Nut is the Egyptian sky Goddess. She gives birth to the sun and to life-giving rains which nourish Mother Earth. Let her shelter you and shower you with blessings.
Nut, or Nwt, 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 woman arching over the Earth, or sometimes as a cow. She was depicted wearing the water-pot sign (nw) that identifies her.
Nut is a daughter of Shu and Tefnut. Her brother and husband is Geb. She had four children – Osiris, Set, Isis, and Nephthys – to which is added Horus in a Graeco-Egyptian version of the myth of Nut and Geb. She is considered one of the oldest deities among the Egyptian pantheon, with her origin being found on the creation story of Heliopolis. She was originally the goddess of the nighttime sky, but eventually became referred to as simply the sky goddess. Her headdress was the hieroglyph of part of her name, a pot, which may also symbolize the uterus. Mostly depicted in nude human form, Nut was also sometimes depicted in the form of a cow whose great body formed the sky and heavens, a sycamore tree, or as a giant sow, suckling many piglets (representing the stars).
Some scholars suggested that the Egyptians may have seen the Milky Way as a celestial depiction of Nut.
This plaque is a copy of a Temple fresco, in Dendera, Egypt, c. 200 CE
9″ x 9″ gypsumstone plaque, hand-painted.
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