Kauket


 * Kauket **


 * Other Names:**

Keket


 * Meaning of Name:**

“Darkness”


 * Hieroglyphics:**




 * Titles:**

“Bringer-In of the Night”


 * Family:**

Her male counterpart (as well as husband) was Kek.

Kauket’s name was exactly the same as Kek's in hieroglyphs, but with the feminine ending for a goddess. One of the Ogdoad, Kauket was the goddess of the darkness of chaos (the Duat), the darkness before time began. Kauket 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. She was responsible for the time of night that came just after sunset. She was the goddess of the hours of the evening, as the sun disappeared and night covered Egypt. Kauket was pictured as a cobra-headed woman.

Egyptian Deities - K