Kneph Explained

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.^[1] Some Theosophical sources tried to syncretize this motif with the deity Khnum, along with Agathos Daimon, Serapis and Pluto.^{[2] [3]} Under the Greek theonym Chnuphis, this figure adopts a serpent-bodied, lion-headed ("leontoeidic") visage, being particularly common in magical artifacts in Late Antiquity.^[4] It is by proxy frequently associated with the Gnostic Demiurge.

Further reading

• Book: Klotz, David . Caesar in the City of Amun: Egyptian Temple Construction and Theology in Roman Thebes . 2012 . Brepols . 978-2-503-54515-8 .

Notes and References

1. 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
2. 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
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=-nwPAAAAYAAJ&dq=Khnum+and+kneph&pg=PA26 The Secret Doctrine: Anthropogenesis
4. Lynn Thorndike (1958). A History of Magic and Experimental Science. Columbia University Press. pp. 317–318, 379. .