Naunet
Ancient Egyptian personification of the primordial watery abyss.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egyptian deity.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Hauhet, Hatmehit, Shepsy, Nehmetawy, Unut, Nehbet-anet, Ay, Heh, Kek, Tatenen, Nepit, Nun, Heru-ra-ha, Amun, Amaunet, Hapi, Hathor, Mut, Bastet, Tefnut, Set, Thoth, Geb, Nut, Nephthys, Shu, Kuk, Kauket, Neper
- manifests as
- snake, snake-headed woman
- sibling of
- Nun
- aspect of
- Atum
Mentioned by
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“Naunet – Ancient Egyptian personification of the primordial watery abyss”
#16641 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Naunet (also spelt Nunet) is the female aspect, which is the name Nu with a female gender ending. The male aspect, Nun, is written with a male gender ending. As with the primordial concepts of the Ogdoad, Nu's male aspect was depicted as a frog, or a frog-headed man. In Ancient Egyptian art, Nun also appears as a bearded man, with blue-green skin, representing water. Naunet is represented as a snake or snake-headed woman.”
#17013 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Nun and Naunet – Personifications of the formless, watery disorder from which the world emerged at creation and members of the Ogdoad”
#21047 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Other goddesses associated with the primal waters of creation are Mut and Naunet.”
#23377 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The goddess flees from Set to Naunet, where she is visited by Nephthys and Thoth. Unlike other narratives where the goddess takes refuge in Nubia, here she retreats to Naunet, the primordial waters or inner sky”
#23631 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5