Ptah is ultimate creator who made everything including the gods of the Ogdoad of Hermopolis and the Ennead of Heliopolis and was given the epithet "He who set all the gods in their places and gave all things the breath of life". As the supreme creator of humankind, Ptah became the patron to those who would utilize the spoken or written word in their duty. He was regarded as “the ancient one.” Sekhmet was his wife, and Nefertem his son. And the three became the Memphite triad.