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==Mythology==
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According to the [[creation story]] of the Heliopolitan priests, the world originally consisted of the primordial waters of precreation personified as [[Naunet|Nun]].<ref name=Dunand-ZivieCoche-2004/> From it arose a mound on the First Occasion.<ref name=Dunand-ZivieCoche-2004/> Upon the mound sat the self-begotten god [[Atum]], who was equated with the [[sun god]] [[Ra]]. Atum evolved from Nun through self-creation.<ref name=Dunand-ZivieCoche-2004/> Atum either spat or masturbated, producing [[Air (classical element)|air]] personified as [[Shu (Egyptian deity)|Shu]] and [[humidity|moisture]] personified as [[Tefnut]]. The siblings Shu and Tefnut mated to produce the earth personified as [[Geb]] and the nighttime sky personified as [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]].

Geb and Nut were the parents of [[Osiris]] and [[Isis]] and of [[Set (god)|Set]] and [[Nephthys]], who became respective couples in turn. Osiris and Isis represent fertility and order, while Set and Nephthys represent chaos to balance out Osiris and Isis.<ref name=Clifford-1994/> [[Horus]], the son of Osiris and Isis, is often included in this creation tradition.<ref name=Dunand-ZivieCoche-2004/> Due to the duality of Ancient Egyptian myths, this is only one of [[Ancient Egyptian creation myths|many creation stories]].<ref name=Clifford-1994/> The Egyptians believed no specific myth was more correct than the other, rather that some combination of these myths was correct.<ref name=Dunand-ZivieCoche-2004/> This creation story, the Heliopolitan tradition, is one of physiological creation.<ref name=Clifford-1994/> The other major creation traditions are the [[Memphite Theology]] and [[Hermopolis|Hermopolitian]] [[Ogdoad creation myth]].<ref name=Clifford-1994/>