Per-Nekhbet
𓇑𓏌𓏏𓃀𓁐 𓈖𓐍𓃀𓇑𓏏𓅐 𓇑𓃀𓏌𓏏𓅐𓎟
𓇑𓏌𓏏𓃀𓆗(NK) 𓇑𓃀𓏌𓏏 𓇑𓏌𓏏𓃀𓅐 𓇑𓃀𓏌𓏏𓅐
nbt-Smaw Lady of Upper Egypt
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MDC: nxbt
Gardiner: nḫbt
Budge: Nekhebet, Nekhbi-t
Transliteration: Nekhbet
Coptic: Enkhab/ⲛ̀ⲭⲁⲃ (from city name)
Hebrew:
Greek:
Demotic:
Arabic: Nkhbayt/ نخبيت
English: Nekhbet
Kemetic:
Alt: Nekhebit
Pronounced: Nekhbet or possibly Nekhbut
Meaning: She of the City Nekheb (El Kab) : nxb(t) 𓇑𓅐𓎟𓃀𓏏𓊖 "Nekheb"(city) + .t 𓏏 "She"
Gardiner: nḫbt
Budge: Nekhebet, Nekhbi-t
Transliteration: Nekhbet
Coptic: Enkhab/ⲛ̀ⲭⲁⲃ (from city name)
Hebrew:
Greek:
Demotic:
Arabic: Nkhbayt/ نخبيت
English: Nekhbet
Kemetic:
Alt: Nekhebit
Pronounced: Nekhbet or possibly Nekhbut
Meaning: She of the City Nekheb (El Kab) : nxb(t) 𓇑𓅐𓎟𓃀𓏏𓊖 "Nekheb"(city) + .t 𓏏 "She"
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Home: Nekheb
Temple:
Nome: 3rd Nome Upper Egypt Nekhen,
Consort
Children
Parents
Siblings
Wadjet (Sister lower Egypt)
Priest names
muu Priestesses (mothers) wore robes of Egyptian vulture feathers
Features
A female Vulture possibly a Griffon Vulture or a Lappet-faced Vulture
Symbols
Shen 𓍶
Vulture
Uraeus on the headdresses (Wadjet and Nekhbet)
Roles
Early predynastic local Mother Goddess of Upper Egypt. When Egypt was unified she became the symbol. Goddess of the Southern lands, the Upper Nomes and Upper Egypt.
Hybrid gods
Two Ladies (Upper and Lower Egypt With Wadjet)
Connection to other gods
Wadjet (goddess of The North and Lower Egypt)
Eileithyia (Greek)
Artemis (Greek)
Lucina (Roman)
Celebrations
Offering items
Shen symbols 𓍶
Vultures figurines
Protects
Other names
Nebty -Two ladies
Epitaphs
mwt mww-- mother of mothers
HDt nxn-- White one of Nekhen (3rd Nome Upper Egypt)
Great White Cow of Nekheb
Father of Fathers, Mother of Mothers, who hath existed from the Beginning, and is Creatrix of this World
Temple:
Nome: 3rd Nome Upper Egypt Nekhen,
Consort
Children
Parents
Siblings
Wadjet (Sister lower Egypt)
Priest names
muu Priestesses (mothers) wore robes of Egyptian vulture feathers
Features
A female Vulture possibly a Griffon Vulture or a Lappet-faced Vulture
Symbols
Shen 𓍶
Vulture
Uraeus on the headdresses (Wadjet and Nekhbet)
Roles
Early predynastic local Mother Goddess of Upper Egypt. When Egypt was unified she became the symbol. Goddess of the Southern lands, the Upper Nomes and Upper Egypt.
Hybrid gods
Two Ladies (Upper and Lower Egypt With Wadjet)
Connection to other gods
Wadjet (goddess of The North and Lower Egypt)
Eileithyia (Greek)
Artemis (Greek)
Lucina (Roman)
Celebrations
Offering items
Shen symbols 𓍶
Vultures figurines
Protects
Other names
Nebty -Two ladies
Epitaphs
mwt mww-- mother of mothers
HDt nxn-- White one of Nekhen (3rd Nome Upper Egypt)
Great White Cow of Nekheb
Father of Fathers, Mother of Mothers, who hath existed from the Beginning, and is Creatrix of this World
