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Nut, Sky Goddess, Mother of the Gods...Homage to thee, O thou who hast come as Khepera, Khepera the creator of the gods, Thou art seated on thy throne, thou rises up in the sky, illumining thy mother [Nut], thou art seated on thy throne as the king of the gods. [Thy] mother Nut stretched out her hands, and performed an act of homage to thee. |
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In Egyptian mythology, Nut was the sky goddess and the mother goddess of ancient Egypt. Egyptian artists often portrayed her as a woman arched over the earth god Geb, her twin brother and husband, with her fingers and toes touching the ground.
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In one myth, Nut gives birth to the Sun god daily and he passes over her body until he reaches her mouth at sunset. He then passed into her mouth and through her body and is reborn the next morning. Another myth described the sun as sailing up her legs and back in the Atet (Matet) boat until noon, when he entered the Sektet boat and continued his travels until sunset. |
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goddess was typically portrayed as a woman who wears on her head
a vase of water. Many times she is shown as a woman whose hands
and feet touch the ground so that her body forms a semi-circle.
As such she represents the heavens. Her arms and legs represent
the four pillars on which the sky rests. She is held up by her father
Shu
(the god of the air). Her husband Geb lies on the ground reclining
on one elbow and his knees in the air. In this position he depicts
the hills and valleys of the land. It was said that when Shu raised
Nut (the sky) above Geb (the earth), he brought an end to chaos
and if he ever left this position, chaos would return.
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