| Keket | |||||
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| Kauket/Kekuit | |||||
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 Keket (left) and Kek (right) sitting on thrones at a relief from a temple at Deir el-Medina.© | |||||
| Period of worship |
Predynastic – Roman Period | ||||
| Cult center | Hermopolis Magna | ||||
| Titles | "Raiser Up of the Light" | ||||
| Association | Primordial darkness | ||||
| Appearance | Anthropoid, frog | ||||
| Greek equivalent(s) |
Erebus | ||||
| Egyptian equivalent(s) |
Kek | ||||
| Spouse(s) | Kek | ||||
Keket is the primordial darkness in ancient Egyptian religion personified as a deity.
In the Hermopolitan cosmogony, Keket is one of the eight deities of the Ogdoad representing primordial chaos from which the Primeval Mound appeared. She is coupled with the god Kek as her male counterpart and husband.
Iconography[]
Like the other deities of the Ogdoad, her male form (Kek) was often depicted as a frog, or a frog-headed human, and her female form (Keket) as a snake or snake-headed human. The snake head symbolised protection, healing, and regeneration, and was also possessed by the other Ogdoad females Nunet, Hehet and Amunet.
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