Mafdet - Goddess who protected against snakes and scorpions - Egyptian Goddess
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Friday, 13 December 2019
Mafdet - Goddess who protected against snakes and scorpions
Mafdet ("she who runs") was a goddess who protected against snakes and scorpions and was the deification of legal justice. She also protected the King's Chamber and sacred places. She is depicted in feline form.
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Area of Influence:
Protection, Legal Justice
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Cat, Civet, Moongoose
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Egyptian - Gods and Goddesses
| Name | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
God of the horizon. | God | |
Goddess of the Underworld. | Goddess | |
God of Winds. | God | |
Primordial goddess | Goddess | |
Patron God of Andjet. | God | |
God of War. | God | |
Goddess of the 17th Nome. | Goddess | |
Hawk god of Upper Egypt. | God | |
God of the dead and ruler of the underworld. | God | |
Goddess of the Nile River. | Goddess | |
Lion-headed warrior God. | God | |
God of Evil, darkness and choas. | God | |
Bull God. | God | |
Nubian God | God | |
God of oases and the vineyards of the western Nile Delta. | God | |
Creator God and Aspect of Ra. | God | |
God of Creation. | God | |
Baboon god associated with death and virility. | God | |
Ram god of fertility. | God | |
God of the Underworld. | God | |
Goddess of Cats, Lower Egypt, the sun and the moon. | Goddess | |
Cow goddess who gave authority to the king. | Goddess | |
Bull God. | God | |
God of households. | God | |
Crocodile god. | God | |
God of Incense | God | |
God of the Earth. | God | |
God of the western deserts. | God | |
God of the annual flooding of the Nile. | God | |
Cow-goddess of the sky, fertility, love, beauty, and music. | Goddess | |
Fish Goddess. | Goddess | |
Goddess and the female personification of infinity or eternity. | Goddess | |
God of magic | God | |
Goddess of fate and protection | Goddess | |
Goddess of childbirth and fertility | Goddess | |
Ram God Ruler of Riverbanks | God | |
God of war, sky, and protection. | God | |
Deification of eternity | God | |
Goddess and personification of the East. | Goddess | |
God of the moon | God | |
Goddess of milk, nurturing and childbirth | Goddess | |
God of Sistrum Playing. | God | |
Goddess of the necropolis west of the Nile. | Goddess | |
God of medicine and healing. | God | |
Mother Goddess. | Goddess | |
Goddess of magic, motherhood and fertility. | Goddess | |
Primal goddess, the grandmother of all of the deities. | Goddess | |
Goddess of Darkness. | Goddess | |
Goddess of embalming liquid and purification. | Goddess | |
God of rebirth and the sunrise. | God | |
Earth God and a God of the underworld | God | |
God of creation and the waters. | God | |
God of youth and the moon. | God | |
A creator deity | God | |
Male personification of darkness. | God | |
God of war and weather. | God | |
Goddess who personified the order and balance of the universe. | Goddess | |
Goddess who protected against snakes and scorpions | Goddess | |
Sun God of Lower Nubia | God | |
Goddess of War. | Goddess | |
Goddess associated with rejoicing, singing, and dancing | Goddess | |
Cobra-goddess of tomb builders and protector of royal tombs. | Goddess | |
Goddess of childbirth. | Goddess | |
God of procreation and fertility | God | |
The sacred bull of Heliopolis | God | |
Falcon god of war. | God | |
Mother goddess | Goddess | |
God of healing and beauty | God | |
Guardian of the Duat. | God | |
Goddess of creation, war, and hunting. | Goddess | |
Vulture goddess, patron of pharaohs and Upper Egypt | Goddess | |
God of grain | God | |
Goddess of death, night, and lamentation. | Goddess | |
God of the promordial waters. | God | |
Goddess of the sky and heavens | Goddess | |
God of Vegetation, Fertily and the afterlife. | God | |
Goddess of War | Goddess | |
God of revenge. | God | |
Creator God. | God | |
God of the Sun. | God | |
Fish God | God | |
Goddess of nourishment and the harvest. | Goddess | |
Goddess of war, hunting, fertility, and the flooding of the Nile River. | Goddess | |
Goddess of the sun, destruction, pestilence, and war | Goddess | |
Scorpion Goddess of healing. | Goddess | |
Goddess of writing, astronomy, astrology, architecture, and mathematics. | Goddess | |
God of the Desert and Storms. | God | |
Protective and Saviour deity | God | |
God of execution, slaughter, blood, oil, and wine. | God | |
God of the Wind and Air. | God | |
Crocodile God of the Nile. | God | |
Goddess of Fertility and the personification of Sothis | Goddess | |
Hippopotamus Goddess of pregnant women. | Goddess | |
Goddess of moisture, moist air, dew, and rain. | Goddess | |
Goddess of beer. | Goddess | |
God of Magic, Learning and Scribes. | God | |
Snake Goddess | Goddess | |
Snake goddess and protector of Lower Egypt. | Goddess | |
Fertility God | God | |
Sky and Death God | God | |
Jackal god of warfare and hunting. | God | |
Goddess of supernatural powers. | Goddess | |
Guardian Goddess of Thebes. | Goddess |
Bibliography
- The Witches God - Janet and Stewart Farrar
- The Witches Goddess - Janet and Stewart Farrar
- A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses - George Hart
- Celtic Goddesses - Miranda Green
- Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia - Jeremy Black and Anthony Green
- Maori Religion and Mythology - Edward Shortland
- The Greek Myths - Robert Graves
- Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines, 2-Volume Set - Patricia Monaghan
- Asgard and the Gods: The Tales and Traditions of Our Northern Ancestors - Wilhelm Wägner Macdovvall
- The Mythology of all Races - Vol 1-12 - Louis H Gray
- The Ancient Gods Speak - Edited by Donald B Redford
- The Pyramid Texts - Faulkner
- Aradia, Gospel of the Witches - Charles G. Leland
- Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas - H. A. Guerber
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- Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities, 2-Volume Set - Charles Russell Coulter and Patricia Turner
- Wikipedia
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