"SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF "RA, "AND DURING THE NEW KINGDOM, THE WIFE OF "KHNUM." SHE WAS GENERALLY DEPICTED AS A RATHER TALL WOMAN WEARING A HEADDRESS MADE OF EITHER REEDS OR OSTRICH FEATHERS...AND IS OFTEN FOUND HOLDING A SCEPTRE AND THE ANKH SYMBOL. HER PRIMARY SYMBOL WAS THE COWRIE SHELL. HER SACRED ANIMAL WAS THE GAZELLE, A CREATURE MUCH ADMIRED FOR ITS DELICATE BEAUTY AND ITS AGILITY.
SHE FIRST EMERGED IN NORTHERN NUBIA AND WAS A GODDESS OF EVERYTHING SOUTH OF THE EGYPTIAN BORDER. IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT SHE WAS ALSO WORSHIPED THROUGHOUT NORTHERN NUBIA, AND WAS NOT A GODDESS CONFINED TO EGYPT ITSELF. BECAUSE OF THIS, SHE WAS GIVEN THE TITLE OF "MISTRESS OF NUBIA. "
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