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Serket / ˈ s ɜːr ˌ k ɛ t / (Ancient Egyptian: srqt) is the goddess of healing venomous stings and bites in Egyptian mythology, originally the deification of the scorpion. [2] Her family life is unknown, but she is sometimes credited as the daughter of Neith and Khnum, making her a sister to Sobek and Apep.
Hededet or Hedjedjet (ḥdd.t) is a scorpion goddess of the ancient Egyptian religion. She resembles Serket in many ways, but was in later periods merged into Isis . She was depicted with the head of a scorpion, nursing a baby. [ 2 ]
Scorpion II (Ancient Egyptian: possibly Selk or Weha [1]), also known as King Scorpion, was a ruler during the Protodynastic Period of Upper Egypt (c. 3200–3000 BCE). Identity Name
Scorpion I (fl. c. 3255 BC) was a ruler of Upper Egypt during Naqada III. He was one of the first rulers of Ancient Egypt, and a graffito of him depicts a battle with an unidentified predynastic ruler. His tomb is known for the evidence of early examples of wine consumption in Ancient Egypt.
Isis, an Egyptian mother goddess who sometimes appeared as a scorpion and was accompanied and guarded by seven minor scorpion deities on her travels; Lisin, also known as Negun, a Sumerian goddess identified with the star α Scorpionis, the "heart of Scorpion" Malinalxochitl, the Aztec goddess of snakes, scorpions, and insects of the desert
Mafdet (also Mefdet, Maftet [1]) was a goddess in the ancient Egyptian religion. She was often depicted wearing a skin of a cheetah , and protected against the bite of snakes and scorpions. She was part of the pantheon of ancient Egyptian deities that was prominent during the First Dynasty of Egypt .
Ancient Egyptian deities were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion and were worshiped for millennia. Many of them ruled over natural and social phenomena , as well as abstract concepts [ 1 ] These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization, and more than 1,500 of them are known by name.
Ta-Bitjet is an ancient goddess of Egyptian mythology. She is identified as the consort of Horus. [1] Ta-Bitjet is a scorpion goddess and the blood that flowed from when Horus ruptured her hymen can serve as a panacea for poisons. [2] She could be associated with another bride of one of the Horuses, Serket.