Anuket
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Anuket was an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with the Nile River's cataracts (rocky rapids) and the region of Lower Nubia, and she was primarily worshipped at Elephantine, a location near the First Cataract. She mattered to ancient Egyptians as a deity connected to an important geographical feature that affected both their trade and daily life along the Nile.
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- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Anuket
- Deity.image
- Anuket.svg
- Deity.caption
- The goddess Anuket, depicted as a woman with a tall, plumed headdress
- Deity.hiero
- a:n-q:t-B1
- Deity.cult_center
- Elephantine, Seheil
- Deity.symbol
- Bow, arrows, gazelle, ostrich feather
- Deity.parents
- Khnum and Satet
- Deity.greek_equivalent
- Hestia
- Deity.roman_equivalent
- Vesta
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Anuket was the ancient Egyptian goddess of the cataracts of the Nile and Lower Nubia in general, worshipped especially at Elephantine near the First Cataract.
==Etymology== In ancient Egyptian, she was known as Anuket, Anaka, or Anqet. Her name meant the "Clasper" or "Embracer". In Greek, this became Anucis (), sometimes also spelled Anoukis or Anukis. In the interpretatio graeca, she was considered equivalent to Hestia or Vesta.