Nut
Goddess of the Heavens
Goddess of the Heavens
After having created himself out of the chaos of the Nun, Atum, the god of creation,
created the male and female principles: Shu amd Tefnut. From their union sprang Geb
and Nut. Shu raised Nut to form the arch of the heavens while Geb integrated himself
into the earth and brought forth its fertility. From the brother-sister union of Geb and
Nut were born Isis, Osiris, Nephthys and Seth.
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created the male and female principles: Shu amd Tefnut. From their union sprang Geb
and Nut. Shu raised Nut to form the arch of the heavens while Geb integrated himself
into the earth and brought forth its fertility. From the brother-sister union of Geb and
Nut were born Isis, Osiris, Nephthys and Seth.
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Inner Coffin of the Chantress of Amun, Nesytaudjatachet, middle 21a Dynasty, Thebes, Bab el-Gasus
National Museum of Tatarstan R.F. InvNo 1.
According to one myth, the setting sun is swallowed by Nut, passes through her body and is born anew
each morning. The winged solar disks shown here illustrate the process.
National Museum of Tatarstan R.F. InvNo 1.
According to one myth, the setting sun is swallowed by Nut, passes through her body and is born anew
each morning. The winged solar disks shown here illustrate the process.
Outer coffin of the same lady as above; Odessa (Ukraine) Archaeological Museum InvNo.: 52976. Here we
see Nut as the pure, starry night sky without insinuation that the sun is to pass through her. Shu holds the
solar-barque aloft and is labeled Lord of the sky. The solar-barque passes nightly through the underworld,
not through Nut and the name of Osiris, king of the netherworld is written before it. Nut's name appears
below the baskets carrying goddesses (the symbol of Neith is seen at far upper right) and although Nut's
name is determined with the green egg of divinity, it is without her title nbt-pt. Beside her names are the
green sun of the netherworld but the red sun of day is nowhere to be seen. We can consider this to be a
mixed version of what the sun does at night.
see Nut as the pure, starry night sky without insinuation that the sun is to pass through her. Shu holds the
solar-barque aloft and is labeled Lord of the sky. The solar-barque passes nightly through the underworld,
not through Nut and the name of Osiris, king of the netherworld is written before it. Nut's name appears
below the baskets carrying goddesses (the symbol of Neith is seen at far upper right) and although Nut's
name is determined with the green egg of divinity, it is without her title nbt-pt. Beside her names are the
green sun of the netherworld but the red sun of day is nowhere to be seen. We can consider this to be a
mixed version of what the sun does at night.
Coffin of Ankhefenmut, 21a Dynasty, Thebes, found in Bab el-Gasus in 1891; Cairo National Museum InvNo.:
JE29692; a simple but well drawn example.
JE29692; a simple but well drawn example.
Outer coffin of the High Priest of Amun, Masaharta, early 21a Dynasty, Thebes; found in the Royal
Cache TT320 in Deir el-Bahari in 1881; Cairo National Museum CG61027
Cache TT320 in Deir el-Bahari in 1881; Cairo National Museum CG61027
Leiden 93-10-?? (depot) late 21a Dynasty, Thebes; found in the "2nd Cache" Bab
el-Gasus in 1891; poor quality work. Nut's blue face is unusual.
el-Gasus in 1891; poor quality work. Nut's blue face is unusual.
Leiden 93-10-?? (depot) late 21a Dynasty, Thebes; found in the "2nd Cache" Bab
el-Gasus in 1891; second class work. The two positions of the sun are clear but
both appear to be in the netherworld.
el-Gasus in 1891; second class work. The two positions of the sun are clear but
both appear to be in the netherworld.