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Geb is also a Heliopolis god. Geb is the god of the earth.
He
was the son of Shu and Tufnut and the brother and husband of Nut.
With Nut he
had four children, Osiris, Isis, Seth, Nephthes.
He helped the dead to heaven
and he gave them something to drink. People say that Geb’s laughter was the
sound of earthquakes. Other things show him lying underneath Nut. He lays on one
elbow with a knee and arm in the air. This way he is representing the valleys
and hills of the land, which was called "the house of Geb." He is
shown either as a darker or green skinned man, the colors of life, the soil of
the Nile, plus plants with leaves. |
