The Ennead of Heliopolis

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The Ennead is a group of nine gods and goddesses in the Egyptian mythology topped by Ra , the Chief sun god . Before life , the whole universe was nothing but a huge dismal sea and all the gods and goddesses were living in chaos and darkness . Then Ra broke forth from the water to be the first creature on earth . After coming out of the primeval water , Ra masturbated in On , the high sand , and then he took his phallus in his grasp to create orgasm of it . After putting the seeds of his sons in his mouth , Ra spat them and managed to create Shu , the god of air , and Tefnut , the goddess of mist . As soon as Shu and Tefnut reached the surface of earth , its darkness was replaced with light and Ra's loneliness was replaced with the companionship of the other couple .
After creating Shu and Tefnut , Ra sent his eye to see them and when the eye came back she found another eye taking her place and this enraged her . To please the first eye , Ra gave her more power than the second one by making her the solar eye , the eye of the sun , and surrounded her with a cobra that defends on him and fights his enemies , while the other eye was regarded as the lunar eye . Thus the symbol of the Cobra was usually placed on the king's crown as a source of protection .
The creation of the mortal men and women was the second step after the creation of Shu and Tefnut and the outcome of Ra's weeping out of joy for seeing his son and daughter . When Shu and Tefnut joined together , they created the god of earth who was named Geb and the goddess of the Sky , named as Nut , who were the fathers of the numerous gods and goddesses . As paintings on the walls of the temples Shu was standing between Geb and Nut separating heavens from earth .