Temet
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Temet (also Temit or Itemet ) is a deity of Egyptian mythology . This goddess is closely linked to the creator god Atum , both in her name and in her nature . She is often referred to as his daughter in Egyptian texts and identified with Hathor (more precisely: Hathor quadrifrons ).
Temet appeared quite late in Egyptian history. The first known mention comes from the Ramesside period ( 19th / 20th dynasty ), but it only gained greater importance in the Ptolemaic period .
Representations in the Temple of Horus in Edfu and on some coffins show that Temet, together with Atum, acted as the protective deity of the dead in the Ptolemaic period. The two deities were depicted crouching or standing in human form, but also as standing mummies with human heads and sometimes with baboons .
See also
literature
- Jürgen Osing: Temet . In: Wolfgang Helck , Wolfhart Westendorf (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie. Vol. 6, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 1986, column 355.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The latter is perhaps also the name of an independent goddess, according to Rainer Hannig: The language of the pharaohs. Large hand-book Egyptian - German . 3. Edition. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2001, p. 1247.