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
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
Home:
Temple:
Nome:
Consort
Children
Parents
Rā
Siblings
Priest names
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.
Hybrid gods
Connection to other gods
Celebrations
Offering items
Protects
Other names
Epitaphs
miwt wrt--Great cat
nbt en er-anx --Lady of the House of Life
Avenger of the King
Slayer of serpents
Temple:
Nome:
Consort
Children
Parents
Rā
Siblings
Priest names
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.
Hybrid gods
Connection to other gods
Celebrations
Offering items
Protects
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
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
