Kneph

**Kneph**


 * Meaning of Name:**

“Breath of the Soul”

He was a god that breathed life into things, giving them form. Kneph was considered to be the creator god in Elephantine. A guardian of the royal tomb, the king's power over the winds is likened to the grasp of Kneph's hand. In art, Kneph was depicted as a ram, the animal symbolic of the //ba//, a major aspect of the Egyptian notion of the soul ; the Egyptian word for “ram” was “//ba//.” He was also depicted as a man wearing the sun-disk.

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