Hedetet
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Hededet or Hedjedjet is a scorpion goddess of the ancient Egyptian religion. She resembles Serket
in many ways, but was in later periods merged into Isis
. She was depicted with the head of a scorpion, nursing a baby. She is mentioned in the Book of the Dead
.
Serket
In Egyptian mythology, Serket is the goddess of healing stings and bites who originally was the deification of the scorpion....
in many ways, but was in later periods merged into Isis
Isis
Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...
. She was depicted with the head of a scorpion, nursing a baby. She is mentioned in the Book of the Dead
Book of the Dead
The Book of the Dead is the modern name of an ancient Egyptian funerary text, used from the beginning of the New Kingdom to around 50 BC. The original Egyptian name for the text, transliterated rw nw prt m hrw is translated as "Book of Coming Forth by Day". Another translation would be "Book of...
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