Anuket is the goddess of the First Cataract and of Lower Nubia, worshipped at Elephantine and on the island of Sehel, where her temple stood and pharaohs from Sobekhotep III to Amenhotep II left dedications. She is the daughter of Khnum and Satet in the Elephantine triad, 'the Embracer' whose outstretched arms may figure the two branches of the Nile, and the flood is hers: when the river rose her festival began and the taboo on certain fish was lifted. Her name meant 'the embracer', and in the New Kingdom she was 'the Nubian'.
Modern Practice
Anuket is called at the rising of a river or a tide, for the southern boundary, and for the blessing of fast water. The practice is a libation poured into moving water, with nothing asked that the river cannot give.