Khnum

Japanese: Khnum
Khnum

…The Greek Orphic myth tells us that Aithēr, the god of the heavens, mated with Kronos or Chaos to create a giant silver egg from which the first hermaphrodite god, Prōtogonos (the first-born) or Phanēs (light), was born. In Egyptian mythology, the sun god Ra was born from a golden egg laid by a Nile goose, and the creator god Khnum spat an egg out of his mouth, which became the source of language. Similarly, in Hindu mythology, the creator god Brahma was born from a golden egg, and the shell split into two, turning into heaven and earth. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Khnum" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…またギリシアのオルフェウス教による神話は,上天の神アイテルAithērがクロノスないしカオスと交わって巨大な銀色の卵をつくり,そこから最初の両性具有神プロトゴノスPrōtogonos(〈最初に生まれた者〉)あるいはファネスPhanēs(〈光明〉)が生まれたと説く。さらにエジプト神話では,ナイル川のガチョウが産んだ黄金の卵から太陽神ラーが誕生し,創造神クヌムKhnumも口から卵を吐きだしこれを言語の源としたと語られている。同様にヒンドゥー神話にも黄金の卵から創造神ブラフマー(梵天)が生まれ,二つに割れた殻が天と地に変じたという話がある。…

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