Amaunet

Amaunet is the half of the pair that did not get promoted. Amun and Amaunet are 'the hidden', one of the four qualities the Ogdoad names, and for as long as the Hermopolitan system was the account of creation they were equals. Then Amun went to Thebes, became the chief god of an empire, acquired Mut as consort and Khonsu as son, and Amaunet stayed where she was. She is still there in the Karnak material, doing almost nothing. The registry carried him and not her, which is the Ogdoad missing a limb.

Domains

• hiddenness

Relations

• consort of: AmunAmun's Ogdoad pair. When Amun rose to become the chief god of Thebes he was given Mut as consort instead, and Amaunet was left behind in the Hermopolitan system — which is why the registry held him and not her.Reference treatment of the Ogdoad, pairing Amun with Amaunet. (secondary)

Sources

• Amaunet is the female half of the Amun pair in the Ogdoad of Hermopolis, personifying hiddenness, serpent-headed like the other three Ogdoad goddesses.: Reference treatments of the Ogdoad of Hermopolis and of Amaunet. (secondary)