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In Egyptian 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. 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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