Qadesh
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Qadesch / Qedeschet Qdšt The saint |
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Kadesh , and Kadesh , Qedeschet or Qadschu , is an ancient Egyptian protective deity, originally in Syriac / Canaanite was revered space.
In ancient Egypt, Qadesh or Qedeschet is documented from the 18th to the 20th dynasty . She was invoked, among other things, as a protective deity against disease demons. In addition, she was considered the goddess of sacred ecstasy and sexual pleasure. Qadesch later formed his own triad of gods with Min and Reschef . There are also connections with the Egyptian Hathor and the Near Eastern goddesses Astarte and Anat .
Mostly Qadesh is portrayed frontally as a naked woman standing on the back of a lion; a spotted snake and lotus flowers in the hands.
See also
literature
- Izak Cornelius: The Many Faces of the Goddess. The Iconography of the Syro-Palestinian Goddesses Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet, and Asherah c. 1500-1000 BCE (= Orbis biblicus et orientalis. Vol. 204). Academic Press et al., Friborg et al. 2004, ISBN 3-525-53061-7 .
- Kristina Lahn: Qedeschet - Genesis of a transfer deity in the Egyptian-Near Eastern region. In: Studies on Ancient Egyptian Culture. (SAK). Vol. 33, 2005, ISSN 0340-2215 , pp. 201-237.
- Christian Leitz et al. (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Egyptian gods and names of gods . Volume 1: A - i (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. Vol. 110). Peeters, Leuven et al. 2002, ISBN 90-429-1146-8 , p. 231.
- Richard H. Wilkinson: The world of the gods in ancient Egypt. Faith, power, mythology (= The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt ). Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1819-6 , p. 164.
Web links
- Qedeschet page with information on all aspects of the deity ( Memento from August 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Stele of the goddess Qadesh