Egypt · Craft, making and creation by speech
Ptah ptḥ
- God of
- Craft, making and creation by speech
- Recognised by
- A mummiform man holding a was sceptre, in a tight cap
- Chief cult centre
- Memphis
The Memphite theology has him create by conceiving in the heart and speaking with the tongue, which is a notably abstract account of creation to find this early. He is the patron of craftsmen and of the work of hands.
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Herodotus writes of this god only as Hephaistos and never gives the Egyptian name, so there is no equation of his to quote and none is drawn.