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ID: 901002153
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Record Type: Character/Person

Nut (Egyptian deity)

Note: Goddess of the sky; wears the stars on her body and is mother of the sun god, whom she swallows in the evening and gives birth to again in the morning.

Names:
Nut (Egyptian deity) (preferred,English-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Egyptian iconography> (P)
........<Egyptian characters> (P)
............Nut (Egyptian deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
consort/spouse of .... Geb
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Egyptian iconography, Egyptian characters, Geb (Egyptian diety)) [901001633]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... sky
.....(earth features, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Nut (Egyptian deity)
................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 417
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 417

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