| Title | Sky goddess |
| Cult Center | |
| Gender | Female |
| Father | Shu the air god |
| Mother | Tefnut |
| Consort | Brother Geb
Ra the king of god |
| Sons and Daughters | From Geb - Osiris, Isis, Seth, Nephthys and Horus The elder
From Ra - Hathor the divine cow |
| Patron - Dominion | resurrection and rebirth |
| Dedicated temples | Nut was one of the cosmic deities and as such was never worshipped in a personified form. No temples or specific cult places are known |
| Appearance | Naked woman, holding her body up in an arch, facing downwards, over her husband Geb the Earth god |
Her body created a vault or canopy over the earth.
At the end of every day, Nut swallows the sun god Ra, and gives birth to him again the next morning.
Nut was originally married to Ra, but she only loved Geb. As punishment,
Ra forced them apart which is why Nut must spend her days in the sky.
He also cursed Nut that she could not bear any children for the 360 days of the year.
But clever Thoth borrowed some light from the moon to create an
extra 5 days for Nut. On those days, she had her 5 children.
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