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NUT:
Nut is a primordial deity representing Sky. She is the daughter
of Shu and Tefnut. She is typically depicted as a human in
an arched pose, with only her toes and fingertips touching
the earth. Her body is covered with stars. Sometimes, she
is depicted as a giant cow. Together with her brother Geb,
she had children Osirus, Set, Isis, Nepthys (and, in some
variations of the myth, Horus the Elder). She is a protective
goddess, and her image is often painted on the ceiling of
tombs, or the lids of sarcophagi.
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