In Egyptian mythology, Ptah ("creator") (or Tanen or Ta-tenen or Tathenen or Peteh) is a creator god and originally the chief god in the pantheon of Memphis, Egypt. As the power of Memphis grew Ptah eventually rose to prominence as the chief god over all of Egypt. In the Memphite mythology, he is considered to be the head of creators and the sole creator of the entire world and everything within, having dreamt creation in his heart, and by speaking it, making it real. Not created, he simply ''is''. He is also sometimes considered to have been a personification of primal matter, ''Ta-tenen''. Ptah was also considered to be the god of craftsmen, and architects, since all was fashioned by Ptah. In particular, Ptah was associated with Rock (geology)-based crafts, which may have been connected to Memphis being a particularly good source of limestone. Eventually, partly due to the connection of these things to tombs, and that at Thebes, Egypt, the craftsmen regarded him so highly as to say that he controlled their destiny, Ptah also became a god of reincarnation. As the chief god, it was considered that Apis (Egyptian mythology), the bull that represented the pharoah, was ba of Ptah. Later, as his association with death increased, Ptah was combined with Seker to create Ptah-Seker, and eventually with Osiris as Ptah-Seker-Osiris. In art, he is portrayed as a bearded mummy man, often wearing a skull cap, with his hands holding an ankh, was and djed (symbols of life, power and stability, respectively). The importance Ptah was given in history can really be understood by comprehending that ''Egypt'' is a Greek corruption of the phrase ''Hiku-Ptah'', the name of a temple at Memphis, Egypt which was dedicated to ''Ptah''. Arts gods Creator gods Egyptian gods la:Phthas
How do you pronounce Ptah? Puhtah? --User:Jondel 03:37, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC) Pt-ah. With the ''Pt'' pronounced exactly the same as in ''Ptolomy''. The best way to get the pronunciation is to try to say ''tah'', but starting with your mouth closed.
I'd reverted your edit on Theory of everything. It had bad formatting and it was too much detailed (and very hard to read too). This article should contain short overviews of most known speculative theories, not their details. User:Pavel Vozenilek 10:22, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
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Ptah-Seker
Ptah-Seker-Osiris
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In Egyptian mythology, Ptah ("creator") (or Tanen or Ta-tenen or Tathenen or Peteh) is a creator god and originally the chief god in the pantheon of Memphis, Egypt. As the power of Memphis grew Ptah eventually rose to prominence as the chief god over all of Egypt. In the Memphite mythology, he is considered to be the head of creators and the sole creator of the entire world and everything within, having dreamt creation in his heart, and by speaking it, making it real. Not created, he simply ''is''. He is also sometimes considered to have been a personification of primal matter, ''Ta-tenen''. Ptah was also considered to be the god of craftsmen, and architects, since all was fashioned by Ptah. In particular, Ptah was associated with Rock (geology)-based crafts, which may have been connected to Memphis being a particularly good source of limestone. Eventually, partly due to the connection of these things to tombs, and that at Thebes, Egypt, the craftsmen regarded him so highly as to say that he controlled their destiny, Ptah also became a god of reincarnation. As the chief god, it was considered that Apis (Egyptian mythology), the bull that represented the pharoah, was ba of Ptah. Later, as his association with death increased, Ptah was combined with Seker to create Ptah-Seker, and eventually with Osiris as Ptah-Seker-Osiris. In art, he is portrayed as a bearded mummy man, often wearing a skull cap, with his hands holding an ankh, was and djed (symbols of life, power and stability, respectively). The importance Ptah was given in history can really be understood by comprehending that ''Egypt'' is a Greek corruption of the phrase ''Hiku-Ptah'', the name of a temple at Memphis, Egypt which was dedicated to ''Ptah''. Arts gods Creator gods Egyptian gods la:Phthas
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How do you pronounce Ptah? Puhtah? --User:Jondel 03:37, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC) Pt-ah. With the ''Pt'' pronounced exactly the same as in ''Ptolomy''. The best way to get the pronunciation is to try to say ''tah'', but starting with your mouth closed.
Ptah
I'd reverted your edit on Theory of everything. It had bad formatting and it was too much detailed (and very hard to read too). This article should contain short overviews of most known speculative theories, not their details. User:Pavel Vozenilek 10:22, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
See other meanings of words starting from letter:
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PA | PB | PC | PD | PE | PF | PG | PH | PI | PJ | PK | PL | PM | PN | PO | PR | PS | PT | PU | PW | PX | PY | PZ |Words begining with Ptah:
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Ptah
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Ptah-Seker
Ptah-Seker-Osiris
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