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Ptah (/ t ɑː / TAH; [1] Ancient Egyptian: ptḥ, reconstructed; Ancient Greek: Φθά, romanized: Phthá; Coptic: ⲡⲧⲁϩ, romanized: Ptah; Phoenician: 𐤐𐤕𐤇, romanized: ptḥ) [2] [3] [note 1] is an ancient Egyptian deity, a creator god [4] and patron deity of craftsmen and architects.
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 ...
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]
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 ...
[3] [4] Wadjet's worship originally started in the Predynastic period, but evolved over time from a local goddess to a patron goddess. [5] Wadjet was closely associated in ancient Egyptian religion with the Eye of Ra and the Eye of Horus symbols, each powerful protective deities. [6]
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]
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').
Similar images appear also on children's feeding cups, once again demonstrating Taweret's integral role as the patron goddess of child rearing. [7] Quite contrarily, she also took on the role of a funerary deity in this period, evidenced by the commonplace practice of placing hippopotami decorated with marsh flora in tombs and temples. Some ...