Seschmet
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Seschmet sšmt The leader |
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In Egyptian mythology, Seschmet belongs to the circle of the dead gods . Seschmut is closely related to her as the leading snake deity of the dead , which is why both goddesses sometimes merge with one another.
Seschmet is a member of the goddesses in the book of the day and represents the second hour of the day , which begins with the fading of the heavenly bodies before sunrise . Together with Re, she guides the deceased to the secret places in the Duat , where she also acts as the patron goddess of the deceased to ensure safe passage in the barge on the waters of the underworld. She is also considered to be the bearer of the stars of the dean Saseschmu : "Seschmet, which Re has in her wake, carries Saseschmu within".
Iconographically , Seschmet is represented in human form with a sun disk and a star.
literature
- Christian Leitz u. a .: Lexicon of the Egyptian gods and names of gods - Volume 7: Š to ḏ, series of publications: Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta; 116 - , Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1152-2 , p. 632.
- Alexandra von Lieven : Floor plan of the course of the stars - the so-called groove book . The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Ancient Eastern Studies (among others), Copenhagen 2007, ISBN 978-87-635-0406-5 .
See also
Remarks
- ↑ Writing at the time of the New Kingdom.