Nut
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Nut is the ancient Egyptian sky goddess, often depicted arching over the earth and associated with the heavens, stars, and the cyclical rebirth of the sun.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian deity
→
sky goddess → |
| appearsIn |
Book of the Dead
→
Coffin Texts → Pyramid Texts → |
| associatedWith |
afterlife
→
cosmic order → cyclical rebirth of the sun → rebirth → resurrection → |
| childOf |
Shu
→
Tefnut → |
| culture |
ancient Egyptian religion
→
|
| depictedAs |
woman arching over the earth
→
woman whose body is covered with stars → |
| domain |
cosmos
→
heavens → sky → stars → |
| epithet |
Lady of the Sky
→
She Who Holds a Thousand Souls → She of the Sycamore → |
| function |
protector of the deceased
→
receiver of the dead into the sky → |
| gender |
female
→
|
| hasRelation |
mother of major Osirian deities
→
|
| memberOf |
Ennead of Heliopolis
→
|
| mythologicalRole |
gives birth to the sun each morning
→
protective canopy over the world → separates earth from sky → swallows the sun in the evening → |
| parentOf |
Horus the Elder
→
Isis → Nephthys → Osiris → Set → |
| residesOver |
day-night cycle
→
path of the sun → |
| role |
sky goddess
→
|
| spouseOf |
Geb
→
|
| symbol |
heavenly vault
→
ladder to the sky → sky filled with stars → sycamore tree → |
| timePeriod |
Middle Kingdom
→
New Kingdom → Old Kingdom → |
| worshipPlace |
Dendera
→
Heliopolis → |
Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Hathor
→
Isis → Osiris → |
parent |
|
Coffin Texts
→
|
associatedDeity |
|
Nephthys
→
|
childOf |
|
Geb
→
|
consort |
|
Ennead of Heliopolis
→
|
includesDeity |
|
Geb
→
|
relatedConcept |
|
Geb
→
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siblingOf |
|
Geb
→
|
spouse |
|
Ennead of Heliopolis
→
|
thirdGeneration |