Nut

(West Asian mythology)

The Egyptian sky goddess. Atum arose from Nun, the primeval waters, and created Shu and Tefnut, air and moisture; from their union came Geb, the earth god, and Nut, whose offspring included Osiris, Seth, Isis, and Nepthys. The sky goddess was usually portrayed as a naked, giant woman whose arched back, supported by Shu, contained the heavens. Legend accounted for day and night in terms of solar rebirth. The sun was a child who entered the mouth of Nut in the evening, passed during the night through her body, and was born from her womb again in the morning.

In string instruments, the thin ridge between pegbox and fingerboard, at a right angle to them; it is usually made of hardwood, sometimes of ivory. The term ‘nut’ may also be applied to the heel or frog of a bow.

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Nut may be:

• Nut (fruit) , a type of fruit borne by certain flowering plants
• Nut (hardware), a fastener with internal screw thread
• Nut (linear positioning), the moving element along a lead screw or ball screw
• Nut (string instrument), a strip of hard material used to stop string vibrations
  • also the adjustment device at the end of a bow (music)
• Nut (climbing), a metal wedge used as protection during rock climbing
• Nut (goddess), a goddess in Egyptian mythology
• Nut hand, in poker, pocket cards that cannot be beaten
• A nut case, or crazy person
• NUT Container, a free multimedia container format
• National Union of Teachers in the United Kingdom
• The Nut, a volcanic plug and landmark near Stanley, Tasmania

See also

• Nuts

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