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Thermuthis – Goddess of fate, fertility, and harvest [197] Thmei – Goddess of truth [198] Unut – A goddess represented as a serpent or a hare, worshiped in the region of Hermopolis [199] Usit – A goddess in Duat [200] Wepset – A protector serpent goddess [86] Werethekau – A goddess who protected the Pharaoh [201] [202]
Shai (also spelt Sai, occasionally Shay, and in Greek, Psais) was the deification of the concept of fate in Egyptian mythology. [1] As a concept, with no particular reason for associating one gender over another, Shai was sometimes considered female, rather than the more usual understanding of being male, in which circumstance Shai was referred ...
Bangun Bangun (Suludnon mythology): the deity of universal time who regulates cosmic movements [2]; Patag'aes (Suludnon mythology): awaits until midnight then enters the house to have a conversation with the living infant; if he discovers someone is eavesdropping, he will choke the child to death; their conversation creates the fate of the child, on how long the child wants to live and how the ...
In Egyptian mythology, The ḥmswt (anglicized as The Hemsut or The Hemuset were the goddesses of fate and protection. [1] [2] They are representative of the ka. Their headdresses bear shields, above which are two crossed arrows.
Nut, goddess of sky supported by Shu the god of air, while the earth god Geb reclines beneath. She was often painted on the inside lid of the sarcophagus, protecting the deceased. The vaults of tombs were often painted dark blue with many stars as a representation of Nut. The Book of the Dead says, "Hail, thou Sycamore Tree of the Goddess Nut!
Bastet (Ancient Egyptian: bꜣstt), also known as Ubasti, [a] or Bubastis, [b] is a goddess of ancient Egyptian religion possibly of Nubian origin, worshipped as early as the Second Dynasty (2890 BC). In ancient Greek religion, she was known as Ailuros (Koinē Greek: αἴλουρος, lit. 'cat').
Plutarch described the statue of a seated and veiled goddess in the Egyptian city of Sais. [45] [46] He identified the goddess as "Athena, whom [the Egyptians] consider to be Isis." [45] However, Sais was the cult center of the goddess Neith, whom the Greeks compared to their goddess Athena, and could have been the goddess that Plutarch spoke ...
This movement between realms was sometimes described as a journey between the sky and the earth. As temples were the focal points of Egyptian cities, the god in a city's main temple was the patron deity for the city and the surrounding region. [76] Deities' spheres of influence on earth centered on the towns and regions they presided over. [73]