Hauhet

deity sky ancient Egyptian religion single tradition · 4

Hauhet is one of the Ogdoad deities. Like the other Ogdoad deities, Hauhet did not have temples or any center of worship.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 300
Historical notes
Ogdoad deities are associated with the Old Kingdom of Egypt, c. 3000 BCE.

Relationships

sibling of
Heh
co occurs with
Heh, Nu, Kek, Tatenen, Nepit, Amun, Amaunet, Naunet, Kuk, Nut, Shu, Kauket, Nun, Neper, Hapi
aspect of
Atum
consort of
Heh

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Sources

Source passages

“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.”

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“Heh and Hauhet – Personifications of infinity and members of the Ogdoad”

#21041 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Heh's female counterpart and consort was known as Hauhet, which is simply the feminine form of his name. Like the other concepts in the Ogdoad, his male form was often depicted as a frog, or a frog-headed human, and his female form as a snake or snake-headed human.”

#24168 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001