{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_EGY_AMUNET", "Amunet", null, "Egyptian", "Primordial goddess", "Primordial Deity", "hiddenness; invisibility; air; creation", null, "Hermopolitan/Theban", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Egyptian primordial deity", 0, 0, 0, "Amunet (also Amaunet, \"The Hidden Female One\") is the female counterpart of Amun (\"The Hidden One\") in the Hermopolis Ogdoad. As Amun's Ogdoad pair, Amunet embodies the feminine aspect of the primordial hidden and invisible force \u2014 the unknowable, concealed essence that permeates the pre-creation state. In the early Ogdoad theology of Hermopolis (Old Kingdom period), Amun and Amunet are a cosmological pair equivalent to the other three pairs. However, Amunet's theological trajectory diverges significantly from the other female Ogdoad members after the New Kingdom: while Amun rises to the supreme position in the Egyptian pantheon (becoming Amun-Ra, the state god of the Empire period), Amunet is partially displaced by Mut as Amun's consort in the Theban triad (Amun-Mut-Khonsu). Amunet survives, however, as a distinct deity in her own right \u2014 she appears in Pyramid Text utterances as a protective deity who \"opens her arms\" to embrace the deceased king, and she had her own cult at Karnak, where she appears as a woman wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt. Her continued presence alongside Amun in Karnak demonstrates the persistence of the Ogdoad theological tradition within the Theban religious system. Wilkinson (2003) pp. 100-101, 148-150.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_EGY_AMUNET"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7222110000384419, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}