Wosret
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Wosret , also Useret or Usret . In some literature it is (incorrectly) equated with Waset . Her name means "The Mighty", "The Strong".
meaning
Wosret was revered in the Middle Kingdom in Thebes as the protector of the youthful Horus and is therefore considered the Egyptian goddess of the youth . She is considered a forerunner of the goddesses Mut (as the wife of Amun ) or Hathor . The ancient Egyptian name of some pharaohs was Se-en-useret ("Man of Useret"), in the Greek translation Sesostris (see Sesostris I. ).
The goddess is documented until the Greco-Roman times. Mostly as an epithet for various female goddesses.
presentation
Iconographically , she is represented as an armed cat goddess with two knives, or as a lion-headed snake.
See also
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Real Lexicon of Egyptian Religious History. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016884-7 .
- Christian Leitz (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Egyptian gods and names of gods . Peeters, Leuven 2002, DNB 968846130 .
- Richard H. Wilkinson : The world of the gods in ancient Egypt. Faith - Power - Mythology. Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1819-6 , p. 169.