Atum

ATŪM. – In ancient Egyptian: jtm. V. vocalized ’atōm, as yet without etymology, he was the primitive god of Heliopolis: the “Heliopolitan.” His temple was called “the castle of the official.” In the Heliopolitan ennead he is regarded as the creator of the universe. Perhaps he was a king of the gods, who was subsequently identified with the sun god Rie (Atūm-Rie), or also Rie-harahte-atūm, a trinomium in which Rī: is the sun in general, harahte the rising sun, and Atūm the setting sun. His cult lasted for a long time and is also found in the Ethiopian period.