Nun
The primordial waters, existing in the chaos preceding creation, from which the creator god Atem arose, and the only matter to exist at the end of all things. He is variously called "the Eldest" and "Father of the Gods".The Hymn to Khnum, in which Khnum is identified with the earth god Tatenen, gives a different version of the creation:
When Nun and Tatenen first came into being,
They appeared as lotus on his (i.e. Khnum's) back,
As heir to Djed-shepsy at the startM. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol.3 p.115.
Nun carrying Re in his barque
L.E. Lipiello, 2004; Symbolic Perceptions of New Kingdom Watercraft: Building Boats from Gods, p.13
It is planted with all flowers; how beautiful is Nun in his pool, born of the lord of eternity.
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The gods of Pe make jubilee to it (i.e. the sacred barge of Amen); the gods of Nekhen praise it; the two Nile-gods of the South and the North, they embrace its beauty, its bows make Nun shine as when the sun rises in heaven...J. H. Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, Part Two, § 887 f.
Part of the Heliopolitan Ogdoad
