Nu
The god Nu, at bottom, representing the primordial waters, raises the barque of the sun into the sky at the creation of the world.
Meaning
Proper Noun
- (Egyptian mythology) The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.
- Alternate spelling of NU, Nunavut
Origin
- Borrowed from Egyptian nnw ("Nu, the primeval waters").
- Abbreviations.
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