Nut (goddess)
| Nut | |||
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The goddess Nut, wearing the water-pot sign (nw) that identifies her. | |||
| Name in hieroglyphs |
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| 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/ (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.
She is often depicted as a nude female covered with stars and arching over the Earth; and sometimes as a cow. Alternatively, she is identified with a water-pot (nw) above her head.