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.

Names:

	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)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Egyptian iconography> (P)
		........<Egyptian characters> (P)
		............Wadjet (Egyptian deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	counterpart is .... Nekhbet
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Egyptian iconography, Egyptian characters, Nekhbet (Egyptian diety)) [901000076]

Other Relationships:

	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
	..... ULAN Candidate

Sources:

	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-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Wadjet," accessed 2 February 2011
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)