ce. He was represented as a ram with horizontal twisting horns or as a man with a ram's head. Khnum was believed to have created humankind from clay like a potter; this scene, with him using a potter's wheel, was depicted in later times. The god's first main cult centre was Herwer, near Al-Ashmūnayn in Middle Egypt. From the New Kingdom (1539-1075 bce) on, however, he was the god of the island of Elephantine, near present-day Aswān, and was known as the lord of the surrounding First Cataract of the Nile River. At Elephantine he formed a triad of deities with the goddesses Satis and Anukis. Khnum also had an important cult at Esna, south of Thebes.


What Egyptian god has a head of ram and he created babies using his power wheel?

Khnum (hieroglyphs Xnmw) was a ram-headed creator god sometimes shown creating men on his potter's wheel, also part of the trinity Khnum/Satis/Anukis worshipped at Elephantine. Khnum was also worshipped at Esna and Herwer near modern el-Ashmunein.


Why does the ancient Egyptian god Khnum have a green face?

Green was, and still is, a color symbolizing fertility and vegatation; two things Khnum was assocated with as the god which moulded the bodies of children and animals and who was god of the Nile's flooding.