Nun

Summary

Nun is an Ancient Egyptian deity^[1]. He draws 310 Wikipedia views per month (ancient_egyptian_deity category, ranking #33 of 130).^[2]

Key Facts

• A child of Nun was Atum^[3].
• A child of Nun was Khnum^[4].
• A child of Nun was Neith^[5].
• A child of Nun was Ra^[6].
• A child of Nun was Amun^[7].
• Nun's image is recorded as Heh as chaos.svg^[8].
• Nun is recorded as male^[9].
• Nun's instance of is recorded as Ancient Egyptian deity^[10].
• Nun's instance of is recorded as water deity^[11].
• Nun's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 5735731^[12].
• Nun's GND ID is recorded as 119192721^[13].
• Nun's part of is recorded as Ogdoad^[14].
• Nun's Commons category is recorded as Nun (god)^[15].
• Nun's said to be the same as is recorded as Q7326748^[16].
• Nun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p0y5^[17].
• Nun's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Nun's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• Nun's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of goddesses and heroines^[20].
• Nun's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Nun-Egyptian-god^[21].
• Nun's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00549673^[22].
• Nun's different from is recorded as Nun (disambiguation)^[23].
• Nun's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as noun^[24].
• Nun's Orthodox Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 2577989^[25].
• Nun's Krugosvet article is recorded as kultura_i_obrazovanie/religiya/NUN.html^[26].
• Nun's name in hiero markup is recorded as W24W24W24:N1-N35A-A40^[27].

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Personal Life

Children include Atum^[3], an Ancient Egyptian deity^[28]; Khnum^[4], a water deity^[29]; Neith^[5], a water deity^[30]; Ra^[6], an Ancient Egyptian deity^[31]; and Amun^[7], an Ancient Egyptian deity^[32].

Why It Matters

Nun draws 310 Wikipedia views per month (ancient_egyptian_deity category, ranking #33 of 130).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] He is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]