Nut (goddess)

Nut
The goddess Nut, wearing the water-pot sign (nw) that identifies her.
Name in hieroglyphs
W24 t
N1
SymbolSky, Stars, Cows
Personal information
ParentsShu and Tefnut
SiblingsGeb
ConsortGeb
OffspringOsiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys, Horus the Elder
Equivalents
Greek equivalentOuranos[1]

Nut /ˈnʊt/[2] (Ancient Egyptian: Nwt, Coptic: Ⲛⲉ), also known by various other transcriptions, is the goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe in the ancient Egyptian religion.[3] She was seen as a star-covered nude woman arching over the Earth,[4] or as a cow. She was depicted wearing the water-pot sign (nw) that identifies her.

  1. ^ "Greek Gods vs Egyptian Gods: What are the Differences?". November 2021.
  2. ^ "Nut". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020.
  3. ^ Pinch, Geraldine (2002). Handbook of Egyptian Mythology. Handbooks of World Mythology. ABC-CLIO. pp. 173–174. ISBN 1-57607-763-2.
  4. ^ Cavendish, Richard (1998). Mythology, An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Principal Myths and Religions of the World. Tiger Books International. ISBN 1-84056-070-3.

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