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There are many Nile deites of ancient Egypt;
Goddesses
Anuket (personification and goddess of the Nile, fertility and war godddess of Nubian origin, of Satet-Khnum-Anuket triad on Elephantine island )
Naunet (chaos and water, consort of Nun)
Satet (the inundation of the Nile, Sirius star; the tear of Isis caught by Satet's jugs and put into Nile waters, of Satet-Khnum-Anuket triad on Elephantine island)
Neith (sometimes a primal water goddess, mother of Apep, Ra, and Sobek)
Mut (primal mother goddess of the waters, consort Amun, child is Khnum)
Hatmehit (meaning "great flood", identifed with fish and Hathor; and Isis for her consort Banebdjedet )
Isis (the flooding of the Nile caused by the tears for Osiris)
Gods:
Nun (primeval god of water and chaos.)
Hapi (annual flooding of Nile god - the inundation event, fertility.)
Heryshaf (ram headed, creator god, emerged from Nun i.e. primeval waters; "ruler of the riverbanks")
Yam (sea god, Ugarit deity)
Khnum (ram headed, "the great potter", from the clay of the flood he created people and held them aloft so Ra could give them life and put them in the womb; god guardian of the source of the Nile of Satet-Khnum-Anuket triad on Elephantine island near Aswan)
Banebdjedet (Hamehit's consort, identfed with Osiris, ram)
Osiris ( granted all life, including sprouting vegetation and the fertile flooding of the Nile River)
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