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Nu

deity Ogdoad single tradition · 1

Nu is one of the members of the Ogdoad. 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).

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 300
Historical notes
Appears in Egyptian mythology from the Early Dynastic Period.

Relationships

aspect of
Atum
consort of
Naunet
co occurs with
Kuk, Kauket, Amun, Nut, Shu, Amaunet, Hauhet, Heh

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Heh (god)

Source passages

“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).”

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