Nun (the primordial waters)
Nun / Nu
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PRIMORDIAL · Void
NU
PWR10
Mythic
GRD6
The primordial waters from which creation emerged — the infinite, dark water that existed before the world.[S1] [S4]
The Divine Atlas
Void · egyptian pantheon
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Nun is the body of primordial waters that existed before creation. From Nun the first god rose (as Atum on the benben mound in Heliopolis) [S1][S4]. Nun is not exactly 'evil' — it is the undifferentiated pre-creation state — but it is also the state the world returns toward: the sun god must battle the serpent Apep (who represents the chaotic waters) every night in the Duat [S2][S4]. The priests of the temple performed the 'Opening of the Mouth' and other rites to keep the ordered world (Ma'at) separate from Nun [S4].
the watersthe crocodile (in some images)