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Taweret bears physical aspects of both a fertility goddess and a fearsome protective deity. She takes the form of a female hippopotamus, a highly deadly creature. She is also often seen with features from other predatory creatures, most notably being the tail of a Nile crocodile and the paws of a lioness.
The hippopotamus goddess Ipi (an early form of Taweret) is common; other figures appearing on them are double sphinxes, snakes, standing lions, naked women with lion heads, vultures and sun disks with legs. No two tusks are decorated with an identical selection of figures. There are a few depictions of birth tusks in art.
Taweret – Hippopotamus goddess, protector of women in childbirth [19] [183] Tayt – Goddess of weaving [184] [185] Temet – A female counterpart to Atum [186] Temtith – A goddess in Duat [187] Tenemu – A creator goddess, wife of Tenem [188] Tetrads – Goddess of completeness [70] Tjenenyet – A goddess of brewing and protection [70]
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Guardian demons that appeared as a hybrid of animals were an amalgamation of traits meant to be feared and to differentiate them from deities associated with humanity. [22] Ptolemaic depiction of Ammit standing on top of a pedestal left of the scale. She has the head of crocodile, the mane of a lion, and the body of a dog.