Nut, also known by various other transcriptions, is the goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe in the ancient Egyptian religion. She was seen as a star-covered nude woman arching over the Earth, or as a cow. She was depicted wearing the water-pot sign (nw) that identifies her.
Nut, personification of the night-sky, speckled with stars, from inside the coffin of Peftjauneith.
Nut swallows the Sun, which travels through her body at night to be reborn at dawn.
The sky goddess Nut depicted as a cow
Nut, goddess of sky supported by Shu the god of air, and the ram-headed Heh deities, while the earth god Geb reclines beneath.
The sky often has important religious significance. Many religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, have deities associated with the sky.
Jupiter, the sky father of Roman religion and mythology.