 The first divine act is the creation of the cosmos , described in several creation myths . They focus on different gods , each of which may act as creator deities . The eight gods of the Ogdoad , who represent the chaos that precedes creation , give birth to the sun god , who establishes order in the newly formed world ; Ptah , who embodies thought and creativity , gives form to all things by envisioning and naming them ; Atum produces all things as emanations of himself ; and Amun , according to the myths promoted by his priesthood , preceded and created the other creator gods . These and other versions of the events of creation were not seen as contradictory . Each gives a different perspective on the complex process by which the organized universe and its many deities emerged from undifferentiated chaos . The period following creation , in which a series of gods rule as kings over the divine society , is the setting for most myths . The gods struggle against the forces of chaos and among each other before withdrawing from the human world and installing the historical kings of Egypt to rule in their place . 
 The first divine act <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>the creation of the cosmos , described in several creation myths . They focus on different gods , each of which may act as creator deities . The eight gods of the Ogdoad , <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>represent the chaos <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>precedes</mark></a> creation , give birth to the sun god , <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>establishes</mark></a> order in the newly formed world ; Ptah , <a href='null_relcl' title='7'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>embodies</mark></a> thought and creativity , <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>gives</mark></a> form to all things by envisioning and naming them ; Atum <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>produces</mark></a> all things as emanations of himself ; and Amun , according to the myths promoted by his priesthood , preceded and created the other creator gods . These and other versions of the events of creation <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>were</mark></a> not seen as contradictory . Each <a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>gives</mark></a> a different perspective on the complex process by which the organized universe and its many deities emerged from undifferentiated chaos . The period following creation , in which a series of gods rule as kings over the divine society , <a href='drop_aux' title='13'><mark>is</mark></a>the setting for most myths . The gods struggle against the forces of chaos and among each other before withdrawing from the human world and installing the historical kings of Egypt to rule in their place . 
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