Kek

**Kek**


 * Other Names:**

Kuk, Keku


 * Meaning of Name:**

“Darkness”


 * Hieroglyphics:**




 * Titles:**

“Bringer-In of the Light”


 * Family:**

Kek's female counterpart (as well as wife) was Kauket.

Kek was the god of the darkness of chaos (the Duat), the darkness before time began. One of the Ogdoad, Kek represented the darkness which was supposed to cover over the primeval abyss of water (chaos). The Egyptians saw the nighttime, the time without the light of the sun, as a reflection of this chaotic darkness. He was responsible for the time of night that came just before sunrise. He was the god of the hours before day dawned over the land of Egypt, the twilight which gave birth to the sun. Kek was pictured as a cobra-headed man.

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