Two versions of Nun cosmology: the 2400BC Heliopolitan Ennead (god of nine) version, shown on the left, an anthropomorphic derivative of the original 3100BC "land mound (Nun) arising out of body of water" version, out of which the sun (Ra) was born; and right a pre-Aristotle flat earth model (c.350BC), wherein earth (unmovable), the center of the universe, was the heaviest of elements, followed by water, air, and fire, in decreasing density, and "motion" was tendency of bodies to seek or achieve their natural place in the order of the universe; a model that was part physics (four elements and two forces), i.e. Empedocles standard model (450BC), and part theology, in particular Nun cosmology, which included the notion of good and evil (negative confession). |
See main: UniverseNun cosmology was developed predominantly in Egypt, a synthesis of the local mythologies of the 42 pre-dynastic nomes (5000-3100BC), which was worked into a nation creation theology, changing theoretical form and development over time, in four different power centers: Heliopolis (3100BC), Memphis (2800BC), Hermopolis (2400BC), and Thebes (2040BC).
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Heliopolis creation theory (3100BC) | Heliopolitan Ennead (2700BC) | Anthropomorhic Ennead (2400BC) | Egyptian flat earth model (1000BC) | ||||
Osiris-Set rendition of the Ennead [1] | |||||||
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Aristotle's Egyptian version + Greek four element theory (320BC) | Aristarchus heliocentric model (270BC) | Ptolemy' elaborated Aristotle model (150AD) | Dante's universe (1300) | ||||
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Copernican model (1543) | Brahe model (1590) | Nebular hypothesis (1734) | Modern version | ||||
Modern Aristotle-based laity Christian earth model (2000) |