Kuk 97100 224971858 2008-07-11T06:56:57Z Leoboudv 640776 article has too little text to merit the AE religion template at present :''For the abbreviation describing the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]], see [[k.u.k.]]. For the early agricultural site in Papua New Guinea, see [[Kuk Swamp]]. For the river in Alaska, see [[Kuk River]]'' '''Kuk''' (also spelled as '''Keku''') is the deification of the primordial concept of darkness in [[Egyptian mythology]]. In the [[Ogdoad]] [[cosmogony]], his name meant ''darkness''. As a concept, Kuk was viewed as [[androgynous]], his female form being known as '''Kauket''' (also spelled as '''Keket'''), which is simply the [[Grammatical gender|female form]] of the word ''Kuk''. Like all 4 dualistic concepts in the Ogdoad, Kuk's male form was depicted as a [[frog]], or as a frog-[[head]]ed man, and the female form as a [[snake]], or a snake-headed woman. As a symbol of darkness, Kuk also represented obscurity and the unknown, and thus [[chaos]].{{fact|date=April 2007}} Also, Kuk was seen as that which occurred before light, thus was known as the ''bringer-in of light''. [[Category:Creator goddesses]] [[Category:Creator gods]] [[Category:Egyptian goddesses]] [[Category:Egyptian gods]] [[Category:Night gods]] [[Category:Night goddesses]] [[ca:Llista de personatges de la Mitologia Egípcia#K]] [[de:Kauket]] [[el:Κουκ]] [[fr:Kekou]] [[lt:Kukas]] [[nl:Kek]] [[no:Kek]] [[sv:Kuk (mytologi)]]