Anukis or Anuket (also known as Anket, Anqet, Anjet or Anukis) is the ancient Egyptian goddess of the cataracts of the Nile and Lower Nubia. She was also a goddess of the hunt and was worshipped as a protective deity during childbirth. She is depicted as a woman wearing a crown of ostrich feathers, or in the form of her sacred animal, the gazelle. In Greek, this became Anoukis (Ανουκις), sometimes also spelled Anukis. In the interpretatio graeca, she was considered equivalent to Hestia or Vesta. (sources: Henadology, Wikipedia, Ancient Egypt Online)

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