Kneph is a motif in ancient Egyptian religious art, variously 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 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.
Kneph is a motif in ancient Egyptian religious art, variously 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 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.