Triad (Egyptian religion)

In the religion of ancient Egypt, gods are grouped by 3, in triads. In general, a traid would consist of a god, his spouse and one of his children. The most well-known traid was that of Osiris, Isis and their son Horus. The third member of the triad might be male or female. For instance, in the triad of Elephantine, where including Khnum, Satet and Anuket. It is considered that Anuket was either a second wife or a daughter of Khnum.

Occasionally, a triad would include three gods that previously to have any relationship with each other. For example, in the case for the Memphite triad,Ptah, Sekhmet and Nefertem to not appear to have been related to each other god at all.