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The Ogdoad was a group of eight primeval deities in Egyptian mythology. They were created in male and female pairs and portrayed as either animals or anthropomorphic animals (humans with animal heads). The members of the Ogdoad were Nun and Nunet (snakes), Heh and Hauhet (frogs), Kek and Keket (snakes) and Niau and Niaut (frogs).

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  • The Ogdoad was a group of eight primeval deities in Egyptian mythology. They were created in male and female pairs and portrayed as either animals or anthropomorphic animals (humans with animal heads). The members of the Ogdoad were Nun and Nunet (snakes), Heh and Hauhet (frogs), Kek and Keket (snakes) and Niau and Niaut (frogs).
  • In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad (Greek "ογδοάς", the eightfold) were eight deities worshipped in Hermopolis during what is called the Old Kingdom, the third through sixth dynasties, dated between 2686 to 2134 BCE. First it was a cult having Hathor and Ra; later changing to a cult where Hathor and Thoth were the main deities over a much larger number of deities; and even later, Ra was assimilated into Atum-Ra through a merger with Atum of the Ennead cosmogony.
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  • The Ogdoad was a group of eight primeval deities in Egyptian mythology. They were created in male and female pairs and portrayed as either animals or anthropomorphic animals (humans with animal heads). The members of the Ogdoad were Nun and Nunet (snakes), Heh and Hauhet (frogs), Kek and Keket (snakes) and Niau and Niaut (frogs).
  • In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad (Greek "ογδοάς", the eightfold) were eight deities worshipped in Hermopolis during what is called the Old Kingdom, the third through sixth dynasties, dated between 2686 to 2134 BCE. First it was a cult having Hathor and Ra; later changing to a cult where Hathor and Thoth were the main deities over a much larger number of deities; and even later, Ra was assimilated into Atum-Ra through a merger with Atum of the Ennead cosmogony. The concept of an Ogdoad also appears in Gnostic systems of the early Christian era, and was further developed by the theologian Valentinus (ca. 160 CE).
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