Or as he was called “the beautiful one” It spelled Nefertemu or Nefertum, in Egyptology was mainly a lotus flower and he was the beginning of the earth and raised from the water and he cried because he was alone and from his tears, the human being, so it was Named in ancient Egypt as the first sunlight and the beautiful blue lotus flower and a quote from the dead book “Rise like Nefertem from the blue water lily, to the nostrils of Ra (the creator and sun god), and come forth upon the horizon each day.”. they saw him as the son of Ptah and (Sekhmet or Bast they are both daughters of Ra) was named as his mother.
He was a handsome young boy having beautiful water lily flowers around his head and the head of a lion too –because he was the son of Bastet so most of the ancient Egyptians took a small status as a good-luck for them. The Head of Nefertem is his most famous monument of him which is a half-wooden head for King Tutankhamun holding a lotus flower and the head of Nefertem gets out of it.
His name had many different shapes such as water lily, Nefertum Atom, the God Ra the Younger, first sunlight, beautiful one, and lotus flower. It was also believed that he was tall as the myths said and the same as the flower that Ra used to hold. they also drew Nefertem with a lion’s head or cat.
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