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Outside of Mendes, Hatmehit appears as a deity overseeing the day on IV Akhet 22 in Dendera [13] and II Peret 3 in Edfu. [14] On IV Akhet 28, there is a Procession of Hatmehit recorded in the Cairo Calendar. This is accompanied by instructions to neither eat nor offer fish on that day, due to Hatmehit leaving Mendes in the form of an iÍ—tn fish ...
His wife was the goddess Hatmehit ("Foremost of the Fishes"), who was perhaps the original deity of Mendes. [1] Their offspring was " Horus the Child " and they formed the so-called "Mendesian Triad".
Matit – A funerary cat goddess who had a cult center at Thinis [167] Mehet-Weret – A celestial cow goddess [116] [168] Mehit – A warrior lioness goddess originally from Nubia worshiped at Abydos, consort of Anhur [43] [86] Meretseger – A cobra goddess who oversaw the Theban Necropolis [169] Meret – The goddess of music who established ...
Articles relating to cult images, human-made objects that are venerated or worshipped for the deities, persons, spirits or daemons which they embody or represent. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
In the practice of religion, a cult image is a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents. In several traditions, including the ancient religions of Egypt , Greece and Rome, and Hinduism, cult images in a temple may undergo a daily routine of being washed, dressed, and having ...
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Temples were their main means of contact with humanity. Each day, it was believed, the gods moved from the divine realm to their temples, their homes in the human world. There they inhabited the cult images, the statues that depicted deities and allowed humans to interact with them in temple rituals. This movement between realms was sometimes ...