Important Companies of Deities
- The Ennead of Heliopolis, meaning the nine – consisted of Ra/Atum, Shu and Tefnut, Geb and Nut, Osiris and Isis, Nephthys and Set, and Horus
- The triad of Memphis: Ptah, Sekhmet and Nefertem
- The Ogdoad of Hermopolis, eight deities who were worshipped in four female-male pairs; the females were associated with snakes and the males with frogs: Naunet and Nu, Amaunet and Amun, Kauket and Kuk, Hauhet and Huh
- The triad of Thebes: Amun, Mut and Khonsu
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