Anuket
Anuket is an Egyptian goddess linked with the Nile cataracts and the inundation. She appears mainly in human form.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worship attested from Early Dynastic Period to Roman period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Sothis, Sopdet, Heket, Banebdjedet, Nebtu, Imentet, Wosret, Astarte, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Mestjet, Weret-hekau, Sekhmet, Hathor, Hera, Juno, Montu, Hapi, Heka, Min, Heqet, Ihy, Menhit, Isis, Bastet, Tefnut, Wadjet, Mut, Nekhbet, Neith, Renenutet, Bat, Pakhet, Nut, Nephthys, Amunet, Anput, Hesat, Serket, Ma'at
Mentioned by
- Astarte
- Meretseger
- Mehet-Weret
- Mestjet
- Weret-hekau
- Sekhmet
- Hathor
- Hera
- Juno
- Montu
- Hapi
- Heka
- Min
- Heqet
- Ihy
- Menhit
and 21 more
Sources
Source passages
“Neith, a sometimes warlike deity sometimes said to be the mother of the sun god, and Satet and Anuket, who were linked with the Nile cataracts and the inundation. Other such goddesses include Sothis, the deified form of the star of the same name, and Maat, the personification of cosmic order, who was connected with the eye because she was said to be the daughter of Ra.”
#15883 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Anuket was part of a triad with the god Khnum, and the goddess Satis. She may have been the sister of the goddess Satis or she may have been a junior consort to Khnum instead.”
#23283 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“By Khnum, her child was Anuket, goddess of the Nile.”
#23667 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Above the stela, King Djoser is depicted offering tributes to Khnum, as well as the goddesses Satis and Anuket.”
#24302 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Anuket – A feathered headdress-wearing goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions, particularly the lower cataracts of the Nile”
#24771 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5