Per-Nit
𓈖𓏏𓋌𓁐MK(1) 𓈖𓏏𓋋TIP-LK (2) 𓈖𓏏𓌖OK(3) 𓋋TIP-Ptol (4) 𓈖𓏏𓋋𓆎(5) 𓈖𓏏𓋌OK(6) 𓈖𓏏𓋋𓆗NK(7) 𓋌OK(8) 𓈖𓏏𓋋𓁐NK-LK(9) 𓏏𓏏𓋌(10) 𓋋𓏏𓏏𓁐TIP-NK (11) 𓏏𓆇𓋋TIP(13) 𓋋𓏏𓆇𓁐Ptol(14) 𓋔𓏏𓆇Ptol+(15) 𓋋𓏏𓆗NK(16) 𓈖𓏏𓏯𓆗NK(17)
𓈖𓏏𓌖𓁐MK(18)
Ref for Hieroglyphics and more spelling Here
(Demotic)
MDC: nt
Gardiner: Nt, Nrt, Nit
Budge: Net
AE&HG: Nj.t
Alt Egyptian: nj.t
Transliteration: Net, Nit
Demotic: ny(t), nt
Coptic: Nēit/ ⲛⲏⲓⲧ ; Néïtʰ/ ⲛⲉⲓⲑ (SlD) ; Naēt/ ⲛⲁⲏⲧ, Naētʰ/ ⲛⲁⲏⲑ, Néït/ ⲛⲉⲓⲧ (SlD, PA)
Hebrew:
Ancient Greek: Nēḯtʰ/ Νηΐθ , Neit
Latin: Neith
French: Néïtha (SlD)
English: Neith
Kemetic: Nit
Alt: Net, Neit, Nit
Pronounced: Nēt
Meaning: Possibly "She belonging to Lower Egypt" /nt/𓈖𓏏𓋕(crown of LE), or /nrt/ 𓋌 > nrw "terror", "fear", "terrible one" + /t/𓏏 "female" , /nt/ "slaughter"
Ref : (Coptic) Sur les dieux de la Grèce, de l’Italie et de l’Inde by William Jones, 1805, p270 (SlD) Here ; Pauli Ernesti Iablonski ... Pantheon Aegyptiorum: sive De diis eorum commentarius, cum prolegomenis de religione et theologia Aegyptiorum, 1750, V1, p76-78 (PA) Here ; (French) Sur les dieux de la Grèce, de l’Italie et de l’Inde by William Jones, 1805p269, 270 (SlD)
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Home: Lower Egypt red crown, the deshret
Temple: Iunyt or Ta-Senet Esna/Latopolis , west bank of the River Nile near Luxor
Cult: Sais
Nome: 𓋋
Consort
Khnum
Setesh/ Sutekh/ Set
Children
Sobek (Pyramid texts father Sutekh/Set)
Ra
Apep
Thoth
Serqet
Hathor
sAw/Sais
Father
Nun
Mother
Mehet-Weret
Siblings
Alternative Parentage
Priest names
Features
Red Crown of Lower Egypt Deshret carrying the Was scepter
Symbols
bow
arrows
shield
ankh
𓌀 was scepter
Sycamore
𓋋 or 𓋌 Nit/Neith Symbol
bees
spiders (sometimes becuase of weaving aspect)
Roles
Goddess of war, hunting, wisdom, protector of royal power, invention of weaving. New Kingdom she was considered creator goddess. In Memphis she protected the King. Later she became a protector god in the Underworld along with Nebet-Hut/Nephthys, Serqet/Selket, Auset/Isis protector of one of Horu/Horus sons Duamutef. She became assciated with mothers, childbirth. Also she was the protector of Duamutef's Canopic jar.
cosmos, fate, water, rivers,
Connection to other gods
Cow of heaven, Athena
Offering items
Water
Arrow heads
Other names
Names with gods names
Neit-Hotep
Meryt-Neit
Neit-Ikerty
Merneith
Epitaphs
iHt pt?--Cow of Heaven
mHt wr.t--Great floor
mwt mwtw-- Mother of mothers
mwt wr--Great mother
nbt nhyt--lady of the sycamore house
nTrt aAt--Great goddess
Nebet-Sau --Mistress of Sais (Libyans invaded Egypt)
The reborn
the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune (BotACfE)
Temple: Iunyt or Ta-Senet Esna/Latopolis , west bank of the River Nile near Luxor
Cult: Sais
Nome: 𓋋
Consort
Khnum
Setesh/ Sutekh/ Set
Children
Sobek (Pyramid texts father Sutekh/Set)
Ra
Apep
Thoth
Serqet
Hathor
sAw/Sais
Father
Nun
Mother
Mehet-Weret
Siblings
Alternative Parentage
Priest names
Features
Red Crown of Lower Egypt Deshret carrying the Was scepter
Symbols
bow
arrows
shield
ankh
𓌀 was scepter
Sycamore
𓋋 or 𓋌 Nit/Neith Symbol
bees
spiders (sometimes becuase of weaving aspect)
Roles
Goddess of war, hunting, wisdom, protector of royal power, invention of weaving. New Kingdom she was considered creator goddess. In Memphis she protected the King. Later she became a protector god in the Underworld along with Nebet-Hut/Nephthys, Serqet/Selket, Auset/Isis protector of one of Horu/Horus sons Duamutef. She became assciated with mothers, childbirth. Also she was the protector of Duamutef's Canopic jar.
cosmos, fate, water, rivers,
Connection to other gods
Cow of heaven, Athena
Offering items
Water
Arrow heads
Other names
Names with gods names
Neit-Hotep
Meryt-Neit
Neit-Ikerty
Merneith
Epitaphs
iHt pt?--Cow of Heaven
mHt wr.t--Great floor
mwt mwtw-- Mother of mothers
mwt wr--Great mother
nbt nhyt--lady of the sycamore house
nTrt aAt--Great goddess
Nebet-Sau --Mistress of Sais (Libyans invaded Egypt)
The reborn
the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune (BotACfE)
(1)- 𓈖𓏏𓋌𓁐 ; (TLA) ; 11thD-12thD, (MK) Middle Kingdom
(2)- 𓈖𓏏𓋋 /Nj.t/ ; Wb V2, p198 ; (TLA) ; (TIP) Third Intermediate - (LK) Late Kingdom
(3)- 𓈖𓏏𓌖 /Nj.t/ ; (TLA) ; 5thD, (OK) Old Kingdom
(4)- 𓋋 /Nj.t/ (TLA) ; 21ndD, (TIP) Third Intermediate Period - 3rd century BC- 1st Half of the 4th century BC, (Ptol) Ptolemaic
(4a)- 𓋋𓏏 /Nt/, /Nj.t/ ; (TLA) ; 4thBCE, 30thD, (LK) Late Kingdom
(4b)- 𓋋𓁐 /Nj.t/ ; (TLA); 26thD, (LK) Late Kingdom
(5)- 𓈖𓏏𓋋𓆎
(6)- 𓈖𓏏𓋌 ; 6thD, 2284 BC – c. 2214 BC, (OK) Old Kingdom
(7)- 𓈖𓏏𓋋𓆗 ; (TLA) ; 18thD, (NK) New Kingdom
(8)- 𓋌 /Nj.t/ ; (TLA) ; 6thD, (OK) Old Kingdom
(9)- 𓈖𓏏𓋋𓁐 /Nj.t/ ; (TPA) ; 18thD, (NK) New Kingdom - 26thD, (LK) Late Kingdom
(10)- 𓏏𓏏𓋌
(11)- 𓋋𓏏𓏏𓁐 /Nt.t/; (TPA) ; 23rdD, c. 845-730BCE (TIP) Third Intermediate Period -26thD (NK) New Kingdom
(11a)- 𓋋𓏏𓏏𓈖 /Nj.t/, /Nt.t/ ; (TPA) ; 30thD, (LK) Late Kingdom
(12)- 𓋌𓈖𓏏 /Nj.t/ ; (TPA) ; 26thD, (LK) Late Kingdom
(13)- 𓏏𓆇𓋋 /Nj.t/ ; (TPA) ; 2ndD, (TIP) Third Intermediate Period
(14)- 𓋋𓏏𓆇𓁐 /Nj.t/ ; (TPA) ; (Ptol) Ptolemaic
(14a)- 𓋋𓏏𓆇 /Nj.t/ ; (TPA) ; 30thD, (LK) Late Kingdom - (Ptol) Ptolemaic
(15)- 𓋔𓏏𓆇 ; (TPA); 2nd century BC (Ptol) Ptolemaic-1st century AD (Rom) Roman
(16)- 𓋋𓏏𓆗 /Nj.t/ ; (TLA) ; 18thD, (NK) New Kingdom
(17)- 𓈖𓏏𓏯𓆗 /N.t/ ; (TLA) ; 18thD, (NK) New Kingdom
(18)- 𓈖𓏏𓌖𓁐 /Nj.t/ ; (TLA) ; 12thD (MK) Middle Kingdom
(2)- 𓈖𓏏𓋋 /Nj.t/ ; Wb V2, p198 ; (TLA) ; (TIP) Third Intermediate - (LK) Late Kingdom
(3)- 𓈖𓏏𓌖 /Nj.t/ ; (TLA) ; 5thD, (OK) Old Kingdom
(4)- 𓋋 /Nj.t/ (TLA) ; 21ndD, (TIP) Third Intermediate Period - 3rd century BC- 1st Half of the 4th century BC, (Ptol) Ptolemaic
(4a)- 𓋋𓏏 /Nt/, /Nj.t/ ; (TLA) ; 4thBCE, 30thD, (LK) Late Kingdom
(4b)- 𓋋𓁐 /Nj.t/ ; (TLA); 26thD, (LK) Late Kingdom
(5)- 𓈖𓏏𓋋𓆎
(6)- 𓈖𓏏𓋌 ; 6thD, 2284 BC – c. 2214 BC, (OK) Old Kingdom
(7)- 𓈖𓏏𓋋𓆗 ; (TLA) ; 18thD, (NK) New Kingdom
(8)- 𓋌 /Nj.t/ ; (TLA) ; 6thD, (OK) Old Kingdom
(9)- 𓈖𓏏𓋋𓁐 /Nj.t/ ; (TPA) ; 18thD, (NK) New Kingdom - 26thD, (LK) Late Kingdom
(10)- 𓏏𓏏𓋌
(11)- 𓋋𓏏𓏏𓁐 /Nt.t/; (TPA) ; 23rdD, c. 845-730BCE (TIP) Third Intermediate Period -26thD (NK) New Kingdom
(11a)- 𓋋𓏏𓏏𓈖 /Nj.t/, /Nt.t/ ; (TPA) ; 30thD, (LK) Late Kingdom
(12)- 𓋌𓈖𓏏 /Nj.t/ ; (TPA) ; 26thD, (LK) Late Kingdom
(13)- 𓏏𓆇𓋋 /Nj.t/ ; (TPA) ; 2ndD, (TIP) Third Intermediate Period
(14)- 𓋋𓏏𓆇𓁐 /Nj.t/ ; (TPA) ; (Ptol) Ptolemaic
(14a)- 𓋋𓏏𓆇 /Nj.t/ ; (TPA) ; 30thD, (LK) Late Kingdom - (Ptol) Ptolemaic
(15)- 𓋔𓏏𓆇 ; (TPA); 2nd century BC (Ptol) Ptolemaic-1st century AD (Rom) Roman
(16)- 𓋋𓏏𓆗 /Nj.t/ ; (TLA) ; 18thD, (NK) New Kingdom
(17)- 𓈖𓏏𓏯𓆗 /N.t/ ; (TLA) ; 18thD, (NK) New Kingdom
(18)- 𓈖𓏏𓌖𓁐 /Nj.t/ ; (TLA) ; 12thD (MK) Middle Kingdom
#Neith , #Nit
Ref : Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology (BotACfE), vol. 2 : 1991, The God Tutu or Tithoes, p63
