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See k.u.k. for the abbreviation describing the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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.

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.

Trivia: "Kuk" is in the Swedish and Norwegian languages an obscene word meaning penis. Funnily enough, in Danish "kuk" generally means mess or chaos. Another funnier fact is that in Finland they call their cheese "kukost", meaning penis cheese in Norwegian and Swedish.

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