Editing Nut (goddess) (section)

== Goddess of the sky, stars ==
[[File:Goddes nut inside the coffin of peftjauneith (rmo leiden, egypt 26d 664-525bc) (3977549159).jpg|left|thumb|upright|Nut, personification of the night-sky, speckled with stars, from inside the coffin of Peftjauneith.]]
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Nut is a daughter of [[Shu (Egyptian deity)|Shu]] and [[Tefnut]]. Her brother and husband is [[Geb]]. She had four children{{snd}}[[Osiris]], [[Set (deity)|Set]], [[Isis]], and [[Nephthys]]{{snd}}to which is added [[Horus]] in a Graeco-Egyptian version of the myth of Nut and Geb.<ref>Hart, George (200t). ''The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses''. Routledge. p. 110</ref> She is considered one of the oldest deities among the Egyptian pantheon,<ref name="Ancient Egypt 2001" /> with her origin being found on the creation story of [[Heliopolis (Ancient Egypt)|Heliopolis]]. She was originally the goddess of the [[night (hieroglyph)|nighttime]] [[sky (hieroglyph)|sky]], but eventually became referred to as simply the sky goddess. Her headdress was the hieroglyph of part of her name, a [[pottery|pot]], which may also symbolize the [[uterus]]. Mostly depicted in nude human form, Nut was also sometimes depicted in the form of a [[cow]] whose great body formed the sky and heavens, a [[Ficus sycomorus|sycamore tree]], or as a giant [[Suidae|sow]], suckling many piglets (representing the stars).

Some scholars suggested that the Egyptians may have seen the Milky Way as a celestial depiction of Nut.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.sciengine.com/JAHH/doi/10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2024.01.02;JSESSIONID=0abf35c9-4105-46fb-b80f-9cd99f95ebf6 | doi=10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2024.01.02 | title=The Ancient Egyptian Personification of the Milky Way as the Sky-Goddess Nut: An Astronomical and Cross-Cultural Analysis | date=2024 | last1=Graur | first1=Or | journal=Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage | volume=27 | pages=28–45 | arxiv=2404.01458 }}</ref>