Ogdoad

According to the Heliopolitan mythology there existed four pairs of gods before the creation of the world. They represented the primordial properties of chaos:
Nun - Naunet: The primordial waters
Amen - Amaunet: Invisibility
Kuk - Kauket: Darkness
Hah - Hauhet: Infinity and eternity
The pair Amen and Amaunet were included in the Ogdoad only in the first millennium BCE.
The males were represented as frogs, the females as snakes. They witnessed the creation of the sun, and were at times represented as monkeys greeting the rising sun.
The Ogdoad was worshiped at Medinet Habu.

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October 2005