In the Ennead mythology, Nut (alternatively spelled Nuit, Newet, and Neuth), was the goddess of the sky^[2]. Egyptian hieroglyphs (ˈhaɪərəʊɡlɪf from Greek grc-Grek ἱερογλύφος " sacred carving " also hieroglyphic = grc-Grek For the neo-Platonist work by Plotinus see Enneads. For the Latin epic see Aeneid. The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" The sky is the part of the Atmosphere or of Outer space visible from the surface of any Astronomical object. Her name means Night. Some of the titles of Nut were Coverer of the Sky, She Who Protects, Mistress of All, and She Who Holds a Thousand Souls. Originally she was the goddess of the daytime sky, but in later times she was known simply as the sky goddess. Nut was said to be covered in stars touching the cardinal points of her body. A star is a massive luminous ball of plasma. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the Energy on Earth Her headdress was the hieroglyphic of part of her name, a pot, which may also symbolize the uterus. Pottery is the Ceramic ware made by potters It also refers to a group of materials that includes Earthenware, Stoneware The uterus (from the Latin word for womb) is the major Female reproductive organ of most Mammals including Humans One end the The ancient Egyptians said that every woman was a nutrit, a little goddess.

The Sky Goddess Nut arched protectively over Earth and all of its inhabitants

Nut was the goddess of the sky and all heavenly bodies, a symbol of resurrection and rebirth. This article concerns itself with Jesus Christ Christian, Islamic and other religious interpretations of resurrection in general According to the Egyptians, the heavenly bodies—such as the sun—would be swallowed, traverse the inside of her belly through the night, and be reborn out of her uterus at dawn. This article is about the contemporary North African ethnic group The uterus (from the Latin word for womb) is the major Female reproductive organ of most Mammals including Humans One end the A sacred symbol of Nut was the ladder, used by Osiris to enter her heavenly skies. A ladder is a vertical or inclined set of rungs or steps. There are two types rigid ladders that can be leaned against a vertical surface such as a Wall, and This ladder-symbol was called maqet and was placed in tombs to protect the deceased, and to invoke the aid of the deity of the dead. She was the sky goddess, in contrast to most other mythologies, which usually evolve into a sky father associated with an earth mother. The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" The sky father is a recurring theme in Mythology. The sky father is the complement of the Earth mother and appears in some Creation myths many A mother goddess is a Goddess, often portrayed as the Earth Mother who serves as a general Fertility deity the bountiful embodiment of the Earth.

Nut was thought to be the barrier separating the forces of chaos from the ordered cosmos in the world. She was pictured as a woman arched on her toes and fingertips over the earth—her body, a star-filled sky. Nut’s fingers and toes were believed to touch the four cardinal points or directions.

The sky goddess Nut depicted as a cow

Sometimes Nut appeared 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). Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family Pigs, also called hogs or' swine', are Ungulates which have been domesticated as sources of food leather and similar products since ancient times

Nut was seen as a friend and protector of the dead, who appealed to her as a child appeals to its mother: “O my Mother Nut, stretch Yourself over me, that I may be placed among the imperishable stars which are in You, and that I may not die. ” Nut was thought to draw the dead into her star-filled sky, and refresh them with food and wine: “I am Nut, and I have come so that I may enfold and protect you from all things evil. ” She was often painted on the inside lid of the sarcophagus, protecting the deceased. A sarcophagus is a Funeral receptacle for a Corpse, most commonly carved or cut from stone The vault of tombs often were painted dark blue with many stars as a representation of Nut. A Vault (French voute Italian volta German Gewölbe Polish sklepienie, Spanish For the New York prison see The Tombs. A Tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead.

The Book of the Dead says, “Hail, thou Sycamore Tree of the Goddess Nut! Give me of the water and of the air which is in thee. ' The Book of the Dead' is the common name for the Ancient Egyptian Funerary text known as ' Spells of Coming' (or ' Going') ' Forth By Day' I embrace that throne which is in Unu, and I keep guard over the Egg of Nekek-ur. It flourisheth, and I flourish; it liveth, and I live; it snuffeth the air, and I snuff the air, I the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace. ”

In a later myth Nut becomes a daughter of Shu, god of the air, and Tefnut, goddess of moistness. In Egyptian mythology, Shu (meaning dryness and he who rises up) is one of the primordial gods a personification of air one of the Ennead of In Egyptian mythology, Tefnut (alternate spellings Tefenet Tefnet is a goddess of Water and fertility indeed her name means moist waters (i She was paired with Geb, the earth, with whom she had four children: Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. Geb (pronunciation as such from the Greek period onwards formerly erroneously read as Seb) or Keb (in Egyptian originally Gebeb/Kebeb meaning probably Osiris ( Greek language, also Usiris; the Egyptian language name is variously transliterated Asar, Aser, Ausar, Ausir Isis is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs and is celebrated in their mythology as the ideal mother and wife patron of nature and magic friend of slaves sinners In Ancient Egyptian mythology, Set (also spelled Seth, Sutekh or Seteh) is an ancient god who was originally the god of the Desert In Egyptian mythology, Nephthys is the Greek form of an epithet (correctly spelled Nebet-het, and Nebt-het, in Transliteration from In another myth, she originally lay eternally, having sexual intercourse with Geb, but Shu (the air) later separated them, and it was said that if she ever returned to that position, chaos would reign (because the world was that space that existed between the two). Sexual intercourse, in its biological sense is the act in which the male reproductive organ (in humans and other higher animals enters the female reproductive tract Sometimes Nut was considered to be the daughter and wife of Ra, at other times she was identified as his mother, who gave birth to him each morning (the pink dawn sky being the blood of this birth). Ra (pronounced Rah and sometimes as Rê, is an Ancient Egyptian sun god.

Notes

1. ^ The hieroglyphics (top right) spell nwt or nut. Egyptians never wrote Nuit. (Collier and Manley p. 155)
2. ^ Mythology, An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Principal Myths and Religions of the World, by Richard Cavendish ISBN 1-84056-070-3, 1998

References

• Collier, Mark and Manley, Bill. Richard Cavendish may refer to Lord Richard Cavendish (1752-1781 (1752-1781 Member of the Parliament of Great Britain Lord Richard Cavendish How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Revised Edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.