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These are the very first Egyptians god and goddess. These Egyptians gods and goddess have been known for hundreds and thousands of years The ancient Egyptians thought the ancient Egyptians believed that there were tow lands divided into two types of land, the 'black land' and the 'red land'. The ancient Egyptians believed that it was important to recognise and worship these gods and goddesses so that life continued smoothly. Atum was the first God; He was the first god that was on the hill called Ben-Ben. In the creation myths, Atum is the primal creator. He created himself. Atum was revered not as father but a god of pharaohs. Atum created 2 more gods and there name was Shu and Tefnut. Shu held up the figure of Nut so that the earth and the sky were separated. You would usually see her as a lion or a man wearing headdress with feathers. Tefnut was the goodness of moisture. Her appearance is a woman with a head of a lioness. She was the wife of Shu and the mother of Nut (the sky) and Geb (the earth). http://www.touregypt.net/godsofegypt/atum.htm http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/home.html After all that we have talked about: the god and goddesses, what they do, how some of them were created. In ancient Egypt they believed in all the gods. They had to. Because they had no other explanation to how the world of Egypt was created. The gods are all around in Egypt. The gods in Egypt were created for a purpose.