Also called Ta-tenen, Tanen, the Risen Land, Ptah-Tatenen.
Their story
Tatenen was the land that rose from the waters at the beginning of creation, as fields reappeared each year when the flood went down. He was a Memphite god and was merged with Ptah as Ptah-Tatenen, who created the world by his word. He was also linked to the wealth of the earth, the minerals and plants that come from below. Later temples such as Edfu describe their sites as the primeval mound he embodied.
Best times to give to them
- the end of the inundation
- the laying of a foundation
What they like being given
- a bowl of earth
- bread
- water
- incense
How to honour them
- Place a handful of soil on your shrine as the first land.
- Ask for stable ground when life feels flooded.
How they can help you
- stability
- new foundations
- recovery after overwhelm
Symbols
- ram horns with two tall plumes
- green skin
- mound of earth
Sources
- Shabaka Stone (British Museum EA 498)
- Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
More Egyptian gods
- Osiris Lord of the afterlife and new growth
- Horus The falcon, protector of the rightful king
- Ra The sun who sails the sky
- Thoth Scribe of the gods, lord of wisdom
- Anubis Guardian and guide of the dead
- Khonsu The Traveller, the moon who heals
- Amun The hidden king of the gods at Thebes
- Ptah Creator by word and patron of craftsmen