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Who was the Egyptian river god?

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The Nile river was the lifeblood of the Egyptian people. It is no wonder that Anuket, the goddess of the river, was also the goddess of life and fertility. Anuket was represented by by a woman with a gazelle's head. She was daughter of Satet, the goddess of the flood. Her temple was located on the island of Seheil.

However, Hapi was also a diety who was embodied by the Nile. He was attributed to the annual flooding of the Nile and viewed as a god bearing the gifts of fertility and blessings of the river.

Sobek was also the Crocodile god of the Nile. While originally Sobek was a diety of the "evil" crocodiles, which the primitive Egyptians were very afraid, he eventually also became a god of the armies due to his ferocity. This ambiguity led him to become a god who would repair the evils of the world.

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The Nile deities are:

Hapi; god of the Nile and its inundation.

Anqet (Anket, Anuket, Anjet, Anukis) goddess of the Nile and its inundation; worshiped as the "nourisher of the fields," referring to the annual inundation of the Nile that deposited a layer of rich silt on the agricultural areas. She formed a triad with Khenmu and Satis; she represented the banks of the Nile and the islands in the Aswan area.

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The Duat, that being the "underworld" of the ancient Egyptians was seen by them as being in the night sky; it was called the Ba of the Nile; Atum or Ra sailed every night in the Duat (night sky) and rose and set in the daytime sky as the sun. His solar boats were Mandjet (the Boat of Millions of Years), or morning boat and the Mesektet, or evening boat.

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Hapi

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Nephthys

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