Satis
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Setjet (Setet) Sṯt |
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Setyt Sṯjt |
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Setjet (Setet) Sṯt |
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Setet / Satis Stt |
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Satis (also Setjet, Satet ) is the Greek name of an ancient Egyptian goddess that has been documented since the Old Kingdom .
meaning
The name of the Satis is first recorded on stone jugs from the 3rd Dynasty , which were found under the step pyramid in Saqqara . From the 6th dynasty it is mentioned in the pyramid texts . She was venerated on the islands of Elephantine and Sehelnarti and was therefore nicknamed "Mistress of Elephantine" and "Mistress of Sehelnarti".
There she formed a triad of gods together with her husband Khnum and her daughter Anuket since the New Kingdom . In addition, as a cataract deity, Satis guards the southern border of Egypt and was considered to be the donor of the "cool water that comes from Elephantine", which she offers the dead to cleanse.
presentation
Satis was always seen as a woman, predominantly with the Upper Egyptian crown (
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Other representations show her with the lower Egyptian crown or the vulture hood sitting on a long wig .
Your island sanctuary
The sanctuary dedicated to this goddess on Elephantine was enlarged over thousands of years until the Greco-Roman times . The Greeks equated Satis with Hera , the wife of Zeus .
See also
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. 3rd, unchanged edition, Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 .
- Richard H. Wilkinson : The world of the gods in ancient Egypt. Faith - Power - Mythology. Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1819-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rolf Felde: Egyptian gods. 2nd expanded and improved edition, R. Felde Eigenverlag, Wiesbaden 1995, p. 53.