Eight

:See also, the flood myth motif concerning the number seven.
The concerning the number eight:
* On the Sumerian King List, ruled over the course of five cities, before the flood swept over: (1) Alulim, (2) Alaljar, (3) En-men-lu-ana, (4) En-men-gal-ana, (5) Dumuzid, (6) En-sipad-zid-ana, (7) En-men-dur-ana, (8) Ubara-Tutu
* In the Hebrew Genesis account, there are named between Adam to Noah:
**Seth and descendants: (1) Seth, (2) Enos, (3) Cainan, (4) Maleleel, (5) Jared, (6) Enoch, (7) Mathusala, (8) Lamech
**Cain and descendants: (1) Cain, (2) Enoch, (3) Irad, (4) Mehujael, (5) Methusael, (6) Lamech, (7) Jabal and Jubal; (8) Tubalcain
* In the Hebrew Genesis account, there were of the Great Flood: Noah and his wife, and their three sons and their wives.
* comments on the Hebrew Genesis hamite family of and his : “Now all the children of Mesraim, being eight in number, possessed the country from Gaza to Egypt” (See Generations of Noah, acc. Flavius Josephus).
* The are nine beings in Egyptian mythology who were deified at Heliopolis: the progenitor Atum (?) and his by his children (1) Shu and (2) Tefnut; their children (3) Geb and (4) Nut; and their children (5) Osiris, (6) Isis, (7) Seth, and (8) Nephthys.
* The Ogdoad (Greek: ογδοάς) meaning "the eightfold", in Egyptian Mythology, are that were worshiped in . Partnered as male and female, they are: (1) Nu and (2) Nut, (3) Ḥeḥu and (4) Ḥeḥut, (5) Kekui and (6) Kekuit, (7) Qerḥ and (8) Qerḥet
*In the Babylonian are , partnered as male and female: (1) Apzu and (2) Tiamat, (3) Lahmu and (4) Lahamu, (5) Anshar and (6) Kishar, (7) Anu and (8) Nudimmud.
* In ’s indigenous Birdman mythology (), there are likely associated with the monolithic . The monoliths represent deified ancestors, that are erected along the coastline with their backs toward the spirit world in the sea. The eight deities of Tangata manu are: (1) Make-make and (2) his servant; (3) Hawa-tuu-take-take and (4) his servant; (5) Vie Hoa and (6) her servant; (7) Vie Kanatea and (8) her servant.
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