Editing Ennead (section)

{{short description|Group of nine deities in Egyptian mythology worshipped at Heliopolis}}
{{Distinguish|Enneads|Aeneid}}
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{{Infobox deity
| type = Egyptian
| name = Ennead
| caption = '''Members''': [[Atum]], [[Shu (Egyptian god)|Shu]], [[Tefnut]], [[Geb]], [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]], [[Osiris]], [[Isis]], [[Set (deity)|Set]], [[Nephthys]]
| image = the Ennead.svg
| alt = <!-- for alternate text of the title image per [[WP:ALT]] -->
| hiero = <hiero>Z2:Z2:Z2-N9:X1-R8-R8-R8</hiero><ref name=Vygus-2015/>{{rp|style=ama|p= 2464}}<br/>{{Transliteration|egy|psḏt}}
| Canaanite_equivalent = [[El (deity)|El]]'s Divine Council
}}
The '''Ennead''' or '''Great Ennead''' was a group of nine [[Egyptian pantheon|deities]] in [[Egyptian mythology]] worshipped at [[Heliopolis (Ancient Egypt)|Heliopolis]]: the [[sun god]] [[Atum]]; his children [[Shu (Egyptian deity)|Shu]] and [[Tefnut]]; their children [[Geb]] and [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]]; and their children [[Osiris]], [[Isis]], [[Set (deity)|Set]], and [[Nephthys]].<ref name=Dunand-ZivieCoche-2004/> The Ennead sometimes includes [[Horus the Elder]]; an ancient form of the falcon god, not the son of Osiris and Isis.