NUT ... is she a Goddess?

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  1. AlpinLuke

    AlpinLuke Well-Known Member

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    I have pondered this several times. For an Italian speaker "Nut" is a name. So that the Goddess of the sky in Ancient Egypt, Nut, was a powerful deity [one of the most powerful ever].

    But ... what about English speaking persons?

    A part that the pronounce is different, when you see the name of the Goddess of the sky you could think to a divine nutcase!

    Probably you don't consider "Nut" a so impressive and suitable name for a deity ...
     
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    She is the mother of Osiris and Isis.
     
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    Either way i have not heard of an Italian name nut nor an Egyptian name nut.

    'her' name in original Egyptian was:
    (nw) that identifies her.
    Name in hieroglyphs
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    http://friesian.com/egypt.htm
     
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    Ok, even if those hieroglyphs should be read "nwt" [meaning "sky"].

    But I'm making reference to the common name attributed to the deity, how we call her today ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut_(goddess)
     

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