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Wadjet (/ ˈ w æ dʒ ə t /; Ancient Egyptian: wꜢḏyt "Green One"), [1] known to the Greek world as Uto (/ ˈ j uː t oʊ /; Koinē Greek: Οὐτώ) or Buto (/ ˈ b j uː t oʊ /; Βουτώ) among other renderings including Wedjat, Uadjet, and Udjo, [2] was originally the ancient Egyptian local goddess of the city of Dep or Buto in Lower ...
In Ancient Egyptian texts, the "Two Ladies" (Ancient Egyptian: nbtj, sometimes anglicized Nebty) was a religious epithet for the goddesses Wadjet and Nekhbet, two deities who were patrons of the ancient Egyptians and worshiped by all after the unification of its two parts, Lower Egypt, and Upper Egypt. When the two parts of Egypt were joined ...
Anuket – A feathered headdress-wearing goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions, particularly the lower cataracts of the Nile [33] [7] Bastet – Goddess represented as a cat or lioness, tutelary deity of the city of Bubastis, linked with protection from evil [34] Bat – A cow goddess from early in Egyptian history, eventually absorbed ...
Nekhbet (/ ˈ n ɛ k ˌ b ɛ t /; [1] also spelt Nekhebit) is an early predynastic local goddess in Egyptian mythology, who was the patron of the city of Nekheb (her name meaning of Nekheb). Ultimately, she became the patron of Upper Egypt and one of the two patron deities (alongside Wadjet) for all of Ancient Egypt when it was unified. [2]
Buto was a sacred site in dedication to the goddess Wadjet. [6] It was an important cultural site during prehistoric Egypt (before 3100 BCE).. The Buto-Maadi culture was the most important Lower Egyptian prehistoric culture, dating from 4000–3500 BC, [7] and contemporary with Naqada I and II phases in Upper Egypt.
Wadjet-Bastet, with a lioness head, the solar disk, and the cobra that represents Wadjet. What the name of the goddess means remains uncertain. [6] Names of ancient Egyptian deities often were represented as references to associations or with euphemisms, being cult secrets.
The Nebty name was symbolically linked to the two most important goddesses of Ancient Egyptian kingship: Nekhbet and Wadjet. Whilst Nekhbet (Egypt. Nekhebety; "she from Nekheb") was the "mistress of Upper Egypt", her pendant Wadjet (Egypt. Wadyt; "she who thrives" or simply "lady of the green") was the "mistress of Lower Egypt". Nekhbet was ...
The cobra image of Wadjet with the vulture image of Nekhbet represent the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt. The Uraeus ( / j ʊəˈr iː ə s / ) [ 1 ] or Ouraeus ( Ancient Greek : Οὐραῖος , Greek pronunciation: [οὐραῖος] ⓘ ; Egyptian : jꜥrt , "rearing cobra", plural: Uraei ) is the stylized, upright form of an ...