Khnum was the old god of creation and came from the island of Elefantine at Aswan where he guarded the first cataract. His con- sort was Satet and their daughter: Anqet, making the "triad of Elefantine".
A legend tells he created mankind and all other liv- ing creatures, on his pott- er's wheel from mud from the Nile. He was popular nation wide from dynasty 3 and his cult also spread southwards. He was usually seen as a man with a ram's (rarely a lion's) head with a feathered (Atef) crown, horns and the sun disc, or just horns and a single feather. Besides Elefantine he also had a cult center in Esna.    Main text    Creation of man