Anuket

English

Alternative forms

• Anqet, Anukit

Etymology

From Egyptian

(ꜥnqt).

Proper noun

Anuket

1. 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)