Egyptian Mythology
Khnum
the Potter of Souls
Khnum is an Egyptian god of creation, associated with the realm of earth. Khnum belongs to the primordial generation of the pantheon. Symbolised by the potter's wheel.
Historical Note
Ram-headed god who fashioned every human being and their ka — life-force — on his potter's wheel from Nile clay. Guardian of the cataracts at Elephantine, where the Nile is born from below the earth.