Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Nut - Goddess of the Sky




Who is Nut?
  • Wife and sister of Geb
  • Mother of Isis, Osiris, Seth and Nephthys
  • Depicted as stretched over the Earth, her hands and feet are the cardinal points.
  • Protects the world from the chaos beyond, maintains all that is in existence.
  • Mistress of the heavenly bodies - draws stars into her mouth and expels them from her womb in a repeating cycle.
  • Colours - Indigo of the night sky and the silver lights of the stars.

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