Anuket

English

Alternative forms

Anqet, Anukit

Etymology

Proper noun

Anuket

An Ancient Egyptian goddess of the cataracts (“rapids”) of the Nile River. Sometimes treated as an aspect of the god of the Nile.

Synonyms

Anaka
Anqet
Anoukis
Anukis

(Egyptian-Greek-Roman equivalency) Hestia, Vesta

Hypernyms

Khnum-Satet-Anuket / Khnum-Satis-Anqet (the triple-deity, god representing the Nile)

Translations

Ancient Egyptian goddess

Ancient Greek: Ανουκις (Anoukis)
Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲕⲓ (anouki), ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲕⲉ (anouke)
Egyptian:

(ꜥnqt f)
Latin: Hestia, Vesta (la)

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