Nun
In ancient Egyptian religion, Nun is the personification of the primordial watery abyss which existed at the time of creation and from which the creator sun god Ra arose. Nun is one of the eight deities of the Ogdoad representing ancient Egyptian primordial Chaos from which the primordial mound arose. Nun is also considered the god that will destroy existence and return everything to the Nun whence it came.
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When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 300
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt.
Relationships
- sibling of
- Naunet
- co occurs with
- Rekhyt, Pat, Hauhet, Heh, Kek, Tatenen, Nepit, Ra, Mehet-Weret, Amun, Amaunet, Hapi, Osiris, Nut, Kauket, Neper, Bastet, Sekhmet, Tefnut, Thoth, Mut, Ra-Atum, Khonshu
- allied with
- Atum
Mentioned by
- Ra
- Mehet-Weret
- Amun
- Amaunet
- Hapi
- Osiris
- Nut
- Kauket
- Neper
- Bastet
- Sekhmet
- Tefnut
- Thoth
- Mut
- Ra-Atum
- Khonshu
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“Nun was depicted as an anthropomorphic large figure and a personification of the primordial waters, holding a notched palm branch. Nun was also depicted in anthropomorphic form but with the head of a frog, and he was typically depicted in ancient Egyptian art holding aloft the solar barque or the sun disc.”
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“Nun and Naunet – Personifications of the formless, watery disorder from which the world emerged at creation and members of the Ogdoad”
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“the area above the goddess Nut, behind which the primordial watery abyss of Nun begins. In this primordial darkness there are neither stars nor other celestial bodies, only the nothingness of "the primordial waters of Nu".”
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“The Mut Temple describes the creation of the Isheru lake, with different texts attributing its excavation to Ra-Atum, Nun, or groups of primeval deities.”
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