
Egyptian mythology
Naunet
Mistress of the Primordial Waters, Mirror of the Abyss
- Mythology
- Egyptian mythology
- Group
- Creation · Ogdoad · Chaos · Water · Primordials
- Appears in
- The Hermopolitan Cosmogony
- Places
- Nun · Hermopolis
Naunet is the female counterpart of Nun and one of the eight primordial deities of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad, the gods of the watery chaos before creation. Paired with Nun, she personifies the deep, still waters that existed before light, time, or land. Like the other goddesses of the Ogdoad, she is depicted as a serpent or serpent-headed, while her male partners take frog form. She is a principle rather than an actor, embodying the formless abyss out of which the first mound and the sun would eventually rise.
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The Hermopolitan Cosmogony
Chapter 1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Naunet?
- Naunet is the female counterpart of Nun and one of the eight primordial deities of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad, the gods of the watery chaos before creation. Paired with Nun, she personifies the deep, still waters that existed before light, time, or land.
- Which mythology does Naunet belong to?
- Naunet belongs to Egyptian mythology.
- Which stories does Naunet appear in?
- Naunet appears in The Hermopolitan Cosmogony, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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MythologyNow. (2026). Naunet. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/naunetMLA
"Naunet." MythologyNow, 2026, https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/naunet.Chicago
MythologyNow. "Naunet." Accessed 2026. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/naunet.