MOTHER OF THE GODS...

O Asr Pepy, Nut, your mother, spreads herself above you,
She conceals you from evil,
Nut protects you from all evil,
You, the greatest of her children!

                         - Sarcophagus Chamber, West Wall, Utterance 446

To the ancient Kemetians, Nut (Nuit) was the sky (originally she was a goddess of just the sky at day, where the clouds formed) and the heavens personified. The goddess Nut protected the earth, which she and Geb encompassed, against the chaos and darkness above her. She was believed to be the daughter of the gods Shu and Tefnut, the granddaughter of the sun-god, Ra. Her husband was also her brother, Geb. She was thought to be the mother of five children on the five extra days of the Kemetian calendar, won by Djhuty.

Asar was born on the first day, Heru the Elder on the second, Set on the third, Aset on the fourth, and Nebthet, the last born, on the fifth day. The ancient Kemetians celebrated the days on which these deities were born - these were known as the 'five epagomenal days of the year':

1. Asar - an unlucky day
2. Heru the Elder - neither lucky nor unlucky
3. Set - an unlucky day
4. Aset - a lucky day, "A Beautiful Festival of Heaven and Earth."
5. Nebthet- an unlucky day