Ptah - Ptah (English spelling)

Japanese: プタハ - ぷたは(英語表記)Ptah
Ptah - Ptah (English spelling)

He was the chief deity of the three gods (Ptah, Sekhmet, and Nefertem) of Memphis (today's capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, across the Nile to the east of Saqqara), and is said to have been in charge of creation along with the god Hnum. For this reason, he is considered a god of craftsmanship and modeling, and is similar to the Greek Hephaestus and the Roman Vulcan. Memphis (originally Men-Nefert) was also called Hat-ka-Ptah ("the abode of the spirit of Ptah"), from which the Greek word Aegyptos and the modern name Egypt were born.

[Yajima Fumio]

Ptah
Third Intermediate Period (c. 1070-712 BC) Bronze, gold leaf, glass Height 29.5cm Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ptah


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

古代エジプト古王国時代の都メンフィス(今日のサッカラ東方ナイル対岸)の三神(プタハ、セクメト、ネフェルテム)の主神で、フヌム神とともに創造を担当したとされる。そのためこの神は工作や造形の神とみなされており、ギリシアのヘファイストス、ローマのウルカヌスと類似している。メンフィス(原語メン・ネフェルト)は別名ハト・カ・プタハ(「プタハの精霊の住まい」)とよばれたが、ここからギリシア語アイギプトス、そして今日のエジプトという呼称が生じた。

[矢島文夫]

プタハ
第三中間期(紀元前1070~前712年ころ) 青銅・金箔・ガラス 高さ29.5cmメトロポリタン美術館所蔵">

プタハ


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