Satet - The Goddess of the Annual Flood of the Nile

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by Günther Eichhorn

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Archer Goddess, Goddess of the annual flood of the Nile and the Nile cataracts. She was the wife of Khnoum. She was associated with Sirius, the Dog Star, because the annual flood coincided with the rising of Sirius. Every year, Isis would shed a single tear. Satet would catch it with a jar and pour it into the Nile to create the annual flood. She was worshiped with Khnoum on Elephantine Island near Aswan. She was shown with the Hedjet, the White Crown of Upper Egypt and antelope horns.

close-up relief satet Close-up of a relief of Satet in the Satet/Khnoum Temple on Elephantine Island. (685k) relief satet right Relief of Satet (right) embracing the Pharaoh Montuhotep, in the Satet/Khnoum Temple on Elephantine Island. (548k) relief satet offering Relief of Satet offering the Ankh, the sign of life to a Pharaoh, in the Satet/Khnoum Temple on Elephantine Island. (442k)


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