Editing Anuket (section)

== History and roles ==
She was originally the daughter of [[Ra]], but was always related to [[Satet]] in some way. For example, both goddesses were called the "[[Eye of Ra]]", along with [[Bastet]], [[Hathor]], and [[Sekhmet]].<ref name="AncientEgyptOnline-Anuket" /> Also, they were both related in some way to the [[Uraeus]].<ref name="AncientEgyptOnline-Anuket" />

Anuket was the goddess of the Nile flood and a protective goddess of the southern border of Egypt. Her posing with her arms outstretched may have been a visual reference to the shape of the Nile, with its two tributaries, and influenced her being called "the Embracer". In the New Kingdom, her aspects as a southern goddess were emphasized to the point where one of her epithets was "the Nubian".<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Abdelhakim |first=Walaa Mohamed |last2=Zein |first2=Mohamed |last3=Mosallam |first3=Amr |date=1999-12-01 |title=The Sexual Symbolism of the Votive Beds’ Decorations and Its Relation to Their Function |url=https://ijthsx.journals.ekb.eg/article_285658.html |journal=The International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Studies |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=162–143 |doi=10.21608/ijthsx.2023.180510.1040 |issn=2785-9843}}</ref>

She was associated with swift moving water, and this was the reason for her association with papyruses.<ref name=":0" />