Anukis

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Anukis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated primarily with the Nile’s cataracts and southern frontier, often linked to fertility and protection.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Anukis canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian goddess ⓘ
deity ⓘ
associatedConcept border protection ⓘ
sexual fertility ⓘ
southern Nile cataracts near Aswan ⓘ
associatedWith Egyptian southern frontier ⓘ
Elephantine region ⓘ
linked to: Elephantine

Khnum ⓘ
Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile

Nile cataracts ⓘ
Nile flood ⓘ
Nubia ⓘ
Satis ⓘ
consortOf Khnum ⓘ
cultRegion Lower Nubia ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
domain fertility ⓘ
protection ⓘ
water ⓘ
epithet embracer of the land ⓘ
goddess of the cataracts ⓘ
festival Nile inundation festival at Elephantine ⓘ
function ensuring the life-giving inundation of the Nile ⓘ
protecting Egypt from southern threats ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
greekName Anukis ⓘ
languageVariant Anqet ⓘ
Anuket ⓘ
memberOf Elephantine triad ⓘ
oftenDepictedAs woman holding a scepter ⓘ
woman holding an ankh ⓘ
woman wearing a tall crown of reeds or ostrich feathers ⓘ
religiousRole local patron goddess of Elephantine and the First Cataract ⓘ
role protective goddess of Egypt’s southern border ⓘ
symbol Nile inundation ⓘ
ostrich feather crown ⓘ
papyrus ⓘ
triadMemberWith Khnum ⓘ
Satis ⓘ
worshipCenter Aswan region ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Governorate

Elephantine ⓘ
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 → Anukis ⓘ
Anukis → greekName → Anukis ⓘ