Anuket

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Anuket is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated primarily with the Nile’s cataracts and fertility, often worshipped in the region of Nubia.

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Anuket canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian goddess
deity
associatedWith Nile
surface form: Nile River

Nile cataracts
Nubia
fertility
consort Khnum
cultCenter Aswan Governorate
surface form: Aswan region

Elephantine
Seheil Island
culture ancient Egyptian religion
depictedAs woman sometimes holding a scepter and ankh
woman wearing a tall crown of reeds and ostrich feathers
domain riverine fertility
southern Nile regions
epithet She of Nekheb
surface form: “Lady of Nubia”

“She Who Embraces”
equivalentName Anqet
Anukis
family daughter of Khnum
daughter of Satis
festival Festival of Anuket
festivalAssociatedWith Nile inundation
function ensuring the fertility of fields
protecting people who travel on the Nile
languageOfName ancient Egyptian
memberOf Elephantine triad
offeringType food offerings thrown into the Nile
jewelry offerings cast into the Nile
relatedDeity Satis
religiousRole local patron goddess of the First Cataract
role fertility goddess
goddess of the Nile cataracts
protective goddess of southern Egypt
symbol Nile
surface form: Nile waters

gazelle
ostrich feather crown
timePeriod Middle Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: New Kingdom

Ptolemaic Kingdom
surface form: Ptolemaic Period
worshippedBy Nubians
ancient Egyptians
worshipRegion Aswan
Elephantine
First Cataract of the Nile
Nubia

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