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On this page: Uadjet (Edjo), Wenut, Wepwawet, Werethekau.
Please note - Festival days are not historically
correct but an estimation compiled from several sources.
Uadjet/Wadjyet
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Uadjet, Wadjet, Uajyt or Edjo, goddess of Buto, "the papyrus-colored one", meaning "the green one", which was a general name for the cobra, the uraeus, her sacred animal. Later she was connected to the ichneumon. In one Pyramid Text it is said that the papyrus plant emerged from her,
and as "the green one" she was connected to the forces of
growth. She was the protective goddess of Lower Egypt, her counterpart being
the vulture goddess Nekhbet of Upper Egypt. Together they embodied the two
crowns of the country and were part of the royal insignia. They also
represented the mythical mothers of the king and were shown offering their
nurturing breasts to him. Wadjet is most often depicted as a rearing cobra, and is frequently seen together with Nekhbet at the front of the headdress of kings. Queens often wore a crown surrounded with many small uraeus heads. The uraeus being a royal symbol was also worn by Horus and Seth and the spitting cobra was seen as the eye of Ra, thus Wadjet was connected to the solar deity and could sometimes be seen with a leonine head crowned with a solar disc and uraeus. |
Main center of worship: Per-Wadjet/Buto, 5th Nome, Lower Egypt Festivals: (dates not historically verified)
25th December - 10 th Mechir - Going Forth of Wadjet singing
in Heliopolis 21st April - 7th Payni - Feast of Wadjet 21st June - 8th Mesore - Summer Solstice, Wadjet Ceremony
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| Wenut, "the Swift One" ancient minor deity from the predynastic days, from the beginning shown in snake form but probably in the Graeco-Roman period represented as a hare. |
Main center of worship: Khmun/Hermopolis, 19th Nome, Upper Egypt |
| 'She who is rich in magic' or 'Great in magic'. A name used for various goddesses, especially Aset and Sekhmet, but she is also a deity in her own right, depicted as a snake or a woman with a lioness head. She was also considered the divine nurse of the king and the protector of Egypt. From the New Kingdom onwards she was present at the coronation of the King. |
No temples or cult places has been found. |
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Local deity of Lycopolis, depicted as a jackal or a wolf or with a jackal
head, often dressed as a soldier and carrying his weapons. His name means
"opener of the way" and is believed to have a connection with
going out into battle. His attributes are the mace and the bow and he lead
the royal processions carrying his standard, opening the way for Pharaoh. In the form of two standards he went before the funeral procession at Abydos. He was placed by the tomb and from there he kept watch over the deceased. He was sometimes identified with Horus and he guarded the sun-boat on its journey through the Underworld. |
Main center of worship: Zawty/Lykopolis/Asyut, |
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