A beautiful 13x9 inch art print of the ancient Egyptian goddess Nut on authentic finest Handmade Egyptian Papyrus paper. Nut is a goddess of the sky and heavens in ancient Egyptian mythology. Goddess NUT was the offspring of Tefnut, the goddess of heat, and Shu, the god of life's breath. She was typically portrayed as a female bending over the Earth, her feet in the east and her head in the west. She was occasionally portrayed as a celestial cow. She was a part of Heliopolis' cosmogony (a theory about the origin of the universe). The ancient Egyptians believed she shielded her husband, the Earth deity Geb, from the night sky. According to legend, the sun deity Ra passed through her, swallowing him at night and giving birth to him every morning. Ra was then replaced at night by Thoth. Because she protected the dead until they were reborn in the Afterlife, she was often associated with coffins and sarcophagi.