Festival of Anuket

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The Festival of Anuket was an ancient Egyptian religious celebration honoring the Nile goddess Anuket, marked by offerings and rituals expressing gratitude for the river’s life-giving inundation.

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instanceOf ancient Egyptian religious festival
associatedWith Nile River NERFINISHED
Nile inundation
category Festivals of ancient Egypt
Nile-related rituals
commemorates annual life-giving flood of the Nile
country Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
culturalContext Nilotic cults of southern Egypt
deityTypeHonored goddess of fertility
goddess of the Nile
hasRitual food offerings cast into the Nile
libations poured into the Nile
offerings to Anuket
processions in honor of Anuket
rituals of thanksgiving for the flood
honors Anuket NERFINISHED
Nile goddess
intendedEffect securing continued abundance from the Nile
languageOfName ancient Egyptian
mainDeity Anuket NERFINISHED
purpose to express gratitude for the Nile’s life-giving inundation
relatedTo Aswan region NERFINISHED
Elephantine NERFINISHED
cult of Anuket NERFINISHED
religion ancient Egyptian religion
season time of the Nile flood
symbolizes dependence of Egypt on the Nile
gratitude for fertility brought by the Nile
worshipContext state and local cult observances

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Anuket festival Festival of Anuket