Kneph

{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian god and motif}} {{infobox deity | type = egyptian | name = Kneph | image =Kneph.png }} {{Ancient Egyptian religion}} '''Kneph''', also as '''Kmeph''', is a god and motif of divinity in ancient Egyptian religious art, variously represented as a winged egg, a globe surrounded by one or more serpents, or Amun in the form of a serpent called Kematef.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=va2nsd4LKwkC&dq=Khnum+and+kneph&pg=PA445 The Egyptian revival: ancient Egypt as the inspiration for design motifs in the west] by James Stevens Curl, p.445, Psychology Press, 18 Nov 2005</ref> Some Theosophical sources tried to syncretize this motif with the deity Khnum, along with Agathos Daimon, Serapis and Pluto.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qkQ-AAAAYAAJ&dq=Khnum+and+kneph&pg=PA53 An essay on symbolic colours: in antiquity--the middle ages--and modern times], by Frédéric Portal (baron de), p. 53, J. Weale, 1845.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-nwPAAAAYAAJ&dq=Khnum+and+kneph&pg=PA26 The Secret Doctrine: Anthropogenesis] by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, p. 26, Aryan theosophical press, 1888</ref> Under the Greek theonym '''Chnuphis''', this figure adopts a serpent-bodied, lion-headed ("leontoeidic") visage, being particularly common in magical artifacts in Late Antiquity.<ref>Lynn Thorndike (1958). A History of Magic and Experimental Science. Columbia University Press. pp. 317–318, 379. {{ISBN|0-231-08794-2}}.</ref> It is by proxy frequently associated with the Gnostic Demiurge.

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==Further reading== *{{cite book |last=Klotz |first=David |title=Caesar in the City of Amun: Egyptian Temple Construction and Theology in Roman Thebes |year=2012 |publisher=Brepols |isbn=978-2-503-54515-8 }}

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