The goddesses Isis, Nebhat, Meskhent, and Hakt went as dancing girls to Rud-didet after she bore sons to the god Ra.

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According to Egyptian mythology, after Rud-didet bore sons to the great god Ra (also spelled Re), the goddesses isis, Nebhat, Meskhent, Hakt, and Khnumu were asked to go to her. They did so, all except Khnumu who acted as the porter for the goddesses, and they went as dancing girls, as depicted in this 1915 illustration by American artist Evelyn Paul.

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