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1. Egyptian Solar Deities

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   The solar cult reached its most systematic articulation in Heliopolis (Iunu)/), the 'City of the Sun'. Here, the creation myth centered on the emergence of the sun god from the primeval, chaotic waters of Nun. The initial manifestation was often conceptualized as the primordial mound (the benben stone), upon which the first god, usually identified as Atum, spontaneously appeared. Atum, being self-created, embodied the potentiality of all subsequent existence.
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