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Amunet
For the Stargate character, see Amonet (Stargate). In Egyptian mythology, Amunet (also spelled Amonet, Amaunet, Amentet, Amentit, Imentet, Imentit, and Ament) was the female form of the original deity, Amun who was without a gender since it was a concept. Amun/Amunet originally were the aspects of the primordial concept of air, in the Ogdoad cosmogony. Of the name for primordial air meaning, (one who) is hidden, the male aspect is Amun, and the female aspect is Amunet. As with all females in the Ogdoad, Amunet was depicted either as a cobra snake or as a snake-headed woman. The male deities in the Ogdoad were generally depicted with the head of a frog.
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Amaunet
[Egyptian] An Egyptian mother goddess, called the "Hidden One". She is the personification of the life-bringing northern wind. She belongs to the Ogdoad of Hermopolis. Within this group of gods her consort is the god Amun. She is referred to as 'the mother who is father' and in this capacity she needs no husband. Amaunet was regarded as a tutelary deity of the Egyptian pharaohs and had a prominent part in their accession ceremonies. She is portrayed as a snake or a snake-head on which the crown of Lower Egypt rests.


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