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Werethekau (Egyptian : wrt-hk3w "great one of magic, great enchantress"; alternately Urthekau , Weret Hekau ) was an ancient Egyptian deity . She served as the personification of supernatural powers.[1]
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As a deity dedicated to protection, she often appeared on funerary objects, particularly weapons, to allow the deceased to protect him or herself against the dangers of the underworld . She also was placed on ivory knives as a charm to protect pregnant and nursing mothers.[citation needed
Her power was one of the inherent qualities of the Crowns of Egypt . As goddess of the crowns she was a snake or a lion-headed woman and dwelt in the state sanctuary.[2] 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]
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References [ edit ]
^ Barbara S. Lesko, The great goddesses of Egypt, University of Oklahoma Press, 1999, p 74
^ Manfred Lurker, The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons , Routledge 2004, ISBN 0-415-34018-7 , p.192
^ Lurker, op.cit. , p.192
^ Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many , Cornell University Press 1996, ISBN 0-8014-8384-0 , p.284
^ Carol A. R. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt , University of Texas Press 1994, ISBN 0-292-70464-X , p.37
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
