It was this association with water, i.e. the Nile, that led to her sometimes being considered the wife of Khnum, and associated with the source of the River Nile.
وكان هذا الارتباط مع الماء، أي النيل، أدى إلى اعتبارها أحيانا زوجة للإله خنوم ، و ربطها بمنابع نهر النيل.