Egyptian Gods

Nut is one of the most important Egyptian Goddess in ancient Egyptian history. Nut was known as the Goddess of Sky. Nut also spelled as Nuit, Newet, and Neuth, whose name means “Night”. Nut was also referred as Coverer of the Sky, She Who Protects, Mistress of All, and She Who Holds a Thousand Souls.

Nut appearances portrayed as a woman whose fingertips and toes were touching the ground, the body forms an arch over her husband Geb who lying on the ground and wearing a dress decorated with stars. Her body created a vault or canopy over the earth. She also sometimes, depicted as a woman with vase on her head.

In the myth, said Nut swallows the sun god Ra every night and gives birth to him again the next morning. She became associated with the underworld and resurrection. The ancient Egyptian believed Nut’s laughter was the thunder and the tears were the rain.

Nut was the daughter of Shu the God of Air and Tefnut the Goddess of Moisture and she was the sister and wife of Geb, the God of the Earth. Osiris, Set, Isis and Nephthys were the children of Nut and Geb. These deities were on the five epagomenal days of the year, and these days were celebrated all over Egypt by the Egyptian:
1.    Osiris – an unlucky day
2.    Horus the Elder – neither lucky nor unlucky
3.    Set – an unlucky day
4.    Isis – a lucky day, “A Beautiful Festival of Heaven and Earth”.
5.    Nephthys – an unlucky day

There were several festival held through the year for Nut, such as “Festival of Nut and Ra” and the “Feast of Nut”. But there was no temple or cult centers build for her.