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Nun: Egyptian Primeval Waters

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The primeval waters or realm in several Egyptian traditions; a parallel with Hebrew tehom does not prove an etymology or direct borrowing.

Modern conceptual illustration of primeval water, an emerging mound and sunrise; neither an excavated Egyptian artifact nor a reconstruction of one text. © IL Archive, CC0
Modern conceptual illustration of primeval water, an emerging mound and sunrise; neither an excavated Egyptian artifact nor a reconstruction of one text. © IL Archive, CC0Modern conceptual illustration: IL Archive / CC0 · CC0

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Book of the DeadEgyptian Book of the DeadModern designation for funerary texts and images aiding the deceased in the next world; spells and their arrangement vary between manuscripts.Glossary · Click to read the explanation 17 places AtumAtumAtum is an Egyptian creator god associated with HeliopolisGlossary · Click to read the explanation or Re in Nun and presents Nun in a context of divine parenthood. Other Egyptian settings connect primeval water to the mound or creator’s emergence. These are varied images, not one creation book. Comparison with Genesis’s deep does not make the terms synonyms or derivatives. [1][2]

References and notes

  1. Complete university synthesis of Egyptian creation traditions; not spell 76 itself. UCL Digital Egypt, Egyptian creation traditions, complete webpage Return to the text ↑
  2. Introduction and Part a §§1–3 read; not the entire chapter. The edition preserves variants and glosses. UCL Digital Egypt, Book of the Dead 17, introduction and Allen Part a §§1–3 Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 3 · 13 October 2026 · aladmin

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  2. Edition 2 · 12 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Nun: Egyptian Primeval Waters», Edition 3, https://ilarchive.com/en/entities/nun-egyptian-primeval-waters