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= Khnum the God of Gods = == Before Khnum was worshiped as a Pharoah, he was assosiated with the inundation of the Nile River. He controlled the annual flooding of the Nile from the rivers hidden caverns and was incharge of depositing enough precious black silt onto the river banks to make them fertile. Because of Khnum's strong connection with the Nile he was sometimes called "The Lord of the Crocoldiles" by the people surrounding. Khnum had a special hobby, this was to make and decorate potter wheels. He was believed to have designed heaven and earth on the potter wheels. This is where the meanining of Khnum's name originated, the meaning of his name is "The Molder". Khnum had a wife Anukis and a daughter Satis who lived happily beside him as he enjoyed his life. Khnum was known as a robust man with a ram's head, wearing ivory horns, plumes, the solar disk, and the uraeus. = =
 * Bibliography**

Encyclopedia Britannica. (2010). //Khnum//. Retrieved August 24, 2010, from Encylopedia Britannica: http://www.school.eb.com.au/comptons/search?query=Khnum&ct=

Facts on File. (2010, August 30). //Khnum//. Retrieved August 30, 2010, from asncient and Mediveval History Online: http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE49&NewItemID=True

Patrick, R. (1972). All colour book of Egyptian Mythology. In R. Patrick, //All color book of Egyptian Mythology// (p. 71). Margret Drower.

** WORKSPACE **
 * __Glossary of Terms for Ancient Egyptian Religion__**
 * 1) Polytheism - The belief of more than one God or many Gods.
 * 2) Monotheism - The doctrine or belief of ony one God e.g Christians
 * 3) Myth - A traditionalor legendary story,usually concerning some being or hero or event,with or without a determinable basis of factor a natural explanation,esp. onethat is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite,or phenomenon of nature.
 * 4) Temple - Place dedicated to the serviceor worship of a deity orGod.
 * 5) Worship - Reverent honor and homage paidto a God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
 * 6) Deity - A God or Godess.
 * 7) Mythology - A body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particularperson: Greek mythology.
 * 8) Potter wheel - A device with a rotating horizontal disk upon whichclay is moldedby a potter.
 * 9) Inundation - The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.
 * 10) Fertile - earing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation,crops, etc

In Ancient Egyptian times Egyoptians believed and worshiped more than one God (polytheism). Although some Egyptians believed in only one God (monotheism). They all used to gather around and worship there Gods and Pharoahs in Temple. Many anient Egyptians believed and followed myths and lived their lives based on them.

= Researching & Note-taking =

Include Bibliography Entry - Encyclopedia Britannica. (2010). //Khnum//. Retrieved August 24, 2010, from Encylopedia Britannica: http://www.school.eb.com.au/comptons/search?query=Khnum&ct=
 * Key Points from Encyclopedia Britannica**
 * Khnum**
 * Believed to to have created heaven and earth on a potters wheel.- I
 * Khnum was originally a water God who was associated with the Nile, his job was to ensure that the inundation of the Nile river, deposited enough precious black silt onto the river banks to make them fertile.- R
 * Khnum was usually depicted as the head of a ram.- D
 * Khnum was related to Min. F


 * Key Points form Facts on File**


 * Khnum's name meant 'The Molder'.- I
 * Before becoming a Pharoah Khnum was assosiated with the inundation with the river Nile.
 * Was portrayed as a robust man with a ram's head, wearing ivory horns, plumes, the solar disk, and the uraeus.- D
 * He controlled the annual flooding of the Nile from the river's hidden caverns. - R
 * Khnum had a wife Anukis and a daughter Satis.- F
 * Because of his strong connnection with the Nile he was sometimes called "The Lord of the Crocodiles".- I

Include Bibliography Entry - Facts on File. (2010, August 30). //Khnum//. Retrieved August 30, 2010, from asncient and Mediveval History Online: http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE49&NewItemID=True


 * Key Points from Books**

Patrick, R. (1972). All colour book of Egyptian Mythology. In R. Patrick, //All color book of Egyptian Mythology// (p. 71). Margret Drower.
 * Khnum was one of the several ram-headed Gods of Egyption mythology.
 * Khnum was an anient God of the first history.


 * Top TEN Key Points**
 * 1) Khnum designed heaven and earth on potter wheels.
 * 2) He had a wife Anukis and a daughter Satis.
 * 3) Khnum's name meant ' The Molder'
 * 4) Was potrayed as a robust man with a ram's head, wearing ivory horns, plumes, the solar disk, and the uraeus.
 * 5) Khnum controlled the annual flooding of the Nile from the rivers hidden caverns.
 * 6) Because of his strong connection with the Nile he was sometimes called "The Lord of the Crocodiles".
 * 7) Khnum was originally a water God who was associated with the Nile, his job was to ensure that the inundation of the Nile river, deposited enough precious black silt onto the river banks to make them fertile.
 * 8) Believed to to have created heaven and earth on a potters wheel.
 * 9) Before becoming a Pharoah Khnum was assosiated with the inundation with the river Nile.
 * 10) Khnum was an Anient God of the first history.

== Before Khnum was worshiped as a Pharoah, he was assosiated with the inundation of the Nile River. He controlled the annual flooding of the Nile from the rivers hidden caverns and was incharge of depositing enough precious black silt onto the river banks to make them fertile. Because of Khnum's strong connection with the Nile he was sometimes called "The Lord of the Crocoldiles" by the people surrounding. Khnum had a special hobby, this was to make and decorate potter wheels. He was believed to have designed heaven and earth on the potter wheels. This is where the meanining of Khnum's name originated, the meaning of his name is "The Molder". Khnum had a wife Anukis and a daughter Satis who lived happily beside him as he enjoyed his life. Khnum was known as a robust man with a ram's head, wearing ivory horns, plumes, the solar disk, and the uraeus. ==

=REFLECTION=

Khnum reveals many things about the Egyptian society. His followers well respected him as a Pharoah and prayed to him regularly to help them in their daily lives. Ancient Egyptians beleived in worshiping the Pharoahs and Gods to deliver them what they wanted, and would hopefully get good results in the end. Many Egyptians lived in a wealthy lifestyle and on the other hand, some lived in a poorer society and had to work harder for their money. Khnum shows us and his followers that to achieve things in life you have to work your way up the ladder. He also shows us to be loyal as even though he became a Pharoah he still cared and looked after his wife Anukis and daughter Satis.These values are important to society as it helps them realise that even though he is a Pharoah he still lived the same as the normal community and still cared for his family.
 * What does your god reveal about Egyptian society?**


 * Beliefs- He shows that
 * Lifestyle
 * Values
 * What is important to society / people of the time.

=**EVALUATION**=

What did you enjoy most about this task?
The thing that i enjoyed most about this task was the amount of information i was able to get out of it and and to vocabulary and knowledge. I also enjoyed finding out interesting facts about ancient Egypt.

What did you enjoy least about this task?
What i enjoyed least about this task was the fact that we didn't only use one informational resource we had to use a number of them and the limited space that we were allocated to.

What did you find the most challenging?
I found the putting the 10 facts into a paragraph the most challenging as it was time consuming.