Nut (Egyptian deity)
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Other Identifiers
VIAF:
44155224529184372854
Wikidata:
Q165496
Library of congress:
no2019033435
OCoLC:
oca11865136
DLC:
no2019033435
Sources of Information
- Hollis, Susan T. Five Egyptian goddesses, 2019:ECIP TOC (Nut)
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Wikipedia description:
Nut (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 was seen as a star-covered nude woman arching over the Earth, or as a cow. She was depicted wearing the water-pot sign (nw) that identifies her.
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