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Ancient Egypt Myth of Creation: The moment of gods

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Ignoring the diverse versions of the Creation myth held by different theologies in ancient Egypt, most of ancient Egyptians believed that the creation of the known world begin with the emergence of the primitive mount in the primitive ocean, which was later designated as "rk ntrw" or "rk ntr", means the "moment of the gods". The primitive mount or island supposed to be the locus of the gods, the creator of the world, and its image was represented by pyramidion shape called "Benben stone". The wave-shape blue part is the very symbol of water in hieroglyph bearing the pronunciation that as same as the primitive water--nw.
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Sorry to mention but I rather translate the term as "primeval" than "primitive" because the latter is somewhat negative... You may also mention zp tpy, as the concept of creation that is still in progress... Nevertheless, your works on Egypt and Egyptian religion are great, thank you for them! :)