The Ogdoad did not have Temples or centres of worship as such although their origins are in the town of Khmunu, there is also a sanctuary at Medinet Habu in western Thebes.

 

The Ogdoad are known as the Hehu, or ‘infinites’, often translated ‘Chaos-Gods’, and are the basis of Egyptian Cosmogony.

These Eight principals are called the 'fathers and mothers of Re', light.

 

The earliest references to the Hermopolis cosmogony is found in the Pyramid Texts, § 446:

"You have your offering-bread,

O Niu and Nenet, you two protectors (?) of the gods

Who protect the gods with your shadow.

You have your offering-bread, O Amun and Amaunet,

You two protectors (?) of the gods

Who protect the gods with your shadow.

You have your offering-bread,

O Atum and Ruti,

Who yourselves created your godheads and your persons.

 O Shu and Tefenet who made the gods,

Who begot the gods and established the gods..."

 

Pyramid Texts, § 446, translation: R.O. Faulkner