Nut

Nut (pronounced Noot) was the wife and sister to Geb. He was the Earth, and she was the sky. Drawn as an elongated woman stretched over Geb, to illustrate the sky over the Earth. She was usually dark blue and covered with stars. The four cardinal directions are the places where her hands and feet touch the Earth.

Nut comes down from the heavens at night to be with her husband, which is why we can see the stars. As with Geb, though she was revered throughout Egypt, she was not a distinct individual as the other Gods seemed to be. She was also depicted as a sow, with the stars and planets at her teats. Nut was the daughter of Shu (air) and Tefnut (water), who were the first Deities born from the all-powerful Ra.

Geb and Nut are nearly always referred to together as a pair. Nut was originally married to Ra, but she only loved Geb. As punishment, Ra forced them apart which is why Nut must spend her days in the sky. He also cursed Nut that she could not bear any children for the 360 days of the year. But clever Thoth borrowed some light from the moon to create an extra 5 days for Nut. On those days, she had her 5 children. Each of these 5 days was marked with festivals in ancient times.

The days when Osiris, Nephthys and Set were born were considered unlucky days, the day of Isis was lucky, and the final day when Horus was born was neither lucky nor unlucky. They were called the five epagomenal days of the year