<Tr> <Th> Consort </Th> <Td> Iusaaset or Nebethetepet </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Shu and Tefnut </Td> </Tr> <P> Atum (/ ɑ. tum /, Egyptian: jtm (w) or tm (w); Coptic ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲙ Atoum), sometimes rendered as Atem or Tem, is an important deity in Egyptian mythology . </P> <P> Atum's name is thought to be derived from the verb tm which means to complete or finish . Thus he has been interpreted as being the "complete one" and also the finisher of the world, which he returns to watery chaos at the end of the creative cycle . As creator he was seen as the underlying substance of the world, the deities and all things being made of his flesh or alternatively being his ka . </P>

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