Facts about Wadjet Goddess | The Serpent Goddess

Facts about Wadjet Goddess | The Serpent Goddess

Huni is an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Third Dynasty during the Old Kingdom, which lasted for 24 years. His chronological order as the last pharaoh of the Third Dynasty is fairly certain, but it is not clear under what name in Greek he was listed by the historian maniton. 

Wadjet was said to be the patroness and protector of Lower Egypt, and upon unification with Upper Egypt, the common protector and patron of all Egypt. The image of Wadjet with the sun disk is called The Crucible, and it was the emblem of the crown of the rulers of the sea face. She was also the protector of kings and women in childbirth. It was said that Wadjet is the nurse of the infant god Horus. With the help of his mother Isis, they protected Horus from his treacherous uncle, set, when they took refuge in the swamps of the Nile Delta. 

Wadjet was closely associated in ancient Egyptian religion with the eye of Ra, a powerful guardian goddess. The hieroglyphs of her eyes are shown below; sometimes both appear in religious images. BR-Wadjet also contained the sanctuary of Horus, the son of the sun god who would be interpreted as representing the King. Much later, Wadjet became associated with ISIS as well as with many other gods.

Appearance 

As the patron goddess, she was associated with the Earth and was depicted as a snakehead on the body of a woman or a snake - unlike the Egyptian cobra, a venomous snake common in the region; sometimes she was depicted as a woman with a snake's head, and at other times, a snake with a woman's head. 

This medium was probably the source of the orik tradition that spread to Greece from Egypt. The Egyptian word " wꜣḏ " refers to the blue-green color. Indeed, in later times, she was often depicted simply as a woman with a snake's head, or as a woman dressed in clay. 

The Crucible was originally her body alone, wrapped around the head of the king or another god, or wrapped around it. Wadget was portrayed as a cobra. As a patron and protector, Wadjet often appeared wrapped around the head of RA; to serve as his protection, this image became the symbol of the Cross used on royal crowns as well.

Etymology of the word

The name Wadjet is derived from the idiom for the symbol of its domain, Lower Egypt, "papyrus". Her hieroglyphs differed from those of the Green Crown or ushert in Lower Egypt only by the determinant, which in the case of the crown was an image of a green crown and in the case of the goddess, a cobra snake.

"The goddess Wadjet appears in the form of a living Crucible to anoint your head with her flame. She rises on the left side of your head and shines from the right side of your temples without words; She Rises on your head during every hour of the day, even as she does with her father Ra, and through her, the horror that she inspires in the spirits increases. She will never leave you, from you they strike at the souls that complement. - The book of the dead "

Protector of the country, King, and other gods

Eventually, the widget was claimed to be the patron goddess and protector of all of Lower Egypt and became associated with Nekhbet, portrayed as a White Eagle, who was maintaining a United Egypt. After the unification, the image of Nekhbet joined the Wadjet on the crown, and then appeared as part of the crucifixion. 
 

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Wadjet Goddess is an ancient Egyptian deity associated with cobras and the protector of Lower Egypt. She is often depicted as a cobra or as a woman with the head of a cobra. Wadjet symbolizes royalty, divine authority, and protection.

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