According to the Egyptian creation story, how was the first man created? A. Geb and Nut gave birth to the first man before they were forced to part. B. Shu and Tefnut found the first man while they were lost in swirling chaos. C. The first man was born from tears of joy cried by Atum when his lost children were returned. D. The union of Atum and Nu, the swirling chaos, gave birth to humankind.
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I'm not really sure about this one... From the beginning of time, there was only the watery chaos, called Nu. Atum(Amun, Amen), the sun god of the city of Heliopolis rose up from the Chaotic waters with his thoughts and will. With no place to stand in the watery chaos where he appeared, he created a hill. It was said that the Temple of Heliopolis was built on top of this hill. With the creation of the hill, it represented as the coming of light into the darkness of Nu. In the fifth-Dynasty, Atum is the same god as the sun god, Ra, Re or Khepri. In another Egyptian creation myth, the sun god Ra takes the form of Khepri, the scarab god who was mostly credited as the great creative force of the universe. In a quote, Khepri tells us that in the beginning nothing existed before him, not heaven or earth. He also said that everything came out of his mouth that he raised from Nu, the watery abyss, which he also created and use the material in it to make everything... i don't know which one is true but since its from the Egyptian creation, both of them is true..
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