Atum was a self-engendered god, the source of all the elements and forces in the world, and the Heliopolitan myth described the process by which he "evolved" from a single being into this multiplicity of elements.
Atum adalah dewa yang tercipta sendiri, sumber dari semua elemen dan kekuatan di dunia, dan mitos Heliopolitan menggambarkan proses di mana dia "berevolusi" dari satu keneradaan menjadi bermacam-macam ragam elemen-elemen ini.