Khnum the ram-headed potter and Satet the archer goddess of the frontier raised Anuket as their daughter on Elephantine Island, the three forming the divine triad who commanded the Nile's cataract waters at Egypt's southern gate.
The cataract waters that Anuket personified were believed to flow from Nun's primordial abyss beneath Elephantine, connecting the rushing rapids to the inexhaustible source of all creation.
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