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Atum has a minion!

Tum the Ixtove

Atum

The

Common Experiment #625
Owner: Sekhmet

Age: 2 weeks, 1 day

Born: May 3rd, 2026

Adopted: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Adopted: May 3rd, 2026

Statistics

Level: 1
Strength: 10
Defense: 10
Speed: 10
Health: 10
HP: 10/10
Intelligence: 20
Books Read: 20
Food Eaten: 0
Job: Attendant

Atum was thought to have arisen at the beginning of time and created the first gods. His cult was a very ancient one. The “cool breezes of the north wind,” for which the dead prayed, were supposed to proceed from him.

Atum’s creative nature had two sides to it – he was the uncreator and well as the creator. Thus, in the Book of the Dead, Atum states that at the end of the world he will destroy everything he has made and return to the form of the great primeval serpent. He was thought to have green eyes, as a reminder of his true form.

The Hymn of Atum says: "I am He Who Came into Being. I lifted myself from the watery mass, out of stillness. I did not find a place where I could stand. I was alone. I took courage in my heart. I laid the benben (primeval mound.) I created other gods to keep me company. Men and women arose from the tears which came forth from my eyes."

In the Old Kingdom it was believed that Atum lifted the dead king's soul from his pyramid to the starry heavens so that he could become a god. “O my father Atum in darkness! Fetch me to your side, so that I may kindle a light for you and that I may protect you.”

The Book of the Dead says: “What passes, what is and what will be is the stuff of Atum's dreams. One day he’ll wake and all he has made to flourish will wither. He will coil round himself, a snake devouring his children, then slither away with us all in his belly. And we shall go away with him knowing what a good dream it was. Atum sleeps. And a new dream begins.”

He was thought to be the father of Heka and Nefertem, and sometimes Shu, Tefnut, Wadjet, and Bast.

Credits

❖ Story by Sekhmet with information from these sources
❖ Background photo from Hasmik Ghazaryan Olson
❖ Profile by Balloon