Neith

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Egyptian goddess creator deity primordial deity war goddess weaving goddess

Neith is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with war, hunting, and weaving, often revered as a creator deity and protector of Lower Egypt.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Neith (queen)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian goddess ⓘ creator deity ⓘ primordial deity ⓘ war goddess ⓘ weaving goddess ⓘ
appearsIn	Book of the Dead ⓘ Coffin Texts ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ
associatedWith	crafts ⓘ creation ⓘ hunting ⓘ protection ⓘ war ⓘ weaving ⓘ wisdom ⓘ
consort	Khnum ⓘ Nun ⓘ
culture	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs	cow in some creation myths ⓘ woman holding a bow and arrows ⓘ woman wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt ⓘ woman with crossed arrows and shield on her head ⓘ
equatedWith	Athena ⓘ Athena ⓘ surface form: Minerva
function	mediator in conflicts among gods ⓘ weaver of the world ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
memberOf	Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ surface form: Ennead of Sais
parentOf	Apep ⓘ Ra ⓘ Sobek ⓘ
patronOf	Lower Egypt ⓘ city of Sais ⓘ
role	creator of gods and humans ⓘ guardian of the dead ⓘ judge in divine disputes ⓘ protective funerary goddess ⓘ protector of Lower Egypt ⓘ
symbol	crossed arrows and shield ⓘ loom ⓘ red crown of Lower Egypt ⓘ
title	Lady of Sais ⓘ Cybele ⓘ surface form: Mother of the Gods Opener of the Ways ⓘ goddess of creation ⓘ goddess of hunting ⓘ goddess of war ⓘ goddess of weaving ⓘ
wears	red crown of Lower Egypt ⓘ
worshipCenter	Delta region ⓘ Lower Egypt ⓘ Sais ⓘ

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

Sais → cultCenterOf → Neith ⓘ

Sais → hadTempleDedicatedTo → Neith ⓘ

Lower Egypt → hasDeity → Neith ⓘ

Sais → majorDeity → Neith ⓘ

Pepi II Neferkare → possibleSpouse → Neith ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neith (queen)

Red Crown → usedByDeity → Neith ⓘ