Wadjet

E24038

Egyptian goddess cobra goddess protective deity

Wadjet is an ancient Egyptian cobra goddess associated with royal protection, kingship, and the land of Lower Egypt.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian goddess ⓘ cobra goddess ⓘ protective deity ⓘ
appearsOn	Double Crown of Egypt ⓘ royal crown of Lower Egypt ⓘ
associatedWith	Eye of Horus symbolism ⓘ Lower Egypt ⓘ vulture goddess Nekhbet ⓘ surface form: Nekhbet Nile Delta marshes ⓘ kingship ⓘ papyrus plants ⓘ royal protection ⓘ
colorAssociation	green ⓘ
cultCenter	Lower Egypt ⓘ surface form: Buto in the Nile Delta
culture	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs	cobra ⓘ cobra with a woman’s head ⓘ woman with a cobra head ⓘ
domain	Lower Egypt ⓘ
elementAssociation	sun ⓘ
forms	Two Ladies ⓘ
function	spits fire at enemies of the king ⓘ wards off chaos ⓘ
pairedWith	vulture goddess Nekhbet ⓘ surface form: Nekhbet
protects	body of the deceased king in funerary contexts ⓘ throne of Egypt ⓘ
role	guardian of childbirth ⓘ protector of the king ⓘ solar eye goddess ⓘ tutelary deity of Lower Egypt ⓘ
symbol	cobra ⓘ rearing cobra ⓘ uraeus ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Predynastic Egypt ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic Period of Egypt
title	Eye of Ra ⓘ Wadjet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lady of Lower Egypt The Green One ⓘ
wornOn	forehead of the pharaoh ⓘ
worshippedBy	inhabitants of Lower Egypt ⓘ pharaohs of Egypt ⓘ
worshipPlace	Buto ⓘ Wadjet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Per-Wadjet

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Deshret → appearsWithDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Early Dynastic Egypt → associatedWithDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Lower Egypt → hasDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Ta-Mehu → hasDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

this entity surface form: cobra goddess Wadjet

Lower Egypt → hasEgyptianName → Wadjet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ta-Mehyt

vulture goddess Nekhbet → pairedWith → Wadjet ⓘ

subject surface form: Nekhbet

Wadjet → title → Wadjet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lady of Lower Egypt

Red Crown → usedByDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Wadjet → worshipPlace → Wadjet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Per-Wadjet