Amaunet

deity ancient Egyptian religion single tradition · 6

Amaunet is mentioned in the Old Egyptian Pyramid Texts along with Amun.

↻ synthesized from 6 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned in the Old Egyptian Pyramid Texts.

Relationships

allied with
Amun
consort of
Amun
aspect of
Atum
parent of
Khonshu, Khonshu

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Sources

Source passages

“Amun and Amaunet are mentioned in the Old Egyptian Pyramid Texts.”

#11552 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The Ogdoad includes along with Naunet and Nun, Amaunet and Amun; Hauhet and Heh; and Kauket and Kek. Like the other Ogdoad deities, Nu did not have temples or any center of worship.”

#17006 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The mythology of the Ogdoad describes its eight members, Heh and Hauhet, Nu and Naunet, Amun and Amaunet, and Kuk and Kauket, coming together in the cataclysmic event that gives rise to the sun (and its deific personification, Atum).”

#24174 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Chons, better known as Khonshu, was said to be the son of Atum (known to the Egyptian gods as Ammon Ra) and of Amaunet, air goddess of the Ogdoad pantheon.”

#41941 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001