Ogdoad leads to Ennead
The names of Nu and Naunet are written with the determiners for sky and water,
and it is clear that they represent the primordial water idea
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Ḥeḥ and Ḥeuḥet have no readily identifiable comparable determiners;
the names are associated with an abstract term for
an undefined or unlimited number,
ḥeḥ
suggesting
A
concept
similar to the Greek
idea of
From the context of a number of passages in which
Ḥeḥu is mentioned,
the names personify:
the atmosphere
between
he: ave~nnnn
and
ear=th
(c.f. Shu)
Nut
Geb
The names of Kek and Kauket are written with a determiner combining the sky hieroglyph with a staff or scepter used for words related to darkness and obscurity, and kkw as a regular word means "darkness", suggesting that these gods represent primordial darkness, comparable to the Greek Erebus, but in some aspects they appear to represent day as well as night, or the change from night to day and from day to night.
The fourth pair has no consistent attributes as it appears with varying names; sometimes the name Qerḥ is replaced by Ni, Nenu, Nu, or Amun, and the name Qerḥet by Ennit, Nenuit, Nunu, Nit, or Amunet. The common meaning of qerḥ is "night", but the determinative (D41 for "to halt, stop, deny") also suggests the principle of inactivity or repose.[5]
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Give It a name
Give Her a name
In Greek mythology, Aether, Æther, Aither, or Ether (/ˈiːθər/; Ancient Greek: Αἰθήρ (Brightness)[2] pronounced [ai̯tʰɛ̌ːr]) is the personification of the bright upper sky. According to Hesiod, he was the son of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the brother of Hemera (Day).[3] In Orphic cosmogony Aether was the offspring of Chronos (Time), and the brother of Chaos and Erebus.[4]
Genealogy
[edit]According to Hesiod's Theogony, which contained the "standard" Greek genealogy of the gods,[5] Aether was the offspring of Erebus and Nyx, and the brother of Hemera.[6] However, other early sources give other genealogies. According to one, the union of Erebus and Nyx resulted in Aether, Eros, and Metis (rather than Aether and Hemera), while according to another, Aether and Nyx were the parents of Eros (in Hesiod, the fourth god to come into existence after Chaos, Gaia (Earth), and Tartarus).[7] Others tell us that Uranus (Sky) (in Hesiod, the son of Gaia) was Aether's son, and that "everything came from" Aether.[8]
In Orphic cosmogony Aether was the offspring of Chronus (Time), the first primordial deity, and the brother of Chaos and Erebus. And made from (or placed in) Aether was the cosmic egg, from which hatched Phanes/Protogonus, so Aether was sometimes said to be his father.[9] The Orphic Argonautica gives a theogony that begins with Chaos and Chronus, and has Chronus producing Aether and Eros.[10]
Aether also played a role in Roman genealogies of the gods. Cicero says that Aether and Dies (Day) were the parents of Caelus (Sky),[11] and reports that according to the "so called theologians" Aether was the father of one of the "three Jupiters".[12] According to Hyginus's (possibly confused)[13] genealogy, Nox (Night), Dies, Erebus, and Aether were the offspring of Chaos and Caligo (Mist), and Aether and Dies were the parents of Terra (Earth), Caelus (Sky) and Mare (Sea),[14] and Aether and Terra were the parents of:
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