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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]
Image from a ritual Menat necklace, depicting a ritual being performed before a statue of Sekhmet on her throne where she is flanked by the goddess Wadjet as the cobra and the goddess Nekhbet as the griffon vulture, symbols of lower and upper Egypt respectively; the supplicant holds a complete menat and a sistrum for the ritual, circa 870 B.C ...
Kom Ombo, Goddess Nekhbet's staff with shen ring. The shen ring is most often seen carried by the falcon god Horus, but was also carried by the vulture goddess Nekhbet.It was used as early as the Third Dynasty where it can be seen in the reliefs from Djoser's Step Pyramid complex.
The association of Nekhbet with the queen stemmed from the vulture's symbolism of motherhood; the hieroglyph for the vulture, mwt, was used to write the word for "mother". [6] Because Nekhbet was a protector goddess, the queen's affiliation with her complemented the king's role as the embodiment of the falcon god Horus. [7]
Nekhbet – A Vulture goddess, the tutelary deity of Upper Egypt [45] Nephthys – A member of the Ennead, the consort of Set, who mourned Osiris alongside Isis [46] Nepit – A goddess of Grain, female counterpart of Neper [47] Nut – A sky goddess, a member of the Ennead [48] Pakhet – A Lioness goddess mainly worshiped in the area around ...
Elkab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language (Coptic: ⲛ̀ⲭⲁⲃ enkhab, Late Coptic:), a name that refers to Nekhbet, the goddess depicted as a white vulture. [1] In Greek it was called Eileithyias polis, "city of the goddess Eileithyia".
At the time of the unification of Egypt, the image of Nekhbet, the goddess who was represented as a white vulture and held the same position as the patron of Upper Egypt, joined the image of Wadjet on the Uraeus that would encircle the crown of the pharaohs who ruled the unified Egypt. The importance of their separate cults kept them from ...
Hathor, who was the mother or consort of Horus and the most important goddess for much of Egyptian history, [95] exemplified this relationship between divinity and the king. [94] Female deities also had a violent aspect that could be seen either positively, as with the goddesses Wadjet and Nekhbet who protected the king, or negatively. [96]