Rait (Egyptian mythology)

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Rait , also Rat , is an ancient Egyptian goddess and was the female counterpart of the sun god Re .

history

Feminine education about the god Re has existed since the New Kingdom and is used both as an epithet and as an independent term for goddesses who were heavenly or sun deities or sun mothers. However, the background of the links to Mut , Neith, or Hathor is metaphorical . This is made clear by the name given by Queen Hatshepsut , the "Rait that shines like the sun disk" .

However, the sun god had already been assigned a female counterpart by the 5th dynasty . The feminine form of the spelling to Re indicates that this goddess was not an independent goddess, but was created.

presentation

Representations of the rait are very rare. Usually she is depicted in a form similar to that of Hathor.

cult

In the fourth month of harvest time, a Rait festival was celebrated and in the Greco-Roman temple of Medamud , Rait was worshiped with Month and Harpocrates .

Rait and Rait-taui

The pyramid texts name a goddess Rait, whereby it is assumed that the more complete variant is "Rait-taui". However, it is uncertain from what point in time the writing was carried out in this form.

While Hans Bonnet separates the two goddesses, Richard H. Wilkinson regards both forms as one goddess, with the addition taui (of the two countries) being created parallel to the names of her husband Re.

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rainer Hannig: Hannig-Lexika. The language of the pharaohs. (2800-950 BC) Part 1: Large hand-book Egyptian-German. von Zabern, Mainz 1995, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 1219
  2. ^ Hans Bonnet: Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. P. 623.
  3. ↑ Richard H. Wilkinson: The world of the gods in ancient Egypt: Faith - Power - Mythology. P. 164.