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Per-Mafdet
𓌳𓁹𓆑𓂧𓏏𓌞𓅆       𓌳𓄿𓆑𓂧𓏏𓃠

MDC: mfdt
Gardiner: Mafdet

Budge: mafḍ-t
Transliteration: Mafdet
Coptic: 
Hebrew:
Greek: 
Demotic:  
English: Mafdet
Kemetic:
Alt: Maftet

Pronounced: Mafdet
Meaning: To spring up, to leap, to jump

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Rā

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Features
Often represented as either some sort of felidae or mongoose with a body of a women.

Symbols
Mongoose
Civet
Cat
Executioner blade
Rope
Pole

Roles
Goddess who protected against snakes, scorpions various venomous animals who stood in transgression of Ma'at. Protector of Rā. She was involved with justice or capital punishment and the protection of the King's chambers and sacred places. Seen as the goddess of execution, her symbol is a feline running up the side of a pole with a knife attached to the end.  Known for her powerful claws.

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Other names

Epitaphs
miwt wrt--Great cat
nbt en er-anx --Lady of the House of Life
Avenger of the King

Slayer of serpents

Invocations


Re arises, his uraeus upon him, against this snake which came forth from the earth and which is under my fingers. He will cut off your (i.e. the snake's) head with this knife which is in the hand of Mafdet who dwells in the Mansion of Life.

Utterance 298, R. O. Faulkner, The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts

ref.
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/religion/mafdet.htm



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