nut

=Nut=

Nut is the Egyptian goddess of the sky. Her parents are Shu and Tefnut and is the granddaughter of Ra the sun god. She is married to her brother Geb, and had five children. Their names are Osiris, Horus the Elder, Set, Isis, and Nephthys. There are days of the year in the Egyptian calender which are associated with Nut's five children called the "five epagomenal days of the year." Osiris's day is unlucky, Horus the Elder's day isn't unlucky or lucky, Set's day is unlucky, Isis's day is lucky, and Nephthys's day is unlucky. Nut is seen in artwork as a woman standing as an arch. She is usually covered in stars and her arms and legs are the pillars in Egyptian mythology that hold up the sky. She is sometimes seen in art as a cow instead of a human. In one myths she carries Ra up to the sky on her back so he can rest from ruling the Earth. In another myth she swallows the sun at night which is then reborn in the morning. Since she gave birth to the sun every morning she was also seen as a goddess of the Underworld (not __the__ goddess of the underworld), resurrection, and the tomb. It was common for her to be painted on the lit of sarcophagi to protect the dead.

Sources: http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/nut.html @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut_%28goddess%29