Kneph

{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian god and motif}}

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{{Ancient Egyptian religion}}

Kneph, also as Kmeph, is a god and motif of divinity in ancient Egyptian religious art, variously represented as a winged egg, a globe surrounded by one or more serpents, or Amun in the form of a serpent called Kematef.[https://books.google.com/books?id=va2nsd4LKwkC&dq=Khnum+and+kneph&pg=PA445 The Egyptian revival: ancient Egypt as the inspiration for design motifs in the west] by James Stevens Curl, p.445, Psychology Press, 18 Nov 2005 Some Theosophical sources tried to syncretize this motif with the deity Khnum, along with Agathos Daimon, Serapis and Pluto.[https://books.google.com/books?id=qkQ-AAAAYAAJ&dq=Khnum+and+kneph&pg=PA53 An essay on symbolic colours: in antiquity--the middle ages--and modern times], by Frédéric Portal (baron de), p. 53, J. Weale, 1845.[https://books.google.com/books?id=-nwPAAAAYAAJ&dq=Khnum+and+kneph&pg=PA26 The Secret Doctrine: Anthropogenesis] by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, p. 26, Aryan theosophical press, 1888 Under the Greek theonym Chnuphis, this figure adopts a serpent-bodied, lion-headed ("leontoeidic") visage, being particularly common in magical artifacts in Late Antiquity.Lynn Thorndike (1958). A History of Magic and Experimental Science. Columbia University Press. pp. 317–318, 379. {{ISBN|0-231-08794-2}}. It is by proxy frequently associated with the Gnostic Demiurge.