This recording of the Egyptian creation myth is told in English by an Egyptian man and woman, and accompanied with traditional music.
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The story describes how the sun god Ra, also called Atum, created his son Shu and daughter Tefnut and they worked together to create order in Nu - the chaos of the universe.
They created humans from tears of happiness and then made Yah the moon, Geb the earth, and Nut the sky.
Geb and Nut had four children - two gods and two goddesses - who represented the four forces of life. They were:
- Osiris, god of fertility
- Isis, the mother goddess
- Set, god of evil
- Nephthys, goddess of death.
Supporting materials
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PDF: Egyptian creation myth (166 KB)