Geb - Geb (English spelling)

Japanese: ゲブ - げぶ(英語表記)Geb
Geb - Geb (English spelling)

A male god who appears in the ancient Egyptian creation myth. The god Shu and the goddess Tefnut, born to the primordial creator god (Atum "the perfect one" in the Heliopolis temple legend, later identified with the sun god Ra), combined to give birth to the god Geb and the goddess Nut. Geb represents the earth and married his sister, the goddess Nut, who represents the sky. At first, the two gods embraced each other, but their father Shu separated them, lifted Nut to the sky, and laid Geb on the earth; this scene is often depicted in tomb murals. Geb is sometimes depicted with a duck on his head, reflecting the idea that the earth emerged from an egg hatched from the primordial duck. The union of Geb and Nut gave birth to the god Osiris, the goddesses Isis and Nepthys, and the god Set, Osiris's brother. Geb is also called Seb or Keb (Cave) in Greek legends.

[Yajima Fumio]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

古代エジプトの創造神話に出てくる男神。原初の創造神(ヘリオポリス神殿での伝承ではアトゥム「完全なもの」、のちに太陽神ラーと同一視された)が生んだ男神シューと女神テフヌトが結び付いて、男神ゲブと女神ヌトが生まれた。ゲブは大地を表し、天空を表す妹の女神ヌトを妻とした。初めこの2神は抱き合っていたが、父神シューが2神を引き離してヌトを天上に持ち上げ、ゲブを地上に横たえたといわれ、墓陵の壁画にはしばしばこの情景を示す絵画が描かれている。またゲブは、ときにアヒルを頭上にのせた姿で描かれているが、これは、大地が原初のアヒルから生まれた卵から現れたとする考え方を反映している。ゲブとヌトの結合により、男神オシリス、女神イシスとネフティス、そしてオシリスの弟にあたる男神セトが生まれた。なおゲブは、ギリシアの伝承などからセブあるいはケブ(ケーブ)ともよばれる。

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