Nu (mythology)

Nu
An aspect of Heh which personifies the endless waters of chaos. Based on the papyrus of Ani and New Kingdom tomb paintings.
Name in hieroglyphs
W24 W24 W24
N1
N35AA40
SymbolWater
ConsortNaunet
Naunet
Naunet and Nun
Name in hieroglyphs
W24 W24 W24
N1
N35AX1
H8
B1
ConsortNu

Nu ("Watery One") or Nun ("The Inert One") (Ancient Egyptian: nnw Nānaw; Coptic: Ⲛⲟⲩⲛ Noun), in ancient Egyptian religion, is the personification of the primordial watery abyss which existed at the time of creation and from which the creator sun god Ra arose.[1]

Nu is one of the eight deities of the Ogdoad representing ancient Egyptian primordial Chaos from which the primordial mound arose. Nun can be seen as the first of all the gods and the creator of reality and personification of the cosmos. Nun is also considered the god that will destroy existence and return everything to the Nun whence it came. No cult was addressed to Nun.

Nun's consort (or his female aspect) was the goddess Nunut[2] or Naunet (Ancient Egyptian: nnwt).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wilkinson-2003 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1920). An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary. J. Murray. p. 350.