Nut

Nut is the ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky, depicted as a woman arching over the Earth. She swallows the Sun at dusk and gives birth to it at dawn.

Egyptian cosmology: The ancient Egyptian account of the universe, its divine order, and its cycles. Nut’s arched body gives this cosmology a vivid model of the sky.
Geb: The ancient Egyptian god of the Earth and Nut’s brother and husband. Geb lies beneath Nut, embodying the Earth separated from the sky.
Nut in the Book of the Dead: Funerary-text passages and illustrations presenting Nut as a sky goddess and protector of the dead. These sources preserve prominent formulas and images associated with Nut.
Ennead of Heliopolis: A group of nine deities central to the creation theology of Heliopolis. Nut belongs to this divine lineage as the daughter of Shu and Tefnut.
Solar barque: The boat in which the Sun god travels through the sky and underworld in Egyptian belief. Its voyage supplies a narrative for the Sun’s passage through Nut’s domain.
Ma'at: The Egyptian principle of truth, justice, balance, and cosmic order. Nut’s regular cycle of swallowing and rebirthing the Sun expresses cosmic order.
Shu: The ancient Egyptian god of air who separates Nut from Geb. Shu holds Nut aloft, creating the space between sky and Earth.
Nut in the tomb of Ramesses VI: A monumental depiction of Nut spanning the ceiling of Ramesses VI’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb ceiling turns Nut’s arched body into a map of celestial time.
Horus and Seth: Rival Egyptian gods whose conflict concerns kingship and the divine order. Their myths place Nut within a family whose disputes shape Egyptian kingship.
Duat: The ancient Egyptian underworld traversed by the Sun during the night. Nut’s nightly swallowing of the Sun connects the sky goddess to its hidden journey.

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