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mythology, Satis (also spelt Satjit,
Sates, and Sati) was the deification
of the floods of the Nile River, and
originated in the region around Aswan,
the southern edge of Egypt. Her name
means ejaculation (i.e. that which
is ejected out), as many Egyptians
believed that the annual flooding
of the Nile was due to the masturbation
of Atum.
One of her titles was She Who Runs
Like an Arrow, which is thought
to refer to the river current, and
her symbols became the arrow and
the running river.
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Satis was pictured as a woman wearing the
conical crown of Upper Egypt with antelope
horns, or as an antelope, a fast moving
creature living near the southern end of
Egypt.
She is usually depicted as holding an ankh,
due to her association with the life giving flooding of the
nile. Consequently, it is true that Satis acted as a fertility
goddess, thus granting the wishes of those who sought love.
Satis is also described as offering jars of purifying water.
| She became regarded as the consort
of Khnum,
the deification of the source of the
Nile, with whom she was worshipped
at Elephantine (the 1st nome of Egypt),
indeed the centre of her cult was
nearby, at Sahal, another island of
the Nile. Since she was most dominant
at the southern end of Egypt, she
became regarded as the guard of Egypt's
border with Nubia. Satis's child was
Anuket, goddess
of the nile itself, who formed the
third part of the Elephantine Trinity
of gods. After Khnum
became considered a form of Ra,
Satis became known as the Eye of Ra. |
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