PBP Fridays: N is for the Circle of N (Nebt-het, Nut, the Nun, and Nit)
The Circle of N
Nebt-het, She Who Borders The Sea
which was once all that existed
as the Nun, primordial ocean
which is deified as, among other Names,
Nit, the Creatrix, all-gendered
Who begat all the world
and can take the form of
the Celestial Cow
which is Nut, the starry heavens,
the uplifted sky arched over
Her lover the earth;
and this enormous divine cow
is also the goddess The Great Flood
and is a form of not only Nut
but also Nit
Who is likewise a form of Nebt-het
and is also the Nun personified;
and so we come full circle,
the proto-ocean Nun
into the creatrix Nit
into the Lady of the House, Nebt-het,
and that House is the sky, Nut.
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[…] And Kemetic gods are gods and goddesses, yes, but They are also Names of Netjer—and that means that the gods are a human way of naming, and thus identifying and attempting to understand, portions of this great unknowable divinity that is Netjer. I do indeed consider the Netjeru as individuals with Their own characteristics and initiative… but the Many are also the One. Netjer is comprised of Netjeru, and Netjeru blur the lines between each other, taking on one another’s roles and duties fluidly. (Just look at Nebt-het, Nit, and Nut for an example.) […]
[…] is, in part, because Netjeru are bendy. They flow into each other’s roles. Over time, one can become equated with, syncretized with, […]