In Egyptian mythology, Ennead, from the Greek ἐννεάς, meaning "group of nine", refers to the group, company, “paut” (Egyptian), or family of nine gods, of Heliopolis creation myth, from which all creation proceeded.
Overview
The following, from the Judgment Hall illustration of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, is an ordered seating of the Ennead, less Osiris and Set: [2]
Nun (Water) | (Old Testament) | |||||||
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Atum-Ra [Atum-Ra] (Fire) | ||||||||
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| Book of Joshua | Shu (Air) | --------●-------- | | | Tefnut (Moisture) | |||||
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| ●------------ | ------------------- | --------●-------- | ------------------- | ----------● | ||||
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Geb (Earth) | ------------------- | --------●-------- | | | ------------------- | Nut (Sky) | ||||
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| ●--------- | --------------------- | ---------●--------- | --------●-------- | --------●-------- | --------------------- | -------● | ||
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Osiris | Isis | Set | Nephthys | |||||
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| ●-------- | ----------●---------- | ----------● | ●----------- | ----------●---------- | -------● | |||
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Horus | Anubis | |||||||
| --------------- | --------------- | |||||||