God · Egyptian

Ptah

Ptah, a god of the Egyptian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Tradition: egyptian

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
identified as HephaestusHerodotus, Histories 2.3 and 2.99, c. 430 BCEThe great temple of Ptah at Memphis is for Herodotus the temple of Hephaestus, the craftsman god.

Sources

  1. Interpretatio graeca (Wikipedia)
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