Ogdoad of Hermopolis

Egyptian religion

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  • Isis nursing Horus
    In ancient Egyptian religion: Groupings of deities

    …numerical ordering schemas included the Ogdoad (group of eight gods) of Hermopolis, which embodied the inchoate world before creation and consisted of four pairs of male and female deities with abstract names such as Darkness, Absence, and Endlessness. Here too the number was significant in itself, because at least six…

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