Hedetet

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Hededet
Name in hieroglyphs
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Hededet or Hedjedjet (ḥdd.t) is a scorpion goddess of the ancient Egyptian religion. She resembles Serket in many ways, but was in later periods merged into Isis.[2] She was depicted with the head of a scorpion, nursing a baby.[2] She is mentioned in the Book of the Dead.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Erman, Adolf & Grapow, Hermann (ed.): Wörterbuch der Aegyptischen Sprache., Im Auftrage der Deutschen Akademien, Berlin: Akademie Verlag (1971), III., p.206, III., p.206
  2. 1 2 Richard Wilkinson: The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. London, Thames and Hudson, 2003. ISBN 978-0-500-05120-7, p.230
  3. ↑ Goyon, Jean-Claude (1978). "Hededyt: Isis-scorpion et Isis au scorpion. En marge du Papyrus de Brooklyn 47.218.50 – III". Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. 78 (2): 439–458.