Per-Meretsegrit
𓌸𓂋𓊃𓎼𓂋𓁐𓆗 𓈘𓂋𓊃𓎼𓂋𓏏𓆇
𓈘𓂋𓊃𓏏𓎼𓂋 𓌸𓂋𓂋𓋴𓎼𓂋𓁐
𓌸𓂋𓊃𓏏𓎼𓂋𓀁𓆗 𓌸𓂋𓊃𓎼𓂋𓆚
𓌻𓂋𓋴𓎼𓂋𓀁 𓌻𓂋𓊃𓏏𓎼𓂋𓀁
𓈘𓂋𓊃𓏏𓎼𓂋 𓌸𓂋𓂋𓋴𓎼𓂋𓁐
𓌸𓂋𓊃𓏏𓎼𓂋𓀁𓆗 𓌸𓂋𓊃𓎼𓂋𓆚
𓌻𓂋𓋴𓎼𓂋𓀁 𓌻𓂋𓊃𓏏𓎼𓂋𓀁
MDC: mr.t-sgr , mr.t-sgr.t , mrr(w.t)-sgr, mr.s t-gr , mr.s-gr
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English: Meretseger , or Meresger
Kemetic:
Alt: Meretseger, Mertseger, Merit-seger , Meresger , Meretsegeret , Mert-sekert, Mersegri
IPA:
Pronounced: Merit
Meaning: "She who loves silence" - /mri/ 𓌸𓂋𓀁 "love" + /t/ 𓏏 "feminine ending" + /s-/ 𓊃 "she" + /gr/ 𓎼𓂋𓀁 "silence" + /t/𓏏 "feminine ending" ;
Gardiner:
Budge:
Alt Egyptian:
Demotic:
Transliteration:
Coptic:
Hebrew:
Greek:
Arabic:
English: Meretseger , or Meresger
Kemetic:
Alt: Meretseger, Mertseger, Merit-seger , Meresger , Meretsegeret , Mert-sekert, Mersegri
IPA:
Pronounced: Merit
Meaning: "She who loves silence" - /mri/ 𓌸𓂋𓀁 "love" + /t/ 𓏏 "feminine ending" + /s-/ 𓊃 "she" + /gr/ 𓎼𓂋𓀁 "silence" + /t/𓏏 "feminine ending" ;
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Temple: Theban Necropolis, Madu/mAdw / Deir el-Medina
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Consort
Children
Parents
Alternative Parentage
Siblings
Female/Male counter part
Priest names
Followers
Features
Either a cobra , a cobra-headed woman, or cobra-headed sphinx, sometimes a cow or a women with a lion's head, holding a was-sceptre as well as having a feather on her head and being armed with two knives. More typically she was woman-headed snake or scorpion.
Symbols
cobra snake
Roles
local goddess and protector of the Theban necropolis, especially worshiped by the necropolis workers in the workers' settlement of Deir el-Medina. She would punish the workers if they committed a sacrilege, stealing something from the royal graves or buildings, or failed oath takers. However she could be generous to those who repented to her, would forgive and heal them.
Interesting facts
She was associated with the hill tA-dhnt/ 𓏏𓄿𓂧𓉔𓈖𓏏𓁶 "The Peak" now called el Qurn "The Horn" the highest point in the Theban Hills,
Hybrid gods
Hathor-Meretseger (Esna)
Connection to other gods
Celebrations
Offering items
Protects
Other names
Hathor-Meretseger (Worshiped in Esna)
Names derived from the God's name
Epitaphs
The great mountain peak of western Thebes
Weret Hekau/ The enchanted kingdom
Mistress of the palace 'dwelling place'
Summit of the west (Dehenet-Imentet)
Eye of Re
Dynasty:
Temple: Theban Necropolis, Madu/mAdw / Deir el-Medina
Nome:
Consort
Children
Parents
Alternative Parentage
Siblings
Female/Male counter part
Priest names
Followers
Features
Either a cobra , a cobra-headed woman, or cobra-headed sphinx, sometimes a cow or a women with a lion's head, holding a was-sceptre as well as having a feather on her head and being armed with two knives. More typically she was woman-headed snake or scorpion.
Symbols
cobra snake
Roles
local goddess and protector of the Theban necropolis, especially worshiped by the necropolis workers in the workers' settlement of Deir el-Medina. She would punish the workers if they committed a sacrilege, stealing something from the royal graves or buildings, or failed oath takers. However she could be generous to those who repented to her, would forgive and heal them.
Interesting facts
She was associated with the hill tA-dhnt/ 𓏏𓄿𓂧𓉔𓈖𓏏𓁶 "The Peak" now called el Qurn "The Horn" the highest point in the Theban Hills,
Hybrid gods
Hathor-Meretseger (Esna)
Connection to other gods
Celebrations
Offering items
Protects
Other names
Hathor-Meretseger (Worshiped in Esna)
Names derived from the God's name
Epitaphs
The great mountain peak of western Thebes
Weret Hekau/ The enchanted kingdom
Mistress of the palace 'dwelling place'
Summit of the west (Dehenet-Imentet)
Eye of Re