Kauket
Kauket has the head of a snake.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 300
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egypt
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Meretseger, Sobek, Thoth, Amun, Amaunet, Heh, Nut, Shu, Nu, Kek, Naunet, Nun, Hauhet, Neper, Hapi, Tatenen, Nepit, Ra, Sirin, Gamayun, Karura, Alkonost, Bird goddess, Cuca, Coco, Heqet, Horus, Monthu, Seker, Inmyeonjo
- sibling of
- Kek
- aspect of
- Atum
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Kuk – Kuk and his counterpart Kauket respectively have the head of a frog and snake.”
#4742 · 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.”
#17010 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Kek and Kauket – The god and goddess of Chaos and Darkness, as well as being the concept of primordial darkness”
#21043 · 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).”
#24176 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Kek's female counterpart was Kauket. Kek and Kauket in some aspects also represent night and day, and were called "raiser up of the light" and the "raiser up of the night", respectively.”
#24250 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001