TYPE: Primordial god
ORIGIN: Egyptian
INFORMATION: One of the eight deities of the Ogdoad representing chaos, he is coupled with the goddess Naunet and appears in anthropomorphic form but with the head of a frog. No cult is addressed to Nun but he is typically depicted holding aloft the solar boat or the sun disc. He may appear greeting the rising sun in the guise of a baboon. Nun is otherwised symbolized by the presence of a sacred cistern or lake as in the sanctuaries of Karnak and Dendara.