In Egyptian mythology, Kuk (also spelt Keku) was the deification of the primordial concept of darkness, in the Ogdoad cosmogony, his name meaning darkness. As a concept, Kuk was viewed as androgynous, his female form being known as Kauket (also spelt Keket), which is simply the female form of the word Kuk. Like all 4 dualistic concepts in the Ogdoad, Kuk's male form was depicted as a frog, or as a frog-headed man, and the female form as a snake, or a snake-headed woman. Egyptian mythology or Egyptian religion is the succession of tentative beliefs held by the people of Egypt for over three thousand years, prior to major exposure to Christianity and Islam. ... In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad are the eight deities worshipped in Hermopolis. ... If referring to a flower, see disambiguation under bisexual Androgyny is the state of indeterminate gender, or characteristics of gender. ... In linguistics, grammatical gender is a morphological category associated with the expression of gender through inflection or agreement. ... Distribution of frogs (in black) Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - List of Anuran families The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning tail-less from Greek an-, without + oura, tail), formerly referred to as Salientia (Latin saltare, to jump). ... Human Head redirects here. ... For other uses, see Snake (disambiguation). ...

As a symbol of darkness, Kuk also represented obscurity, and the unknown, and thus chaos. Also, Kuk was seen as that which occurred before light, thus was known as the bringer-in of light. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

In Swedish and Norwegian, the word kuk means "cock" or "penis"; in old language the word is the correct word for the male organ, whilst it in modern language has been relegated to a bad word not to be used in polite company. Kuk is used as a common swearing word in Norway, Sweden and Finland.