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The epitome of the concept in Ancient Egyptian religion was the eponymous goddess Maat and her symbol the ostrich feather. As a result, the respect of rules of all kinds by each individual was synonymous with support and maintenance of the cosmic order, while their non-observance could lead to its disruption.
In Ancient Egyptian religion, Ma'at represents the principles of truth, justice, and balance, as well as the goddess embodying these ideals. Upholding Ma'at is of great importance in Kemetic Orthodox practice.
Amn – A goddess who welcomed souls of the dead in Duat [22] Anat – A war and fertility goddess, originally from Syria, who entered ancient Egyptian religion in the Middle Kingdom A daughter of Re, thus, in Egypt, a sister of Astarte [146] [7] [147] Anet – A fish goddess that swam in front of Ra’s solar barge [65]
Plutarch described the statue of a seated and veiled goddess in the Egyptian city of Sais. [45] [46] He identified the goddess as "Athena, whom [the Egyptians] consider to be Isis." [45] However, Sais was the cult center of the goddess Neith, whom the Greeks compared to their goddess Athena, and could have been the goddess that Plutarch spoke ...
As goddess of the crowns she was a snake or a lion-headed woman and dwelt in the state sanctuary. [2] As the wife of Ra-Horakhty she is depicted with his solar disk on her head. Werethekau was an epithet frequently conferred on Isis , [ 3 ] Sekhmet , [ 4 ] Mut , [ 5 ] and others.
Meretseger (also known as Mersegrit [1] ' or Mertseger) was a Theban cobra-goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, [2] in charge with guarding and protecting the vast Theban Necropolis — on the west bank of the Nile, in front of Thebes — and especially the heavily guarded Valley of the Kings.
Wosret, Waset, or Wosyet meaning "the powerful female one" was an Egyptian goddess whose cult was centered on Thebes in Upper Egypt and her name was the same as the Egyptian name of the city, Waset. She was a minor goddess, but three pharaohs during the Twelfth Dynasty incorporated her name into theirs : Senwosret , or Senusret, means "man of ...