Nut is associated with other worldly things. She and her daughter Isis are equated with the sycamore tree. Many coffins were constructed from sycamore wood for even more of Nut’s protection. Nut is also identified with the number nine, mainly because of her inclusion in the Heliopolitan ennead: Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. Another, more obvious connection is with the color blue (irtiu/khesbedj). Ancient Egyptians held that the color blue symbolized water and the heavens, but, since water can also be represented by green, mainly the heavens. Yellow is considered another heavenly color, mainly of the sun and stars.
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