Egyptian 'Creator' deity?

Question

Which deity in the ancient egyptian pantheon is the one responsible for bringing everything into creation? Life, the world and the whole universe? There are so many deities that are labelled 'Creator' Deity but there has to be one above the rest, the one most respected, most loved and most revered? Amun, Ra, Isis etc.....?

Answer 1

Ra was the God of Creation....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RLyxPGFs7wh



"Only the ocean existed at first. Then Ra (the sun) came out of an egg that appeared on the surface of the water."



"At first there was only Nun, the primal ocean of chaos that contained the beginnings of everything to come. From these waters came Ra."



There are some who say it is Osiris and Isis....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxgzMwcqN8

Answer 2

There are several, but the most notable is probably Ptah. You need to bear in mind that 'ancient Egypt' was not one society but several, what with the merger of the Two Lands and the invasions from Canaan and Nubia, and the separate societies' gods and myths get confused. There were separate priesthoods at separate times in Heliopolis, Memphis and elsewhere. Ptah figured in Memphis.



Another choice is Atum, who figures in a Sixth Dynasty creation myth of the Heliopolitan cults.



When Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) played around with monotheism, he credited Aten with being the Creator.

Answer 3

Essentially, when one tribe moved, they took their god with them. When one wedded into a new tribe, the tribes would take on both gods and so, they grew until there were fewer individual tribes each with many gods.



Post-dynastic Egypt is difficult to keep track of the gods. Pre-dynastic is practically (if not totally) impossible.



As for the 'creator' deities, Ptah was sort of the creator of objects. Seen as sort of a forge worker, carpenter etc.



The main 'creation' deites in terms of earth would probably be Nutt and Geb. Geb is believed to be the ground we walk upon and Nutt is the sky. She stretches herself over us at night, hiding the sun. The stars are on her belly.



As for who is most loved/most respected? Most likely Ra as he was the sun god. Their lives depended on him.



But then, they highly revered all their gods. Even the supposed evil ones such as Sobek or Sutekh (Set). After all, if you did not give them their due, they would come seeking it, or worse.