Kek and Kauket formed the male-female pair representing darkness in the Hermopolitan Ogdoad, embodying the absolute absence of light in the pre-creation chaos.
The Ogdoad of Hermopolis comprised eight primordial deities in four male-female pairs representing the pre-creation forces: Nun and Naunet (watery abyss), Amun and Amaunet (hiddenness), Kek and Kauket (darkness), and Heh and Hauhet (boundlessness).
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