Companies of Deities
- The Ennead of Heliopolis, meaning the nine – consisted of Atum, Geb, Isis, Nut, Osiris, Nephthys, Set, Shu, and Tefnut
- 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 Ptah-Sekhmet-Nefertem triad of Memphis
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