The number nine or a group of nine.
Nine mages, in three triads, bound to protect Eiden Myr from the Great Storms and other catastrophes. Also called the Nine, the Three of Threes. Live and work in the Ennead's Holding.
A group of 9 deities that are associated with a major cult center. The best known is the great ennead of Heliopolis, It consists of Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys.
A group of nine gods, such as the ones in the Great Ennead of Heliopolis.
Group of nine gods. The earliest and most famous of which was the "Great Ennead" of Heliopolis, consisting of Ra-Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Seth. RETURN TO GLOSSARY INDEX
Historical term for three mage triads working together, administratively or in a casting, at the top of a hierarchy of mages. Once referred to a single, increasingly corrupt group of nine in the Head holding, now called the old Ennead or the last Ennead. Since that ennead's downfall two nineyears ago, a more general term for any three triads working a large casting together.
(Pronounced ‘En-ee-ad' with emphasis on the first syllable.) Greek term for the pesedjet — a group of nine deities worshipped at Heliopolis. An idea copied by other cult centres.
A group of nine deities. The Heliopolitan creation myth revolves around the Ennead of Heliopolis, which includes Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys.
A group of nine deities. Gk: of nine. UP
