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Nefertem is an Egyptian deity associated with the blue lotus flower, symbolizing beauty and the first sunlight. Originally depicted as a lotus, he later became recognized as the son of the creator god Ptah, with connections to goddesses Sekhmet and Bast. Nefertem is often represented in art as a young man adorned with lotus flowers or as a lion-headed figure, and was commonly carried as a good-luck charm by the ancient Egyptians.

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Nefertem - Wikipedia

Nefertem is an Egyptian deity associated with the blue lotus flower, symbolizing beauty and the first sunlight. Originally depicted as a lotus, he later became recognized as the son of the creator god Ptah, with connections to goddesses Sekhmet and Bast. Nefertem is often represented in art as a young man adorned with lotus flowers or as a lion-headed figure, and was commonly carried as a good-luck charm by the ancient Egyptians.

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Nefertem

Nefertem (/ˈnɛfərˌtɛm/; possibly "beautiful one who


closes" or "one who does not close"; also spelled Nefertem
Nefertum or Nefer-temu) was, in Egyptian
mythology, originally a lotus flower at the creation of
the world, who had arisen from the primal waters.[2]
Nefertem represented both the first sunlight and the
delightful smell of the Egyptian blue lotus flower,
having arisen from the primal waters within an
Egyptian blue water-lily, Nymphaea caerulea. Some of
the titles of Nefertem were "He Who is Beautiful" and
"Water-Lily of the Sun", and a version of the Book of the
Dead says:

Rise like Nefertem from the blue water lily, to


the nostrils of Ra (the creator and sungod),
and come forth upon the horizon each day.

Nefertem was eventually seen as the son of the creator


god Ptah, and the goddesses Sekhmet and Bast were
sometimes called his mother. In art, Nefertem is usually
depicted as a beautiful young man having blue water-
lily flowers around his head. As the son of Bastet, he
also sometimes has the head of a lion or is a lion or cat
reclining. The ancient Egyptians often carried small
statuettes of him as good-luck charms.
the Memphite god Nefertem with a water-lily
headdress as a symbol of fragrance and
beauty.
Name in
hieroglyphs
[1]

Major cult Memphis


center
Symbol the water-lily, lion
(occasionally)
Genealogy
One of the most notable depictions of Nefertem is the Parents Ptah and Sekhmet or Bast
Head of Nefertem, a wooden bust depicting a young Siblings Maahes (either full or half
king Tutankhamun as Nefertem with his head emerging depending on the mother)
from a lotus flower.

Gallery

Nefertem (middle left) Nefertem, The Closeup of a statuette Nefertem or Nefertum was
depicted with the Walters Art Museum. of Nefertem. depicted either as a lion-headed
head of a lion with a man (left), as a beautiful young
falcon and lotus atop man (right)
his head.

The Head of The Colossal Triad of The Memphite Triad


Nefertem, found in Memphis, with on a Solar barque
the Tomb of Nefertem depicted including Ptah,
Tutankhamun. standing at Ptah's Sekhmet, and
right and Sekhmet at Nefertem.
his left.

References
1. Hart, George (2005). The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Routledge. p.
99
2. Nefertem page at Ancient Egypt: the Mythology (http://www.egyptianmyths.net/nefertem.htm)
retrieved June 21, 2008.

Further reading
Morenz, Siegfried; Schubert, Johannes (1954). Der Gott auf der Blume: Eine ägyptische
Kosmogonie und ihre weltweite Bildwirkung (in German). Verlag Artibus Asiæ.

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