Anuket

Anukis (short form Any; ancient Egyptian anket, Anqet, also Anuket ) a goddess from Sudan who was also worshiped in Ancient Egypt and restored for the first time on the piers of telephoto of Sesostris I (12th Dynasty) Satis Temple is occupied in Elephantine.

Importance

The translation of its name means both " embrace " and " cause " and it was believed that they might accomplish a flood of the Nile by her embrace and the fertile fields made ​​during the flooding. They thus helped to ensure food security of the Egyptian people.

Anukis occurred since the Greco -Roman period as Chentyt - Setjet ( " Head of Sehel " ), Nebet - Setjet ( " mistress of Sehel ") and Nebet - Abu ( " mistress of Elephantine " ) as the goddess of the first cataract ( sources of the Nile ) in appearance and formed since the New Kingdom there along with Khnum and Satis the gods triad of Elephantine. First, together with Sopdet, later in the order, Anukis brought about the flood of the Nile.

Chance in the New Kingdom, but especially since the Greco -Roman period, Anukis also appeared in the manifestations of the goddesses Isis, Hathor and Nephthys.

Representation

Anukis is usually depicted as a woman wearing a high crown composed of bound reeds and a scepter made ​​of papyrus. In the late period, they could also figure as standing on a pedestal vulture with Atef crown and later as a gazelle, the sacred animal of Anukis occur.

Places of worship

Except as " mistress of Elephantine " Anuket was later worshiped on the island Sehel. Both places were the main places of worship and there are several well-known festivals of Anuket. Following the extension of the Egyptian frontiers she was worshiped in many places of the conquered Nubia.