The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . TMU. TMU. 96 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT. MUT the Iheban triad the Mother,was one of the divinities of ; she was supposed to represent Nature,the mother of all things. Chepera O (I J^, the Creator, was associated withPtah, and was supposed to be the god who caused himselfto come into existence. He is represented with a beetlefor his head. In later days he was supposed to be the fatherof the gods and creator of the universe, and the attributeswhich had been applied to during the Middle Empirewere transferred to him. {See pp. 200-202.) Bast^^* ^ (
The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . TMU. TMU. 96 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT. MUT the Iheban triad the Mother,was one of the divinities of ; she was supposed to represent Nature,the mother of all things. Chepera O (I J^, the Creator, was associated withPtah, and was supposed to be the god who caused himselfto come into existence. He is represented with a beetlefor his head. In later days he was supposed to be the fatherof the gods and creator of the universe, and the attributeswhich had been applied to during the Middle Empirewere transferred to him. {See pp. 200-202.) Bast^^* ^ (I was principally worshipped in Lower Egypt at Bubastis, where a magnificent temple was built in herhonour (see p. 130); she is represented with the head of acat, and was associated with Ptah. The correct reading ofher name appears to be Sechet, and she represents the flameof the S n.
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