The Ancient Egyptians were famous throughout the world for their worship of animals as manifestations of gods. One animal associated with perhaps some of Egypt's best known and most important gods was the Ram, venerated for its fertility and warlike attributes. Khnum, the god of creation, was depicted as a ram. It was believed that he created the first children on his potter's wheel with clay from the River Nile. His name derives from the root khnem, "to join, to unite," and with khnem, "to build."
Elizabeth Taylor's “Cleopatra” Royal sedan chair from Cleopatra. (TCF, 1963)
The Famine Stela at Sehel island tells of a dream in which Djoser meets the ram-god Khnum:
"When I was asleep, my heart was in life and happiness. I found the god standing. I caused him pleasure by worshiping and adoring him. He made himself known to me and said: "I am Khnum, your creator, my arms are around you, to steady your body, to safeguard your limbs. I bestow on you ores with precious stones existing since antiquity that were not worked before to build temples, rebuild ruins, sculpt chapels for his master. I am master of creation. I have created myself, the great ocean which came into being in past times, according to whose pleasure the Nile rises. For I am the master who makes, I am he who makes himself exalted in Nun, who first came forth, Hapi who hurries at will; fashioner of everybody, guide of each man to their hour."
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I had a pair of awful ram's head hoops in the '70s. At least they were small...
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