#anuket

New art of Anuket, the ancient Egyptian Goddess of the Nile River in the area of the First Cataract, where the Nile flows over a rocky stretch that makes navigation difficult. The First Cataract traditionally marked the border with Nubia, so I’ve given Her Nubian features.

Her name means ‘the Clasper’, referring to the high narrow banks that constrain the Nile there. She represents the bounty and fertility of the Nile and its Inundation.

The original is digital, to look like an old lithographed poster in the Art Deco style, since that style was heavily influenced by ancient Egyptian art. It sort of goes with that Bat (the pre-dynastic Cow Goddess) I did a while back.

I’ve put Her up on both cards through Zazzle and prints through deviantArt, if anyone’s interested.

MyPatreon is a year old! Look at all the Goddesses I’ve painted in the past year. To my patrons: thank you so much; your encouragement and support really mean a lot to me!

An emissary of Anuket reminds you that beneath every surface, new life is waiting to emerge. No place is empty forever.
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Anuket (or Anukis) is an Ancient Egyptian goddess of the Nile cataracts who is associated with fertility and life-giving water, and a member of the “Elephantine Triad” with Khnum and Satet. She is often seen wearing an ostrich-plumed headdress (the symbol above the door here). Her sacred animal is the gazelle.

spacesnek:

We’ve decided on the name Anuket for this amazing little girl! Anuket is the Egyptian Goddess of the Nile, so we thought it would be fitting for a Nile Crocodile.

We’ve also changed her measuring days from Mondays to Thursdays.