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Showing posts with label goddess of protection. Show all posts

Goddess Tawaret

 


Tawaret: Egyptian goddess of protection.

Tawaret guards the Earth from her consort Apep's malevolent influence.

She is a fierce protector of pregnant women and those who are in labor, pushing bad spirits away from the mother and child.

She is depicted as half crocodile, half pregnant hippopotamus, and her name means "She Who Is Great." 

Goddess Nekhebet

 


Egyptian goddess of protection, Nekhebet.

Nekhebet is the defender of Upper Egypt, the guardian of pregnant women, and the nursemaid of royal offspring.

She, along with Wadjet, is one of the two Ladies of Pharaoh, and she is the driving force behind the ruling pharaoh's strength and might.

She is represented as a lady with a vulture's head.


~Kiran Atma