Ptah is the creator god of Memphis, the city that served as the capital of the ancient Egypt for most of its history and which was known, during that history, as Het ka Ptah or "House of the Soul of Ptah". Ptah is one of several Egyptian deities attributed with a myth about fashioning creation. Ptah, as the god Ta tenen (the primordial mound), creates in the so called "Memphite Theology" the world, its inhabitants, and the ka's (or spirits) of the other gods. The ‘primæval Ptah’ is also spoken of as the head of the solar gods, and also occasionally as the creator of the egg, from which, according to an older myth, the sun and the moon came forth. Thence, too, is derived his name, which signifies ‘the opener’.

A patron of craftsmen, Ptah's name means "Creator". He is depicted as a mummified (hidden) man with only his hands free to grasp a scepter composed of the symbols of life (ankh), power (was), and stability (djed). He is also typically shown wearing a skullcap and standing on the plinth shaped hieroglyph that is part of the name for Ma'at, the goddess of fundamental truth.

From the Memphite Theology:

"Thus it is said of Ptah:

'He who made all and created the gods.'

And he is Ta tenen, who gave birth to the gods,

and from whom every thing came forth,

foods, provisions, divine offerings, all good things.

Thus it is recognized and understood that he is the mightiest of the gods.

Thus Ptah was satisfied after he had made all things and all divine words."

Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdom translated by Miriam Lichtheim

The word for Bread; Pitta shows great resemblence with the name of Ptah, which may be the reason that Jesus said

I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh." John 6;51

The Memphite creation myth stated that Atum was conceived in the heart of Ptah and was created by his word.

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