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Wosret – Goddess of Thebes
Wosret (Wasret),”The Powerful”, was a very seldom depicted local guardian goddess in Thebes (in Egyptian called: Waset). She grew popular nation wide during dynasty 12 when three pharaohs took the name Senwosret, (in Greek: Sesostris) meaning – “The man (i.e. … Continue reading
Seshat – Goddess of writing and measurements
Seshat (Sashet, Sesheta), meaning ‘female scribe’, was seen as the goddess of writing, historical records, accounting and mathematics, measurement and architecture to the ancient Egyptians. She was depicted as a woman wearing a panther-skin dress (the garb of the funerary … Continue reading
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Sefkhet-Abwy – Goddess of Writing and Temple Libraries
Sefkhet-Abwy was a goddess of writing, as well as temple libraries, of which there were many in ancient Egypt. Her name means the seven-horned and she wears on her head the symbol of a seven-pointed star below an indented arc … Continue reading
The Seven Years' Famine
The Preface This narrative is from the famous inscription which was discovered on the rock pictured at left on the Island of Sahal in 1890 by Charles Wilbour. In the eighteenth year of the king Tcheser (the third king of … Continue reading
Mafdet – Goddess of Scorpions and Snakes
The ancient Egyptians revered felines as sacred for many centuries apparently, as Mafdet is a very old goddess, dating to around the First Dynasty. She was prayed to for protection against scorpion stings and snakebite, and invoked in healing rituals … Continue reading
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Iusaas – Creator Goddess
Iusaas was a goddess of Heliopolis whose name means, “she comes who is great”. Wearing a scarab beetle on her head she can easily be seen as a counterpart to the sun god Atum, and like Nebethetepet plays a crucial … Continue reading
Isis – Queen of the Gods
Isis may be the oldest deity in Egypt, and certainly the oldest to survive the ages in much the same form. She may also be the most important, for although the other gods were worshipped widely, Isis was worshipped almost … Continue reading
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Hetepes-Sekhus – An Eye of Re
Hetepes-Sekhus was an Underworld cobra goddess who by virtue of her power as the eye of Re annihilates the souls of Osiris’ enemies. her invincibility is enhanced by her entourage of crocodiles.
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Hatmehyt – The Fish Goddess
Hatmehyt was a fish-goddess worshipped in the Delta, particularly in the northeast at Mendes. The fish as a divinity is comparatively rare in the Egyptian pantheon, but Hatmehyt’s name means “she who is in front of the fishes” referring to … Continue reading
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Banebdjetet – God of Lower Egypt
The god Banebdjedet meant “Spiritual Lord of Djedet”, i.e. the capital of nome number 16 in the Delta, called Mendes in Greek. He stood for the combined spirits of the four mayor gods Re, Shu, Geb and Osiris and was … Continue reading
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