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Nun

Egyptian deity
Person Ancient Egyptian Deity Q276563

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
Ancient Egyptian deity, water deity[8]
Sex or gender
male[7]
Child
Atum, Khnum, Neith, Ra, Amun[2][3][4][5][6]
Part of
Ogdoad[9]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopedia of goddesses and heroines[11][12][13]
Different from
Nun (disambiguation)[14]
Name in hiero markup
W24*W24*W24:N1-N35A-A40[15]
Said to be the same as
Dewa Nun[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Nu en Nun ar نوو de Nu el Νουν fa نو fa نو(اسطوره شناسی) fr Noum fr Noun fr Océan primordial he נו ja ヌン ko 누 ko 나우넷 ms Nu (mitologi) nl Nau nl Noe nl Noen nl Nun pt Naunet
🔖 Identifiers · 12
VIAF cluster ID
5735731
GND ID
119192721
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Heh as chaos.svg ↗
Biblissima authority ID
Örsundaån
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00549673
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Nun-Egyptian-god
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
noun
Freebase ID
/m/0p0y5
HAND ID
1A8F-D387-5F38-3247-FBFC
Krugosvet article (archived)
kultura_i_obrazovanie/religiya/NUN.html
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
2577989
Trismegistos god ID
61

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🔗 Connections
Child 5
Ra, Amun, Atum, Neith, Khnum
Children (paternal) 5
Ra, Amun, Atum, Neith, Khnum
Instance of 2
Ancient Egyptian deity, water deity
Belongs to 1
Ogdoad
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Part of 1
Ogdoad
Sex or gender 1
male
← Occupation 1
Keratsa of Bulgaria
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Summary

Nun is an Ancient Egyptian deity[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 1A8F-D387-5F38-3247-FBFC
    "Created claim: HAND ID: 1A8F-D387-5F38-3247-FBFC, batch #265669"
  2. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopedia of goddesses and heroines
    Different from → Nun (disambiguation)
    Part of → Ogdoad
    Child → Atum, Khnum, Neith +1
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q297977, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
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