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ID: 901000077 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000077 | Record Type: Religion/Mythology/Legend |
Wadjet (Egyptian deity) | ||
Note: A goddess of ancient Egypt. Depicted as a cobra twined around a papyrus stem, she was the tutelary goddess of Lower Egypt. Wadjet and Nekhbet, the vulture-goddess of Upper Egypt, were the protective goddesses of the king and were sometimes represented together on the king’s diadem. | |
Wadjet (Egyptian deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N) | |
Wadjit (Egyptian deity) (undetermined,U,N) | |
Udjo (Egyptian deity) (English,U,N) | |
Buto (Egyptian deity) (English,U,N) | |
Uto (Egyptian deity) (English,U,N) | |
Edjo (Egyptian deity) (English,U,N) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Egyptian iconography> (P) | ||
........<Egyptian characters> (P) | ||
............Wadjet (Egyptian deity) (I) | ||
counterpart is .... Nekhbet | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Egyptian iconography, Egyptian characters, Nekhbet (Egyptian diety)) [901000076] |
takes the form of .... cobras (serpents) | |
.....(Elapidae (family), Serpentes (suborder), Squamata (order), Reptilia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
role/characteristic is .... deity | |
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
culture/religion is .... Ancient Egyptian (culture) | |
.....(Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
patron/protector of .... Lower Egypt | |
.....(Egypt, Africa) (TGN) |
Wadjet (Egyptian deity) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 2 February 2011 | |
Wadjit (Egyptian deity) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
Udjo (Egyptian deity) | |
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) | |
Buto (Egyptian deity) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
Uto (Egyptian deity) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
Edjo (Egyptian deity) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Wadjet," accessed 2 February 2011 | |
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) | |
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