Nut (goddess)

Nut
Nut
	The goddess Nut, wearing the water-pot sign (nw) that identifies her.
Name in hieroglyphs
	;
	;
Symbol	Sky, Stars, Cows
Genealogy
Parents	Shu and Tefnut
Siblings	Geb
Consort	Geb
Offspring	Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys, Horus the Elder
Equivalents
Greek	Uranus

Nut /ˈnʊt/^[2] (Ancient Egyptian: Nwt, Coptic: Ⲛⲉ^{[citation needed]}), 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 is often depicted as a nude female covered with stars and arching over the Earth;^[4] and sometimes as a cow. Alternatively, she is identified with a water-pot (nw) above her head.

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

[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.

[Cavendish-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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Nut (goddess)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia