Hemsut
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Hemuset Ḥvst |
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The Hemsut or Hemuset represent the female counterparts of the Kas in the mythology of ancient Egypt .
They are depicted as women who wear a shield crossed with two arrows on their head and which corresponds to the coat of arms of the 5th Lower Egyptian Gau Sais ( northern Neith Gau ). On the shield itself is the name of the respective Kas, such as the Ka beings Hike, Hu, Sia and others.
Like their male partners, the Hemsut create the nourishment for the life force and, as mentioned in the pyramid texts, bestow power and magical protection on their foster children (pyramid text 396). In their function as protective deities, they are thus also deities of fate who take the newborn king child in their arms.
See also
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. 3rd edition, Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rolf Felde: Egyptian gods . 2nd expanded and improved edition, R. Felde Eigenverlag, Wiesbaden 1995, p. 24.
- ^ Hans Bonnet: Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 286.