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Ancient Egyptian deities: The primeval goddess Hauhet
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Hauhet

    Hauhet (translit. HH.t or HHw.t) was a primeval goddess and the female consort of Hah, belonging to the Heliopolitan Ogdoad Like her consort she symbolized the formlessness of the primeval waters of Nun and the infinity of space.
[1] After the transliteration and German translation by F. Feder ed., on the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae website, Altägyptisches Wörterbuch, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften => späte Ritualbücher => Tempelbibliotheken => Bibliothek eines Tempels im Delta (Heliopolis?) => Pap. Brooklyn 47.218.50 ("Confirmation du pouvoir royal au nouvel an") => 2. Die Zeremonien zum Lobpreis des Horus, "der das Erbe verleiht"
 

 
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