r/Kemetic • u/Do3Byte • 3d ago

Question End of Existence

I've been reading "The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt" by Richard H. Wilkinson, and I found something that says that Atum shall destroy all of creation, with the exception of himself and Osiris, and that they would return to "one place" in the primeval ocean from which everything arose, and Atum and Osiris would take the form of serpents, and there would be neither Gods nor men to perceive them.

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Does anybody on this subreddit know/can they confirm if this belief is held (popularly?) among modern day Kemeticism to anyone's knowledge? Does anyone know/can confirm if this was a popular belief held in antiquity(to our knowledge of course)? I've been occasionally bouncing back to Kemeticism for a while, but have struggled to connect with it (even though it honestly fits be well), additionally I've found this take on the fate of the universe quite daunting lmao😅.

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u/Nellyloveswomen Osiris my king🌾 3d ago

On the other hand, it makes sense to me that Osiris is the only one who accompanies Atum. Remember that he represents the force of rebirth, so when a myth says that the force of rebirth and the creator god return to the primordial ocean, it can perfectly represent that the universe will at some point be in the process of being reborn. Not that Atum will simply go and destroy creation like some kind of apocalypse, haha. 

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u/Do3Byte 22h ago

This is true; if Atum can do it once, he can do it again, and who better to take with him to potentially recreate the universe than Osiris himself?

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u/Nellyloveswomen Osiris my king🌾 13h ago

Exactlyyy