Nut was also known as the second universal mother, after Tefnut. Nut gambled four days not from Khonsu but Djehuti, the god of learning and knowledge. Nut was one of the only gods not be banished by the House of Life as her host is the sky, making her almost impossible to capture. If Nut was to ever try and leave the sky, the clouds will flicker with lightning that will strike her and raging winds will push her back upward. As punishment for her disobedience, Ra forced their father, Shu, to keep Nut and Geb apart, thereby preventing them from having anymore children. On each day, she gave birth to a child, ultimately resulting in the creation of Osiris, Horus, Set, Isis, and Nephthys. Defiant, Nut gambled with Khonsu for moonlight and used what she gained to create five more days. Nut and her husband, Geb, wished to have children but Ra learned that one of their children would overthrow him and so he forbade her to give birth on any of the three-hundred and sixty days of the year.
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