Anat's integration into Egyptian religion reflects the cosmopolitan nature of the New Kingdom empire. She was worshipped as a goddess of battle, with pharaohs including Ramesses II and Ramesses III explicitly calling upon her protection in military campaigns. In Egyptian iconography she was depicted wearing the atef crown, carrying weapons, and sometimes bearing the title "Lady of Heaven" (a title shared with Egyptian goddesses such as Hathor and Nut). Her association with Set - the Egyptian god of chaos, storms, and the desert - was natural given both deities' connections to violence and foreign lands.

Despite her warrior identity, Anat was also connected to fertility and sexuality. In Canaanite texts she is called a "virgin" (meaning autonomous and unmarried rather than chaste), yet she is also described as bearing children with Baal. This dual nature - death-dealer and life-giver - is characteristic of several ancient Near Eastern goddesses and distinguishes her from purely martial deities. In Egypt, this fertility aspect may have facilitated her association with Min, the god of fertility and reproduction.

The "fish" confusion may stem from multiple sources. Some lists of Egyptian creatures appear to conflate Anat with Hatmehyt ("Foremost of the Fishes"), a distinct fish goddess of Mendes who was syncretised with Isis. Alternatively, it may result from the similarity of names between Anat and anet, the red sacred fish that accompanied Ra's solar barque alongside the abtu. Whatever the origin, there is no scholarly evidence connecting the goddess Anat to fish in any Egyptian or Canaanite source.