Nut

the sky

Nut is the night sky itself: often shown as a woman arching over the earth.

💡 Did you know? On coffin lids she was painted protectively over the dead, so they might be reborn like the sun.

she swallows it

In the evening Nut swallows the sun, which travels through her body to be born anew at dawn.

💡 Did you know? Her brother and husband is the earth god Geb, who lies beneath her.

Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys

With Geb, Nut bore the four gods around whom the famous Osiris myth revolves.

💡 Did you know? Legend says Nut could give birth on no day of the year: only a trick of Thoth created five extra days for it.

as a star-covered arching body

Nut arches as a woman with a star-covered body over the earth; her limbs touch the horizons.

💡 Did you know? Between her and the earth god Geb, the air god Shu holds sky and earth apart.

the earth god Geb

Nut, the sky, and Geb, the earth, are both siblings and spouses.

💡 Did you know? Legend says the two lovers were forcibly separated by the air god.

so that Nut could give birth

Nut could give birth on none of the 360 days; Thoth won five extra days in a game.

💡 Did you know? On these five „extra days“ Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys and Horus were born.