Egyptian Sky Goddess Nut

Nut (also spelled Nut or Nut) is an ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky, often depicted as a woman arched over the Earth, her body decorated with stars. She is one of the oldest deities in the Egyptian pantheon and is closely associated with the concept of the sky as a protective force. Nut's name is translated to Hebrew as נוט and to Arabic as نوت. In Greek, she is known as Nout. Nut was considered the daughter of the god Shu (god of air) and the goddess Tefnut (goddess of moisture), and the mother of the gods Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. She was often depicted as a naked woman arched on her toes and fingers, with her body covered in stars, symbolizing the heavens. Nut was also associated with the cycle of the sun and the stars, and was believed to swallow the sun at dusk and give birth to it again at dawn. Her symbol was the ladder, which was used by her husband, the god Geb (god of the Earth), to reach her in the sky.