Character Development 5

       Being one of the more important gods in the story of Egyptian creation is Atum, also associated with Ra. Therefore, it is only fitting that I introduce him first. He is the god of creation and has one all seeing eye that is the sun as you and I see it today. He is quite the family man, seeing as he spit out his son Shu, and vomited up his daughter Tefnut, both of whom he loved enough to send his eye in search of them when they got lost in the waters of Nun (chaos).

Atum

       Shu, god of air, and Tefnut, goddess of moisture are also present in this tale, as they began to set about building the world which Atum had begun. They themselves had two children and were very dedicated to carrying out their task to divide the chaos. For this of course, they needed my help. 

Shu and Tefnut

       Their two children, Geb, god of the earth and Nut, the blue star covered goddess of the sky, where slightly less focused on the task. They were the greatest of lovers, but in the end, Shu separated them so they might perform their duties in the creation of the world. This, however, did not prevent the birth of Isis, Osiris, Set, and Nephthys. Isis is the beautiful and intelligent mother goddess, while her husband Osiris, who was killed by his brother Set, is the ruler of the underworld. Set, the god of evil and chaos. He now resides in the heavens, his voice booming over the earth in deafening thunder. Lastly, helping the souls of the deceased as they set off towards the underworld, and comforting those who these souls leave behind is the kind and sympathetic Nephthys, the funerary goddess.  

Geb and Nut

       Two more figures besides myself were involved in this tale, though perhaps, they played a small role. Hathor, goddess of love and fertility, has a happy but mischievous way about her. Thoth, my ibis headed husband, is the lord of wisdom. He writes everything down, and has thought deeply about time, science, astronomy, art, mathematics, and who knows what else. 

Thoth

       Lastly, I of course am present in this myth, but I shall not repeat all that I have already told you about myself. You should know, however, that both Thoth and I were created by Atum (also Ra) himself; Thoth from his word, and I from his thoughts.