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Goddess of milk | |||
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Iat (Ancient Egyptian: jꜣt) is an ancient Egyptian minor goddess of milk and, by association, of nurturing and childbirth.[1]
The goddess is sparsely attested, and what little we know of her is based upon a handful of mentions in the Pyramid Texts.[2][3] These include the following:
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The name of the goddess resembles one Egyptian word for "milk", jꜣtt;[3] the more common work for milk, jrṯt, may also have some etymological connection to both.
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