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Myths of the Beginning 27
In the Hermopolitan scheme, for instance, the Creator was comprised of four
males and four females as a single entity. In the Heliopolitan and Memphite traditions,
Atum, without benefit of a mate, actually gave birth to two deities, Shu by sneezing
him out and Tefnut by spitting her out. He did so, according to one text, after first having
“acted as husband with my fist.” Atum has also been called the “Great He-She.”
Ptah, the Memphite Creator, also exhibits male and female characteristics. As one text
puts it:
Ptah-upon-the-Great-Throne
Ptah-Nun, the father who made Atum;
Ptah-Naunet, the mother who gave birth to Atum…
So, we find that Egyptian texts depict the Creator as having male and female
aspects and that humanity was formed in the Creator’s image. This translates into
Genesis as,“So God created man [i.e., humans] in his own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female created he them.”
Finally, we come to the question of the identity of ha-adam, the being created male
and female. Since the names Atum and Adam are pronounced in an almost identical
manner, the “d” and “t” being interchangeable on a phonetic level, it makes sense that
“the Adam” would be a collective term for the multitude of beings that came forth
from Atum, the Heliopolitan Creator.