Anqet

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Anqet is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with the Nile’s cataracts and fertility, often depicted as a woman wearing a crown of reeds or ostrich feathers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Anqet canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian goddess ⓘ
deity ⓘ
associatedWith Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile

Nile cataracts ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
nourishment ⓘ
procreation ⓘ
water ⓘ
consortOf Khnum ⓘ
cultType local cataract deity ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs woman wearing a crown of ostrich feathers ⓘ
woman wearing a crown of reeds ⓘ
depictedWith gazelle headgear (in some representations) ⓘ
domain border protection at Egypt’s southern frontier ⓘ
riverine fertility ⓘ
equatedWith Greek goddess Hestia (in some Greco-Roman interpretations) ⓘ
linked to: Hestia
function personification of the Nile’s inundation at the First Cataract ⓘ
provider of life-giving waters ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
iconographicAttribute holding ankh ⓘ
holding scepter ⓘ
tight-fitting dress ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
nameVariant Anket ⓘ
Anqet ⓘ
Anuket ⓘ
partOf Elephantine triad ⓘ
region Nubia ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
relatedTo Satet ⓘ
role goddess of fertility ⓘ
goddess of the Nile’s cataracts ⓘ
protective deity of southern Egypt’s border ⓘ
sometimesConsidered daughter of Khnum ⓘ
daughter of Ra ⓘ
symbol Nile waters ⓘ
ostrich feathers ⓘ
reeds ⓘ
worshipCenter Aswan region ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Governorate

Elephantine ⓘ
Sehel Island ⓘ
worshipPeriod Late Period ⓘ
Middle Kingdom ⓘ
New Kingdom ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anuket → equivalentName → Anqet ⓘ
Anukis → languageVariant → Anqet ⓘ