Also called Nu, the Primordial Waters, Father of the Gods.
Their story
Nun was the endless dark water that existed before the world, and from which the first mound and the creator rose. Egyptians believed Nun still surrounded the ordered world and lay beneath it, rising as groundwater and the flood. Temple sacred lakes represented Nun, and priests purified themselves in them. In the Book of the Heavenly Cow the sun god, old and troubled by human rebellion, calls on Nun as the eldest of the gods for advice.
Best times to give to them
- Wepet Renpet
- the inundation
- nightfall
What they like being given
- a bowl of water
- incense
- bread
How to honour them
- Sit by still water, or a bowl of it, and rest in the quiet before things begin.
- Cleanse yourself with water before ritual, as priests did in temple lakes.
How they can help you
- rest
- starting over
- accepting the unknown
- renewal
Symbols
- man waist-deep in water lifting the sun boat
- sacred lake
- water
Sources
- Book of the Heavenly Cow (tomb of Seti I)
- Pyramid Texts
- Pinch, Egyptian Mythology
More Egyptian gods
- Osiris Lord of the afterlife and new growth
- Horus The falcon, protector of the rightful king
- Ra The sun who sails the sky
- Thoth Scribe of the gods, lord of wisdom
- Anubis Guardian and guide of the dead
- Khonsu The Traveller, the moon who heals
- Amun The hidden king of the gods at Thebes
- Ptah Creator by word and patron of craftsmen