Nehemetawai
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Nehemetawai Nḥmt ˁw3y Who takes care of the robbed |
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Nehemetawai is an ancient Egyptian deity in Egyptian mythology . She is the "mistress of the city" and "ruler of the island of flames". The goddess only acquired greater importance in the late period. According to her name, which in translation means "who takes care of what is robbed", Nehemetawai was the "protector of law" and stood for justice. In later times she was regarded as the goddess of song and music. There is a close connection with Hathor .
Nehemetawai was depicted as a woman whose headdress could be a sun disk and cow horns, but also a chapel-shaped sistrum . Another variant is the representation with a uraeus snake instead of a human head or two opposing faces. Images of the goddess were found at her main place of worship Hermopolis Magna ( ancient Egyptian Chemenu - "city of eight"), in Hibis and in the Chons temple in Karnak .
At the time of the New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) Nehemetawai in Hermopolis Magna was closely associated with the sun god Sheepsi and Thoth was considered the son of the two.
See also
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. Nikol, Hamburg 2000, unchanged 3rd edition, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 512.
- Rolf Felde: Egyptian deities. 2nd expanded and improved edition, R. Felde Eigenverlag, Wiesbaden 1995, pp. 40–41.
- Christian Leitz (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Egyptian gods and names of gods . Peeters, Leiden 2003, pp. 298-298.